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Crystal Mountain will open tomorrow, Dec. 20, with limited access. Photo courtesy Crystal Mountain Ski Resort

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Crystal Mountain announces opening day with limited access

Reservations are now required seven days a week, all times, including afternoon arrivals, while SR 410 is reduced…

Tanie Valison, the wife of Nick Valison, hugs her daughters after giving a final statement to the media. Photo by Ray Miller-Still

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Baim handed maximum sentence for Valison murder; “deserves no leniency or forgiveness”

Tanie Valison described a neighborhood “cloaked in trauma” after her husband’s death.

The Enumclaw City Council chambers. File photo

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Enumclaw council accepting applications for vacant seat

Position No. 6 will be open come the new year as Mayor-elect Anthony Wright starts his first term.

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Enumclaw warns of fake text

A resident received an A.I.-generated text containing inaccurate information about city business.

Nolte State Park — though it’ll look different on Jan. 1 than it does in this photo, taken in the summer. Photo courtesy Washington State Parks

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Join WA State Parks at Nolte for New Years hike

The local event is Jan. 1, starting at 11 a.m.

Washington State Department of Transportation crews spent the last week altering state Route 410 so traffic can alternate in the westbound lane. Photo courtesy WSDOT

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SR 410 opens to alternating traffic to Greenwater, Crystal Mountain

Boise Creek took a chunk out of the highway when it overfilled on Dec. 11 during the state’s…

The city of Enumclaw council chambers. File photo

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Enumclaw predicts increased revenue in 2026 budget

Although sales tax revenue growth is likely to remain flat, additional development is hoped to help pad the…

A breach in the Desimone Levee along the Green River on Dec. 15 in Tukwila. SCREENSHOT/Video, Courtesy King County Sheriff’s Office

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Green River levee breach impacts small areas of Kent, Renton and Tukwila

Levee breach video released; evacuation notice lifted Monday evening by King County

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An aerial view of the Elk Meadows area in Enumclaw.

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Enumclaw “fared well” as atmospheric river floods Washington

Convoys have been organized to help Greenwater residents in and out of the town.

Washington state Gov. Bob Ferguson announced a state of emergency Dec. 10 over the flooding. Courtesy photo

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Gov. Ferguson declares statewide emergency over major flooding

The flooding has affected SR 410 both near Greenwater and Sumner.

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Water closes SR 410 near Greenwater, Sumner

Greenwater is now inaccessible from Enumclaw.

King County has its own battery energy storage system at the West Point Treatment Plant; according to the county, it proved its effectiveness during last year’s “bomb cyclone” by providing operators with reliable power amid voltage sags. Photo courtesy King County

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Battery storage systems in Enumclaw? Not so fast

Despite online chatter, no informal or formal proposals have been made to build a BESS facility in the…

Although mayoral candidate Geoff Bowie secured “Old Black Diamond” votes, sometimes having more than double the votes than Mayor-elect john Adler, Adler’s control of the Ten Trails neighborhood and his strong 3:1 voting ratio secured him the 24 additional votes to become the new city executive. Image courtesy King County/Ray Miller-Still

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Old versus new: Black Diamond mayoral race split city’s neighborhood lines

Precinct data shows that Ten Trails voters may soon be the key to controlling the city’s political future.