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    A house in Issaquah was damaged by fallen trees during November’s bomb cyclone. (Courtesy of King County Councilmember Sarah Perry’s office)
    FEMA denies funds to WA for damage caused...
    By Bailey Josie • April 14, 2025 3:00 pm

    Gov. Bob Ferguson says federal funds are needed to address $34 million in damage caused by the storm, and that the state will appeal.

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    A man places his ballot into the drop box outside Federal Way City Hall. Bailey Jo Josie/Sound Publishing
    SAVE Act could disenfranchise millions of voters
    By Bailey Josie • April 11, 2025 5:35 pm

    Congressman reports law could cost Washingtonians over $361 million just to register to vote.

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King County Prosecuting Attorney Leesa Manion testifying to the King County Council about budget cut impacts.
    King County budget deficit could bring big consequences
    By Joshua Solorzano • April 5, 2025 1:30 pm

    A new Senate bill related to property taxes is seen as one way to mitigate the effects.

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    A 23andMe 2013 genome testing kit. Photo courtesy of Wikipedia/Creative Commons
    How to delete genetic data from 23andMe
    By Reporter Staff • April 4, 2025 1:50 pm

    Washington state residents have a right to genetic data privacy and ability to request data deletion.

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    New catalytic converter law aimed at deterring theft...
    By Joshua Solorzano • April 2, 2025 9:17 am

    The new law also creates specific and real penalties for people who don’t follow the rules.

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    Sumo Dog’s The Godzilla was the favorite of the day at the Menu Preview Day. Photo by Ben Ray/Sound Publishing
    Hall of Fame-worthy ballpark eats at T-Mobile Park...
    By Bailey Josie • March 24, 2025 4:15 pm

    The Mariners Menu Preview Day brought local cuisine and legendary baseball dedications to the 2025 season, with opening day on March 27.

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    Dow Constantine. COURTESY PHOTO
    Board recommends Dow Constantine as new Sound Transit...
    By Steve Hunter • March 24, 2025 4:11 pm

    In his 16th year as King County executive and on the Sound Transit Board; pay could be $675,000 annually

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    (Screenshot/Courtesy of King County)
    Fingerprint ID levy to go before King County...
    By Drew Dotson • March 22, 2025 9:30 am

    The levy would authorize an additional property tax for seven years, beginning in 2026.

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    Photo courtesy of Katherine Haman
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife staff clean up Caspian tern carcasses during the bird flu outbreak on Rat Island in Jefferson County, 2023.
    How to navigate the bird flu in Washington...
    By Grace Gorenflo • March 9, 2025 7:30 am

    “This looks like it might be the new normal,” said Chris Anderson, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.

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    One of Return Home’s cells, filled entirely with organic material, demonstrates what the terramation cells look like. Based in Auburn, Return Home is one of the few terramation companies in the world. They transform people into soil. File photo
    What we talk about, or not, when talking...
    By Perris Larson, Contributor • February 8, 2025 7:30 am

    Puget Sound area organizations and businesses strive to normalize the topic of dying.

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    Employees work at Fall City’s Aroma Coffee Co. on Jan. 14, 2025. (Grace Gorenflo/Valley Record)
    Small businesses brace for higher minimum wage in...
    By Grace Gorenflo • January 28, 2025 12:38 pm

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

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    Jeffrey Nelson receives his sentence Jan. 23 at the Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent. Photo by Joshua Solorzano/Sound Publishing
    Former Auburn cop sentenced to 16 years, 8...
    By Joshua Solorzano • January 24, 2025 2:40 pm

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

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    Fentanyl pills. (Photo provided by the Drug Enforcement Administration)
    Funds are running out to help vacate drug...
    By Joshua Solorzano • January 16, 2025 3:11 pm

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

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    Looking out over Cell 8 during the fall 2024 public tour of the Cedar Hills Regional Landfill. Photo by Bailey Jo Josie/Sound Publishing.
    Where will all the waste go? King County’s...
    By Bailey Josie • January 10, 2025 7:00 am

    Cedar Hills Regional Landfill receives about 1 million tons of waste a year.

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    Washington State Capitol Building in Olympia. File photo
    New Washington state laws taking effect in Jan....
    By Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero and Bill Lucia, Washington State Standard • January 1, 2025 11:30 am

    New restrictions on cosmetics tested on animals, tougher penalties for negligent drivers, requirements for hospitals to offer drugs to people…

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    Image taken from NWAC website of their member school map. Courtesy image
    Junior college sports landscape could see some serious...
    By Benjamin Ray • December 26, 2024 3:30 pm

    Court ruling in Tennessee could affect NCAA eligibility for Washington athletes.

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    Mount Rainier National Park has around 2 million visitors a year. Image courtesy the National Park Service
    The mountain is out and it tells cold...
    By Bailey Josie • December 25, 2024 7:00 am

    Data shows that since 2007, Mount Rainier has become the second most dangerous National Park in the winter.

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    A northern giant hornet seen on an apple. (Photo courtesy of Washington State Department of Agriculture)
    Invasive ‘murder hornets’ found in WA have been...
    By Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero, Washington State Standard • December 21, 2024 9:30 am

    The hunt for invasive “murder hornets” is over in Washington and the rest of the U.S. after three years without…

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    Veronica Garcia gives an interview after winning the 2A girls 400-meter final at the 2024 Washington State Championships at Mt. Tahoma High School in Tacoma. (Screenshot from Runnerspace.com video)
    Proposals seek new rules for transgender athletes in...
    By Benjamin Ray • December 12, 2024 1:48 pm

    Other proposals target student-athlete transfer rules and girls flag football.

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    The Lummi Nation provided three colorful shawls during the MMIWP Task Force Summit in September, with turquoise representing human trafficking, purple representing overdoses (“losing our people from fentanyl”) and red representing murdered and missing Indigenous women — all crises that affect North American Natives and Tribes. The summit started with an opening ceremony with words from Lummi Tribal Chair Anthony Hillaire, Lummi Indian Business Council Secretary Lisa Wilson and a Shawl Ceremony with Lhaq’temish singers. Photo by Bailey Jo Josie/Sound Publishing
    Working toward justice for the missing and murdered...
    By Bailey Josie • November 28, 2024 7:30 am

    Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People (MMIWP) Task Force Summit highlights progress as well as shortcomings.

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