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What Christmas weekend travel could look like on US 2 between Stevens Pass and Skykomish on Dec. 24. Go to wsdot.wa.gov/travel/holiday-weekend-travel/christmas-weekend-travel-times for updated or additional information. Screenshot

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WSDOT travel charts are one way to ensure a merry and bright holiday weekend | WSDOT

Don’t get caught out in the cold when trying to drive.

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Leann Krainick of the local Krainick Dairy is now King County’s new Agricultural Commission.

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Local Leann Krainick appointed as county Agricultural Commissioner

And Judy Puttman was confirmed as a Drainage District 13 commissioner

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Passion Haulcy, with AmeriCorps IFoster, has been volunteering with Plateau Outreach Ministries for a few months. Here, she is putting together non-cook kits for food bank patrons.

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POM receives $30,000 grant from King County

Plateau Outreach Ministries has been seeing more and more people coming to receive food bank or financial assistance…

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Close to 350 people attended the annual Holiday Fantasy gala at the Thunder Dome Car Museum on Dec. 1.

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Rainier Foothills Wellness Center breaks fundraising record

The local nonprofit will now be expanding its senior hot meals program and increasing its mental health services…

King County is aiming to purchase these parcels outside Enumclaw to keep them farmland, instead of being developed. Screenshot

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County conservation funds allocated to the Plateau

The county is hoping to use $5.5 million to protect local farmland outside Enumclaw and expand the Kanaskat…

Lori Anne Razpotnik. (Courtesy of the King County Sheriff’s Office.)

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Human remains identified as victim of Green River Killer

“Bones 17” belonged to a girl named Lori Anne Razpotnik.

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GoodRoots Northwest’s Executive Director Stacey Crnich wants to do away with the phrase “food bank”, and The Market’s grocery-style system is one way her nonprofit aims to do so.

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Bonney Lake Food Bank is now GoodRoots Northwest

The nonprofit aims to rethink what it means to serve those experiencing food insecurity.

Duane Dushon Moore pled not guilty to a first-degree murder charge on Dec. 15.

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Duane Moore charged with the murder of Bonney Lake resident Kayla Vallee

Vallee was found dead in Moore’s University Place apartment after an alleged custody dispute.

Members of the Valley Medical Oncology department pose with one of the chairs from the Infusion Center. Each chair costs $6,000. Photos by Bailey Jo Josie/Sound Publishing

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Valley Medical Cancer Center construction to begin in January

A “skybreaking” ceremony at the future site of the Valley Medical Cancer Center explored the need for a…

Redlining map of Seattle (screenshot from HistoryLink.org)

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King County to explore restorative justice options for historic redlining

Race-based restrictive real estate policies were estimated to have cost billions in wealth accrual.

Screenshot from King County Auditor’s Office report

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Audit suggests pollution from Boeing Field may disproportionately impact BIPOC communities

Auditors found the airport lacks a clear strategy to achieve its goal of becoming a “green airport.”

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Freeway shooter charged for attacks on I-5

Suspect remains in jail on $1 million bail.