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New ORCA system launches for regional transit across the Puget Sound

Overhaul includes new website, mobile application and digital business account manager.

Judged by XII: A King County Local Dive podcast. The hands shown here belong to Auburn Police Officer Jeffrey Nelson, who has been charged with homicide in the 2019 death of Jesse Sarey.

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JUDGED BY XII (Episode 4): Foster mom wants accountability in Auburn cop’s upcoming murder trial

Special podcast series explores Auburn Police Officer Jeffrey Nelson’s role in the death of Jesse Sarey.

Enumclaw High School’s west wing. Photo by Kevin Hanson

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Dunn donates retired vans to local school district, senior center

Two local nonprofits and the Enumclaw School District will soon be receiving some new wheels to help out…

FILE PHOTO: King County Sheriff’s Office deputies.

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Dozens of King County Sheriff’s Office employees left jobs instead of getting vaccinated

This added on to the existing number of vacancies in the department.

Joann and Allan Thomas are flanked in court by their attorneys Terrence Kellogg (fourth from the right) and John Henry Browne (far right) on May 10, 2022. Judge Richard Jones is presiding over the case. Sketch by Seattle-based artist Lois Silver

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At drainage district corruption trial, it’s a tale of dueling conspiracies

Allan and Joann Thomas are in trial in Seattle on fraud charges.

File photo.

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Buckley, Black Diamond police blotter | April 21 – May 2

Burglary, car theft and a mistaken report of a homeless encampment.

BETTER SAFE THAN LAHAR-Y: Students at the Carbonado Historical School District were among those participating in a regional lahar drill last month, walking along an evacuation route from their school the morning of Friday, April 29. White River students, further away from the danger zone of a potential lahar, drilled by sheltering-in-place instead. Lahars are fast-moving slurries of mud, ice and debris, belched by volcanoes or triggered by avalanches. Large, community-threatening Mt. Rainier lahars occur roughly once every 500 to 1,000 years, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, meaning theres a roughly 1-in-10 chance of a lahar reaching the Puget Sound lowland during an average human lifespan. Photo by Alex Bruell

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Briefly | May 11

A couple corrections, news on Mt. Rainier, info on car prowlers and info on local Scottish dancing.

Local Ida Marge Guild Secretary LuAnne Hedges, center, talks plants at the recent Country Store Bazaar put on by the guild at Buckley Hall. The fundraiser, which support Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital in Tacoma, raised more than $6,500.

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Ida Marge Guild raises $6,500-plus at spring bazaar

The guild also hosts a fundraiser in November.

Trucks lined Cole Street and its cross streets Saturday for the Northwest C10s Classic Truck show.

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Photos: Tricked-out trucks trek to Enumclaw

Car and truck enthusiasts spent the weekend partying and showing off their wheels in Enumclaw.

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King County audit finds backlog of property tax exemption applications for seniors, people with disabilities, and disabled veterans

The auditors found that program expansions lead to three-times the amount of applications.

Allan and Joann Thomas have now been charged with conspiracy, mail fraud, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and money laundering.

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Fraud, identity theft, and conspiracy: Trial to begin for Allan and Joann Thomas

The Enumclaw residents allegedly stole more than $460,000 from local taxpayers.

Attorney General Bob Ferguson (Screenshot from video press conference)

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AG announces $518 million settlement from pharmaceutical companies over their role in opioid crisis

Most of the settlement money will be used to mitigate the opioid crisis in Washington.

PHOTO BY ALEX BRUELL Isla Pringle, 2, is a bundle of energy at the Wabash Church while her brother Francis and mother Anna sit for a photo behind her.

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Local scout’s Heimlich knowledge kept his 2-year-old sister alive

It doesn’t hurt to know the basics of CPR and lifesaving measures, as Francis Pringle can tell you.