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    Articles by Kevin Hanson
    Enumclaw's decision making tree
    ESD students will not return until January
    By Kevin Hanson • November 25, 2020 8:50 am

    Many teachers and parents saw flaws in the plan for students to return to school after Thanksgiving, just to have them go on winter holiday a few weeks later.

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    Enumclaw city hall
    Hearings to focus on 2021 budget, property taxes,...
    By Kevin Hanson • November 18, 2020 9:10 am

    It seems likely natural gas and waste disposal prices will be increasing.

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    Overlooking the Chinook Pass. Photo courtesy Washington State Department of Transportation
    DOT closes Chinook, Cayuse passes for winter season
    By Kevin Hanson • November 17, 2020 8:43 am

    The passes closed a bit earlier this year due to snowfall.

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    The Enumclaw City Council chambers. Photo by Ray Miller-Still
    Enumclaw’s 2021 property tax rate topic of Monday...
    By Kevin Hanson • November 12, 2020 9:00 am

    The proposed rate is $10.83 per $1,000 in assessed value.

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    The Enumclaw School District is moving to get K-2 students into classrooms twice a week, with a decision about grades 3-5 to come. Image courtesy the Enumclaw School District
    K-2 students returning to ESD classrooms
    By Kevin Hanson • November 10, 2020 10:30 am

    Enumclaw’s youngest students can plan to be back in their classrooms twice a week after Thanksgiving.

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    Reagan Dunn, King County Councilmember
    Reagan Dunn briefs Enumclaw Council on COVID, budget...
    By Kevin Hanson • November 6, 2020 9:00 am

    “We were at historic low levels of unemployment,” he told the council, “and in just a couple of weeks we were into depression-era level unemployment.”

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    Enumclaw council chambers
    Enumclaw budget coming together, public hearing set for...
    By Kevin Hanson • November 4, 2020 9:03 am

    “This year I am recommending that we approach our city’s budget with caution,” the mayor’s budget message reads.

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    A new paved trail, provided by the city of Enumclaw, extends to a point just shy of the city limits. Here, a trail user and canine companion turn and head back toward Battersby Avenue. Photo by Kevin Hanson
    Flat, smooth and short: two trails completed on...
    By Kevin Hanson • November 3, 2020 8:55 am

    A quick tour of the new trail along Battersby Avenue.

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    Margaret Petellin
    Enumclaw’s Petellin takes swim talents to Luther College
    By Kevin Hanson • October 27, 2020 9:10 am

    As a Hornet, Petellin was a four-year letter winner in swimming and track and field.

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    Two signs are found on the Enumclaw Youth Center window this week. The older, on the right, explains the center's March closure. The sheet on the left announces the center will now be open four hours per week. Photo by Kevin Hanson
    Enumclaw Council unhappy with Youth Center, cuts funding
    By Kevin Hanson • October 27, 2020 9:06 am

    The Youth Center hasn’t been open to the public until recently due to the pandemic, although it received $70,000 from the city at the beginning of 2020 to offer services.

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    Image courtesy the Enumclaw Drama Club
    EHS drama students offer remote version of “Frankenstein”
    By Kevin Hanson • October 27, 2020 9:02 am

    Sign up now to catch a performance on Oct. 29, 30, or 31.

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    The Enumclaw School District remains in Phase 3. Image courtesy ESD
    Enumclaw scraps plan to return K-5 students to...
    By Kevin Hanson • October 22, 2020 9:30 am

    A hybrid learning style was originally supposed to start Monday, Oct. 26.

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    White River High taking nominations for Year 2...
    By Kevin Hanson • October 21, 2020 11:50 am

    Here’s what you need to know to nominate a sports legend from your time at WRHS.

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