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King County Council approves program intended to help fight displacement, promote equity among historically disadvantaged groups
Published 1:00pm Friday, March 18, 2022
Grants program and other resources will aim to prevent commercial and cultural displacement.
Read moreA testy final night of legislating brought 2 big surprises
Published 3:20pm Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Here’s what’s happening after adjournment of the 2022 session of the Washington Legislature.
Read moreKing County wants your opinion on new firework enforcement rules | King County
Published 11:02am Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Your comments will be accepted through April 10.
Read moreAmazon to invest over $40 million in affordable housing near Sound Transit sites
Published 1:30pm Tuesday, March 15, 2022
The company outlined two specific housing projects near light rail stations in Bellevue and SeaTac.
Read moreInquests into police shootings to resume in King County
Published 12:22pm Monday, March 14, 2022
First case involves death of Kent man; future inquests include Auburn, Kent, Federal Way police
Read moreMusic at the intersection of past and present | Whale
Published 11:35am Friday, March 11, 2022
It is a July day in 1969, and I am with my family at Lake Surprise. I have just finished first grade in Mrs. Foster’s ... Read more
A closer look at gun violence in King County and beyond | Roegner
Published 5:35am Wednesday, March 9, 2022
Was it only four years ago that 14 students and three staff members were gunned down at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida? Everytime ... Read more
Holy crap! Exotic compost from Woodland Park Zoo up for grabs
Published 2:18pm Monday, March 7, 2022
There’s plenty of Zoo Doo to go around. The zoo has ended a lottery system that limited who got the prized poo.
Read moreIn Gratitude: Healthcare workers enjoy day of rejuvenation at Bloedel Reserve
Published 6:00am Monday, March 7, 2022
No one is more deserving of our gratitude today than health care workers – a sentiment the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance and Bloedel Reserve take ... Read more
Watching the social media and cable news train wreck | Whale
Published 5:30am Saturday, March 5, 2022
To say that anything is possible is to condition the sinister, pitfall corollary that nothing is ridiculous.
Read moreMetaverse: Old wine in a new bottle? | Guest column
Published 1:30pm Friday, March 4, 2022
The metaverse is a space caught at the cusp of the physical and the nonphysical. Not a radically different space per se, but one that, ... Read more
Ukrainian Honorary Consul speaks out about Russian invasion of Ukraine
Published 4:55pm Wednesday, March 2, 2022
“As long as we breathe, as long as our hearts beat, we’re going to protect our land,” said Valeriy Goloborodko.
Read moreBloodworks Northwest and foodies partner to raise awareness of need for blood donations
Published 2:30pm Monday, February 28, 2022
Partnership includes restaurant and food brand owners and culinary gourmands from around the region.
Read moreInslee changes end of mask mandate to March 12
Published 12:15pm Monday, February 28, 2022
King County’s indoor mandate will end at the same time.
Read moreWhere’s the justification for bad behavior in our society? | Livingston
Published 8:30am Monday, February 28, 2022
Common sense respectful behavior and decorum in our society has broken down into angry undercurrents with unreconciled grievances everywhere. It does not help that a ... Read more
Man found dead in Auburn park in an apparent homicide
Published 12:10pm Friday, February 25, 2022
Police don’t have a suspect in custody
Read moreKenyan Community International Church building close to completion
Published 10:00am Wednesday, February 23, 2022
By Emily Riehl, For the Kent Reporter
Read moreTeam USA Climbing coach charged with raping second teen
Published 11:55am Sunday, February 20, 2022
Alexander Fritz, 28, engaged in multiple “inappropriate relationships” with 15-year-old girls, a deputy prosecutor wrote.
Read moreWorld’s longest surviving kidney patient dies
Published 11:38am Sunday, February 20, 2022
Mercer Island resident Nancy Spaeth went on dialysis at age 18 and received four kidney transplants.
Read moreKing County repeals bike helmet law over evidence of racist and discriminatory enforcement
Published 10:00am Friday, February 18, 2022
Board of Health still encourages helmet use, but citatations will no longer be issued
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