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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.

John Hillding stands in the center of the Bacon and Eggs skatepark, which he designed. The Wilkeson skatepark came about from a state grant, Grindline Skateparks, organizing by Hillding and city leaders, and a lot of volunteers. All photos by Alex Bruell

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Wilkeson businesses hosting Bacon & Eggs Fest this weekend

Wilkesonians will host a skating contest and business fest this weekend to raise money toward keeping the new…

Tiny logo, tiny news. Photo courtesy Ray Miller-Still

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Briefly | Aug. 24

The Kettle closes, an update on the Foothills Trail bridge, and blood drives.

Taylor Larson helps a DoorDash driver load up his car with curated food boxes for customers. Photo courtesy The Market

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The Market expands services with Project DASH

The Bonney Lake ‘free grocery’ can now send curated food boxes to customers as far as Enumclaw.

Justin Michael O'Leary, Colton Michael Brown, and Mishael Joshua Buster have all pled not guilty to the charge of criminal conspiracy after allegedly planning to disrupt an Idaho Pride event.

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Ravensdale Patriot Front member pleads not guilty to criminal conspiracy

Colton Michael Brown’s arraignment was yesterday, Aug. 22. He was arrested for allegedly planning to riot at a…

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Business collective to host dinner, raise money for fire pits, local events

Cole Street will be closed as 300 people dine on citrus grilled chicken and brisket hand pies.

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Plateau police blotter | Aug. 8 – 21

Crime reports in Enumclaw, Buckley, and Black Diamond.

King County Local Dive podcast

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Cop’s colorful TikTok video; road rage arrest; foreign investors in the housing market | King County Local Dive

A new podcast for King County residents

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South King County fire departments seek 40 to 50 recruits

Six agencies looking to hire firefighters to start in January 2023; registration deadline Aug. 31