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    Articles by Ray Miller-Still
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    The Top Ten News Stories of 2025
    By Ray Miller-Still • December 31, 2025 11:45 am

    There was a ton of news last year, from failed levies to damaged bridges — and everything in between. Happy New Year!

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    A night photo of the now-repaired SR 410. Photo courtesy WSDOT
    Merry Xmas, Greenwater and Crystal Mountain: SR 410...
    By Ray Miller-Still • December 24, 2025 8:50 am

    It took only two days of emergency work to repair the damage caused by Boise Creek earlier this month.

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    The Buckley library is changing its open hours. Photo courtesy PCLS
    Buckley library to change hours, focus on evenings
    By Ray Miller-Still • December 23, 2025 11:00 am

    With earlier hours being cut, the library is slightly scaling back.

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    Emergency work has started on SR 410 after the road was closed earlier this month when Boise Creek washed sediment under the highway away during a flood. Photo courtesy WSDOT
    Emergency work on SR 410 begins; Crystal Mountain...
    By Ray Miller-Still • December 22, 2025 11:30 am

    It’s unclear when the highway may fully open, or how construction will affect traffic delays.

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    Tanie Valison, the wife of Nick Valison, hugs her daughters after giving a final statement to the media. Photo by Ray Miller-Still
    Baim handed maximum sentence for Valison murder; “deserves...
    By Ray Miller-Still • December 19, 2025 4:20 pm

    Tanie Valison described a neighborhood “cloaked in trauma” after her husband’s death.

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    The Enumclaw City Council chambers. File photo
    Enumclaw council accepting applications for vacant seat
    By Ray Miller-Still • December 17, 2025 3:00 pm

    Position No. 6 will be open come the new year as Mayor-elect Anthony Wright starts his first term.

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    Enumclaw warns of fake text
    By Ray Miller-Still • December 17, 2025 1:30 pm

    A resident received an A.I.-generated text containing inaccurate information about city business.

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    Washington State Department of Transportation crews spent the last week altering state Route 410 so traffic can alternate in the westbound lane. Photo courtesy WSDOT
    SR 410 opens to alternating traffic to Greenwater,...
    By Ray Miller-Still • December 16, 2025 3:55 pm

    Boise Creek took a chunk out of the highway when it overfilled on Dec. 11 during the state’s atmospheric river flooding.

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    Enumclaw predicts increased revenue in 2026 budget
    By Ray Miller-Still • December 15, 2025 3:00 pm

    Although sales tax revenue growth is likely to remain flat, additional development is hoped to help pad the city’s reserves.

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An aerial view of the Elk Meadows area in Enumclaw.
    Enumclaw “fared well” as atmospheric river floods Washington
    By Ray Miller-Still • December 15, 2025 2:30 pm

    Convoys have been organized to help Greenwater residents in and out of the town.

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    King County has its own battery energy storage system at the West Point Treatment Plant; according to the county, it proved its effectiveness during last year’s “bomb cyclone” by providing operators with reliable power amid voltage sags. Photo courtesy King County
    Battery storage systems in Enumclaw? Not so fast
    By Ray Miller-Still • December 9, 2025 1:30 pm

    Despite online chatter, no informal or formal proposals have been made to build a BESS facility in the Enumclaw area.

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    Although mayoral candidate Geoff Bowie secured “Old Black Diamond” votes, sometimes having more than double the votes than Mayor-elect john Adler, Adler’s control of the Ten Trails neighborhood and his strong 3:1 voting ratio secured him the 24 additional votes to become the new city executive. Image courtesy King County/Ray Miller-Still
    Old versus new: Black Diamond mayoral race split...
    By Ray Miller-Still • December 5, 2025 9:00 am

    Precinct data shows that Ten Trails voters may soon be the key to controlling the city’s political future.

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    KC employee helps Black Diamond man suffering seizure
    By Ray Miller-Still • December 4, 2025 3:40 pm

    The unidentified man was on his morning run when the seizure hit.

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