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Joni the wolverine leading her triplets through a monitoring station outside Mount Rainier National Park. The station snags DNA samples from the wolverines for testing and takes photos for the Cascades Carnivore Project. Contributed photo

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Mount Rainier’s Joni the wolverine has triplets

It’s highly unusual for wolverines to have back-to-back litters like Joni does, which means Mount Rainier is a…

A 3D rendering of Enumclaw skateparks final design. Image courtesy of Grindline

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A fresh skatepark awaits Enumclaw, possibly by the end of the summer.

Grindline was awarded a bid Monday, June 26, allowing construction to begin shortly

Once fans enter the Lumen Field side of the Play Ball Park they are met with all sorts of MLB All-Stars. Ben Ray / The Mirror

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2023 MLB All-Star Week: Play Ball Park is a home run for fans

Activities indoors and outdoors to entertain fans at Lumen Field Event Center in Seattle from July 8-11.

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EPD’s fireworks complaints doubled during the Fourth of July

There were 14 complaints this year, plus five fires of various types.

Check Out Washington’s Adventure packs come with a Discover Pass educational materials, pocket guides, and a pair of binoculars. Photo courtesy Washington State Parks

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“Check Out Washington” with more Adventure Packs this summer

You can borrow a free Discover Pass, educational materials about state parks, and a pair of binoculars with…

Side angle of the metal hornet made by Enumclaw High School welding classes. Photo By Joshua Solorzano/ Sound Publishing

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Enumclaw High School’s metal hornet found a home

After many months of welding, Semanski St. is home to Enumclaw High Schools metal hornet.

Palmer Coking Coal Company is looking into rezoning 240 acres of rural land just east of the Black Diamond Open Space.

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Mining company outside Black Diamond looking to expand

Palmer Coking Coal Company has completed its application to rezone a residential area into a mining area, but…

The Historic Sunrise Road exhibit panel is on the east side of Sunrise Point. Photo courtesy National Park Service

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Sunrise Road opens on Mount Rainier

The road, which regularly closes for the winter, opened July 1.

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Here’s what’s legal — and what’s not — this Fourth of July

Plateau cities have specific times you can set off fireworks; King County has outlawed them

Jessica McCoy-Storton and her daughter Sadie at one of the “Fill The Bucket Fridays” that Save Our Children - Enumclaw hosted on the corner of Porter and Griffin. Photo by Ray Miller-Still

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Fundraiser for legal funds successful; local group aims to sue group home for sex offenders

Save Our Children — Enumclaw hosted “Fill The Bucket Fridays” and a a dinner auction at Headworks Brewery…

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Two dead following collision in Black Diamond

A crash involving two vehicles and a motorcycle resulted in two deaths

A map showing where the Foothills Trail will be closed in July, plus other updates. Image courtesy Pierce County

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Orting section of Foothills Trail closed July 12 – 29 | Pierce County

Pierce County Planning and Public Works will be conducting levee repairs in the area

The arbitration order redacts the names of people involved in this case, but details outlined in arbitration documents confirm the case was about George Alvarez’s termination. Screenshot

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King County Sheriff’s Office required to re-hire deputy who shot Black Diamond man

Detective George Alvarez shot Anthony Chilcott in 2019, and was terminated in 2021. An arbitrator in California reversed…