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    Articles by Ray Miller-Still
    Image courtesy Small Business Administration
    Need help with a disaster loan? The SBA...
    By Ray Miller-Still • September 26, 2025 2:00 pm

    Business owners can meet with a Small Business Administration official in Enumclaw or Buckley to go over eligibility and application for low-interest relief loans

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    Guy F. Atkinson Construction workers moving a steel beam manufactured by Farwest Fabrication, owned by Enumclaw local Brie Crites. Photo by Ray Miller-Still
    Meet the locals who are helping repair the...
    By Ray Miller-Still • September 26, 2025 10:00 am

    Farwest Fabrication owner Brie Crites is proud that her work is critical to restoring her community’s livelihood.

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    The Black Diamond cemetery. Photo courtesy the city of Black Diamond
    Black Diamond cemetery ranked 30th in national survey
    By Ray Miller-Still • September 23, 2025 2:15 pm

    A Choice Mutual survey looked for the best “hidden cemeteries” across the country.

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    Daisey and Darla, two micro-mini Scottish Highland cows, had to be walked across the bridge to become part of a the local Heritage Farm School’s Montessori program. Photo courtesy Tara Twiggs
Daisey and Darla, two micro-mini Scottish Highland cows, had to be walked across the bridge to become part of a the local Heritage Farm School’s Montessori program. Photo courtesy Tara Twiggs
    Tales from the Trail, Part II: It’s a...
    By Ray Miller-Still • September 17, 2025 9:30 am

    Have you seen the cows? Eagles? How about the five-foot-something raccoon?

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    An exact date for when the Green River bridge will re-opened has not been announced, but the overall goal is within a month. Photo courtesy WSDOT
    Repairs to close Green River Bridge for a...
    By Ray Miller-Still • September 15, 2025 9:15 am

    With the White River bridge also closed, this further limits how Enumclaw residents leave the Plateau.

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    WSDOT crews working on installing temporary bracers on the White River Bridge on Sept. 8, during a press conference. Photo by Ray Miller-Still
    WSDOT completes temporary repairs early, signs private contract
    By Ray Miller-Still • September 12, 2025 3:44 pm

    Guy F. Atkinson Construction crews will begin permanent repairs Sept. 13.

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    The location of the wells the city of Buckley uses to provide water to its residents. Image courtesy city of Buckley
    Buckley aims to take full ownership of water...
    By Ray Miller-Still • September 12, 2025 9:45 am

    The city and the Rainier School currently share ownership of the reservoirs and water treatment plant. But the Department of Social and Health Services is looking to get out of the game.

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    Enumclaw adds New Years to approved firework launch...
    By Ray Miller-Still • September 11, 2025 3:15 pm

    But you won’t find any firework stands at QFC come winter.

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    Photo courtesy Pierce County
The Spiketon Ditch Bridge closed in November 2023, cutting off Buckley (and eventually, Enumclaw) recreationalists from accessing the vast majority of the Foothills Trail.
    Pierce County to celebrate Spiketon Bridge opening
    By Ray Miller-Still • September 11, 2025 10:00 am

    An organized walk and two bike rides will take you to the Sept. 13 party.

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    Photo courtesy Pierce County
    Pierce Transit launches Buckley shuttle after bridge closure
    By Ray Miller-Still • September 11, 2025 8:40 am

    The shuttle will run Monday through Friday from 6 to 10 a.m., then 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. and stops at multiple points around town. Rides are free.

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    Photo courtesy Enumclaw Plateau Farmer’s Market
    Enumclaw Plateau Farmer’s Market third in “state choice”...
    By Ray Miller-Still • September 10, 2025 2:00 pm

    Thousands of people support the market every year — which could be enough to boost Enumclaw into regionals by Sept. 30.

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    Man dies by suicide outside Enumclaw Chamber building
    By Ray Miller-Still • September 10, 2025 1:30 am

    He was reported missing from Whidbey Island on Sept. 7.

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    The White River Bridge was struck by a vac truck on Aug. 18, resulting in an emergency closure. After declaring an emergency, Gov. Bob Ferguson visited the bridge on Sept. 9 to say he hopes to have the bridge open by mid-November. Photo by Ray Miller-Still
    Work ‘seven days a week’: Ferguson, WSDOT aim...
    By Ray Miller-Still • September 8, 2025 1:50 pm

    WSDOT engineer said the Plateau was “really lucky that we didn’t have another Skagit River incident.”

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