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All fireworks will be illegal in unincorporated King County in 2022

Fireworks will be illegal in unincorporated parts of King County starting in 2022 after the King County Council…

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Kasey Maralack in the Girls 14-15 age group holds her trophy during the Drive, Chip and Putt National Finals at Augusta National Golf Club, Sunday, April 4, 2021.

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Mount Si High’s Kasey Maralack makes elite national golf competition fourth time

The Valley’s own Kasey Maralack has joined a select group of youth golfers after making it to a…

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Bindlestick announces three shows this May

Live music is making a comeback in the Snoqualmie Valley after more than a year without regular events.

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Snoqualmie house fire causes $350,000 in damage

Snoqualmie firefighters responded to a residential fire in the 7500 block of Raven Avenue SE on Snoqualmie Ridge…

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Jim Curtis is a local veteran, veteran’s advocate and martial arts instructor who thinks EJ Roberts Park should be renamed. The park was named after Roberts when he died and donated the five acres of land on which it sits. Roberts also built the Silver Creek development in the 1940s with a covenant that excluded people of color from living there.

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Should EJ Roberts park be renamed? This North Bend veteran thinks so

Roberts built the Silver Creek neighborhood, but excluded people of color from buying homes.

North Bend City Hall. Courtesy of northbendwa.gov

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North Bend could approve building codes for affordable housing

Goal is to ensure new development is similar to existing downtown area.

Hamed Shirzad runs Shirzad Jewelry in Kirkland and recently completed an exhibit for the Bellevue Arts Museum, showcasing traditional Persian jewelry. Contributed by Hamed Shirzad

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Kirkland’s Hamed Shirzad’s stunning Persian jewelry exhibit debuts at Bellevue Arts Museum

After a decade of work on his labor of love, Kirkland’s Hamed Shirzad has finished a set of…

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Citizens are concerned with what continued development means for the health of the Snoqualmie River. Three forks of the river converge north of the city.

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Appeal challenges North Bend’s water system plan

Friends of the Snoqualmie River and Trail have filed an appeal against the city’s plan.

Spring Chinook Salmon. Photo courtesy Michael Humling, US Fish & Wildlife Service

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Salmon update: King County wants cleaner water, more habitat

Salmon and orcas are in the spotlight once again as King County unveils a new strategic plan to…

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Judge orders Issaquah School District to pay for violating disabilities education act

Issaquah School District was ordered to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for failing to provide adequate education…

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State releases February unemployment data

February unemployment in King County sat at 5.3%, which marked a decrease from the prior month, but was…

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Snoqualmie Tribe, partners, to open Eastside’s first community-based mass vaccination site on April 12

Located at Lake Sammamish State Park, it has capacity for up to 300 people per day.

Cars lined up at Snoqualmie Valley Hospital on March 26 as people awaited their first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine as part of the hospital’s first mass vaccination event. Contributed by Snoqualmie Valley Hospital

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Snoqualmie Valley Hospital mass vaccination event goes smoothly

Wind and rain couldn’t keep more than 800 people from lining up to receive a first dose of…