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Hanging baskets and hummingbird care | The Compleat Home Gardener

Support your local pollinators with these plants.

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Four steps to stay safe from wildfire smoke this summer | Public Health Insider

It’s not your imagination — air quality in the summer is getting worse.

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Billy Clinkingbeard after his ninth “All Around Logger” win last year with his wife Baratyah and children Liam and Mia.

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Clinkingbeard: Loving father, devoted son guns for 10th Log Show win

The Log Show is scheduled for June 29 with a parade at 10 a.m. and events starting at…

Ada Limon is will be visiting Mount Rainier National Park as a part of her signature project “You are Here: Poetry in Parks.” Photo courtesy Ada Limon

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U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón to visit Rainier

Come see the 24th Poet Laureate on Friday, June 21 at 5 p.m. at Paradise.

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A little information about the “Julia Child” rose | The Compleat Home Gardener

And if you time it right, perennials will hide the stems of your growing roses.

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The Grit City Band, which focuses on classic country music, will be heading up Enumclaw’s concert series on July 18 at Holdener Park, starting at 6 p.m. Other concerts at various parks around the city will be on Thursdays through Aug. 28.

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Can you hear the sound of summer? Enumclaw concert series announced

Concerts will be held at different parks, and all will start at 6 p.m.

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The tessel was worth the hassel | Enumclaw High graduation slideshow

Some photos from the June 12 event.

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The nonprofit Cancer Cartel hosted its first-ever gala fundraiser at the Tacoma Yacht Club on May 31.

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Cancer Cartel raises $120K for local cancer patients

It was the nonprofit’s first ever gala fundraiser.

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Time to fertilize those roses and heavy-blooming perennials | The Compleat Home Gardener

You can also hold off on those heat-loving plants, since it’s been so chilly and wet.

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So grad I finally made it | White River graduation slideshow

Some photos from White River June 6 graduation event.

One of Mount Rainier National Parks’ upcoming 125th anniversary events will cover some of the rare carnivores of the Cascades, like wolverines. Wolverines were introduced back into the park since 2008, and Joni, pictured here with her three kits, has been thriving. Contributed photo

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Rainier National Park celebrates 125 years with summer series

Mount Rainier National Park is starting a summer series of presentations every Wednesday through August.

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The Enumclaw Chamber of Commerce will be stocked with four- and six-packs of your favorite beer to purchase during the June 15 Beer Walk.

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Explore local businesses and breweries at the Enumclaw Chamber Beer Walk

The event is planned for June 15.

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An alleged UFO was spotted at Mt. Rainier on Feb. 3, 2024, via a Paradise parking lot webcam. You can see the shape above the building; according to the reporter, the shape was gone when the photo was refreshed a minute later.

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Mount Rainier holds many mysteries. Are some of them UFOs?

Local UFO field researcher Jeff Kindle has compiled a list of strange aerial occurrences around the mountain to…