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Briefly | Aug. 31

How to comment on the proposed Plateau airport, and a short correction.

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Plateau police blotter | Aug. 17 – 24

Shots fired at an Enumclaw home, a sunk police boat in Black Diamond, and treed raccoons in Buckley.

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Sound Publishing to host King County prosecutor candidate forum Sept. 28

The event is free and open to the public at Carco Theatre in Renton, hosted in partnership with…

Mutual of Enumclaw has been in business on the Plateau for more than 100 years. Photo by Ray Miller-Still

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State Supreme Court rules Mutual of Enumclaw policy did not cover property damage by pandemic

Two dentists argued Gov. Inslee’s proclamation prohibiting nonemergency procedures counted as “’[d]irect physical loss’ of property”.

Mark Gringle suffered extensive injuries after being pushed off his bike during a road rage altercation. Submitted photo

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Black Diamond cyclist hospitalized after road rage assault

“… just give us bikes a few seconds, a few feet, and we’ll be out of your damn…

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Sumner man dies in single-car crash in Burnett

A GoFundMe is raising money for his fiancee and three kids.

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A new podcast for King County residents

Crews removed the old culvert Pussyfoot Creek went through under SR 164 east of Auburn, then built a new natural creek bed. Photo courtesy DOT

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Full closure of SR 164 over the weekend

Work on the Pussyfoot Creek Fish Passage project should finish this fall.

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Temporary special deputy appointed to support improvements inside King County correctional facilities

Megan Pedersen will immediately fill the position, with a focus on addressing staffing shortages.

Local skateboarders like Marcie Morgan sometimes train in the Mount Rainier National Park area. When skaters like Morgan go out to practice, they start by scoping out the road – learning how it twists and turns, clearing obstacles like gravel or branches. Low-traffic, one-way roads are ideal and worth taking long drives, she said. Despite your best efforts, you will fall, like Morgan did at a recent qualifier race in Vermont. “I’m fine,” she said: “I banged up my knee a little, but as we say in this sport, if you’re not falling, you’re not learning.” Photo by Alex Bruell.

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Enumclaw skateboarder headed to Argentina on Team USA

Sweat and a stranger’s patronage helped Marcie Morgan secure her spot

U.S. Senator Patty Murray and Congresswoman Kim Schrier celebrated the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) at the Swedish Issaquah Campus (Screenshot from Sen. Patty Murray’s official website)

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WA lawmakers celebrate passage of Inflation Reduction Act

The bill includes provisions to reduce prescription drug prices and climate change investments.

Homeless encampment in wooded area in Auburn on Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. Photo by Henry Stewart-Wood/Sound Publishing

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King County Councilmember requests audit of the King County Regional Homelessness Authority

A letter to the county auditor’s office asked for a financial and performance audit of the agency.

About 50 percent of people who climb Mt. Rainier via Disappointment Cleaver make it to the summit. Photo courtesy National Park Service

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Body recovered on Mt. Rainier

A climber fell on Disappointment Cleaver on Aug. 22.