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Community emergency response program coming to Wilkeson

Learn how to help your city during a disaster event this March.

One of the Donald Loomis Memorial Clothing Bank’s fashionistas will be Belle Schrader, 8, who was working with volunteer Alexa Smith last Saturday picking an outfit. Photo by Ray Miller-Still

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Donald Loomis Clothing Bank celebrates 30 years of keeping Buckley fashionable

Join the nonprofit this Friday, Jan. 31, for a fundraiser and fashion show.

A mobile center from Bloodworks Northwest takes blood from Enumclaw resident Andy Bremmeyer, pictured in this 2019 photo. Sound Publishing file photo

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WA residents urged to donate blood due to ‘code red’ low levels

Four consecutive days of emergency low blood supplies has led to shortages needed for transfusions and treatment.

Employees work at Fall City’s Aroma Coffee Co. on Jan. 14, 2025. (Grace Gorenflo/Valley Record)

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Small businesses brace for higher minimum wage in King County

New wage for unincorporated areas went into effect Jan. 1, but the rules are still being determined.

The Boise X Connection Bridge on Mud SE Mud Mountain Road is expected to be closed from this summer to the fall. Photo courtesy King County

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Boise Creek bridge to close in the summer

The 1950s-era structure is rotting; construction of a new bridge will close road access to SR 410.

Jeffrey Nelson receives his sentence Jan. 23 at the Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent. Photo by Joshua Solorzano/Sound Publishing

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Former Auburn cop sentenced to 16 years, 8 months for murder

A jury convicted him in June 2024 for second-degree murder after shooting Jesse Sarey in 2019

Members of the Costco Teamsters union rally outside Costco’s Issaquah headquarters, Jan. 23, 2025. (Grace Gorenflo/Valley Record)

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Costco union workers rally outside shareholder meeting

The Costco Teamsters say they will strike if an agreement isn’t reached by Jan. 31.

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Volunteers and employees with Operation Tiny Home, Building Beyond the Walls, the Roots Collective, and other organizations celebrating Mike Lane’s new home, which was still receiving finishing touches as speeches were given.

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Buckley nonprofit, collective farm help give a veteran a new home

Mike Lane lived in a tiny house with no plumbing or electricity for ten years. His dream of…

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Mount Rainier National Park changes its wilderness permit fees | Mount Rainier

The flat $20 per wilderness permit has changed to $10 per person per night.

The Buckley Fire Department also celebrated a new ambulance on Nov. 17, which is replacing a XXX model. Photo courtesy the Buckley Fire Department

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Career first responders now always on duty at Buckley Fire Dept.

The department used to rely on only volunteer firefighters during the night. A recent voter-approved levy has changed…

Fifty protesters held up a variety of signs at the Renton location for the Jan. 18, 2024 Women’s March and People’s March. Photo by Bailey Jo Josie/Sound Publishing.

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Renton hosts south KC march for reproductive rights and more

During the numerous Women’s March and People’s March over the weekend, a group of protesters rang bells and…

Fentanyl pills. (Photo provided by the Drug Enforcement Administration)

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Funds are running out to help vacate drug possession charges

King County Department of Public Defense urges people with simple drug possession charges to use its free resources.

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Enumclaw passes new laws on misusing 911, exposing minors to domestic violence

Those who now abuse 911 calls can be charged with a misdemeanor and receive a civil fine; those…