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Enumclaw trainer Frank Lucarelli scores a win in $50,000 Budweiser Handicap with Winning Machine | Emerald Downs

Winning Machine held off a resilient Rainier Ice and scored a half-length victory Sunday in the $50,000 Budweiser…

The Panthers varsity squad runs wind sprints during an off-season practice session.

Sports

Bonney Lake Panthers put in their summer sweat equity before regular season | Slideshow

Photo essay by reporter Daniel Nash and intern Sam Horn

News

State fire marshal warns Internet purchase of fireworks illegal

State Fire Marshal Charles Duffy is reminding Washingtonians that the purchase of fireworks over the internet is illegal.

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Signature-verification check for Referendum 74 is underway | Apparent fraud found

The signature-verification check for Referendum 74 is underway, unaffected by discovery of apparent fraud on some of the…

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Two non-profit health insurers hit record $1 billion surpluses | Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler

Two of Washington’s largest nonprofit health insurers are each sitting on record surpluses of more than $1 billion.

Life

State Parks Commission announces special meeting to discuss current spending plan

The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission is calling a special meeting next week in Olympia to discuss…

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King County Library System Board of Trustees meeting | June 19

King County Library System Board of Trustees meeting at Burien Library

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King County Library System Board of Trustees meeting | June 19

King County Library System Board of Trustees meeting at Burien Library

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Results | Buckley Junior Log Show | Slideshow

The Buckley Junior Log Show kicked off Saturday at about 10 a.m. and wrapped up at 1:30 p.m.

Sports

50,000 Budweiser Handicap notes | Emerald Downs

Track Record: 1:33: Sky Jack (7), Aug. 24, 2003 Stakes Record: (tie)-1:34-1/5, Westsideclyde, (5) 2007, R. Associate (6),…

Obituaries

Nancy Louise Langenegger

Enumclaw resident Nancy Louise Langenegger, 81, died June 17, 2012. She was born April 20, 1931, in White…

Obituaries

Lyle Dean Knock

Longtime area resident Lyle Dean Knock, 62, died June 17, 2012, in Tacoma. He was born Nov. 5,…

Opinion

Washington educators oppose and challenge charter school initiative

Representing nearly 82,000 public school educators, the Washington Education Association Board of Directors has voted to oppose Initiative…