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Insurers told to stop using credit scores to set rates

A ban of that practice will be in place until the pandemic is over, Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler…

For those who want to get some photos with the Easter Bunny, Thomasson Family Farm is having professional photographer Kailey Wallin come to the Bunny Patch on March 27 and 28 from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Photo courtesy Thomasson Family Farm

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Easter Egg hunts on the Plateau this year

For the second year in a row, the hunts are as hard to find as the eggs.

Buckley Mayor Pat Johnson, center, reads a proclamation during the Tuesday evening Buckley City Council meeting committing herself and the council to promoting education and services for the use of helmets in honor of Berrett Wirth Crossley, who died earlier this month after sustaining a head injury while skateboarding without a helmet. Council members in attendance stood during the reading of the proclamation. Photo by Alex Bruell

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Buckley city council passes helmet ordinance in 4-2 vote

Council members agreed kids need to wear helmets, but differed on specifics of the proposal

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Meet area code 564: The new kid in town is gaining ground

The newest area code in Washington has infiltrated 360 territory, and 425, 206 and 253 are next.

Corrie Koopman Frazier being sworn in.

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Frazier, Sauvageau sworn onto the Enumclaw council

Introducing Enumclaw’s newest city council members.

A woman gathers flowers at Snofalls Lavender Farm outside Fall City on July 18, 2020. Aaron Kunkler/staff photo

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Finding farmland in King County is a perpetual struggle

High prices and a lack of available land has pushed the price per acre sky-high.

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FLASH sex-ed clinically proven to reduce teen pregnancy rates | King County

A new national study shows King County’s sex-ed programs are effective in reducing teen pregnancies.

An electronic traffic sign alerts southbound SR 169 drivers that the intersection with Roberts Drive will soon close for road work. Photo by Alex Bruell

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Black Diamond’s SR 169, Roberts Drive intersection to close for 30 days

The highway will still allow north-south traffic, but expect extra congestion for the next month.

Blotter bug

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Black Diamond police blotter | March 1 – 7

Head-on collision, assault at a party, and a lost child.

Customers of the Buckley Plateau Market line up in an alley way to receive their orders. Photo courtesy Sean Shands

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Plateau farmers, food producers open REKO market in Buckley

REKO markets are all about getting food fresh from the farm to your table.

Looking east on March 9 from Mundy Loss Road, the years of wear-and-tear on 112th Street East in Buckley are apparent. The city aims to grind and repave nearly a mile of the road from its intersection at Mundy Loss Road to Highway 165. Photo by Alex Bruell

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Buckley council OK’s plan for 112th Street East overlay project

Council also approved a stormwater ordinance, and discussed skatepark safety efforts.

Renton High School, pictured, could end up changing its nickname from “Indians” if a bill is approved in this year’s legislative session. File photo

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Bill would end Native imagery for public schools, teams

30 high schools in Washington affected

Construction expert Will Martin taking some measurement of the siding of a house in Enumclaw's Suntop Farms. Photo by Ray Miller-Still

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Law firm looks to sue LGI Homes over recent storm damage

Casey Law believes it can prove homes in the Suntop Farm neighborhood were poorly constructed.