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Sheriff’s deputies and camera crews line up outside the scene of a fatal home intrusion Monday morning near North Bend.

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Resident stabs and kills home intruder near North Bend

A home invasion suspect was stabbed and killed by a resident early this morning after he broke into…

Fall City teacher Amy Jones

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In the decade since last bond passed, school district turns to movable classrooms as inexpensive option | Portables, Part II

It’s been 10 years since voters in the Snoqualmie Valley School District approved a bond to build a…

Students in Betsy Sorenson’s class work on assignments in the portable classroom’. The room is cozy

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Permanent lessons, temporary classrooms: Explore the pros and cons of portables, as Valley district adds more movable rooms

It’s just a few days before the Fall City Elementary School science fair, and Betsy Sorenson’s fifth-grade classroom…

Will Desler

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Snoqualmie Valley elementary readers bring A-games to Book Battle finals

Memories were tested and brains were stretched Friday, in one of the hardest-fought Battle of the Books finals.…

Security cameras captured this hooded intruder at the North Bend ACE Hardware store on April 18. He left on a bike

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Bike-riding burglar busts into North Bend hardware store, leaves empty-handed

Scared off by a burglar alarm, a man breaking into the North Bend Ace Hardware store early Thursday,…

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Plans have changed for proposed North Bend hotel

Plans have already changed significantly for a proposed hotel project in North Bend, and may continue to change,…

Kris and Dick Kirby relax on the porch of the house that they recently restored to its original 1914 look. Dick lived in the house as a teenager

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Snoqualmie transplants Dick and Kris Kirby add a new chapter to century-old Carnation home | Photo gallery

Next year, Dick and Kris Kirby’s Carnation home will reach the century mark. To the uneducated eye, it…

Hiking the airlifted footbridge over the Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River

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‘It’s going to be busy’: Big changes coming to North Bend’s Middle Fork wilderness gateway

They call it the Gateway Trail. It’s a shortish trek, partly through old-growth forest, partly along the trout-rich…

Culinary students Rio Vega and Emily Schiferl

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The professionals: Culinary classes at Mount Si get students on right track for restaurant careers | Photo gallery

Behind the doors of the Wildcat Cafe kitchen, white-coated students are working fast to get ready for the…

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Bombs could have hurt many more: Snoqualmie runner Sean Sundwall shares experiences at Boston Marathon | Update

When two bombs exploded near the finish line at Monday's Boston Marathon, Sean Sundwall of Snoqualmie, the first…

Cascade View Elementary School Kindergarteners

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Power of education: Schools Foundation puts learning in the spotlight | Photo gallery

The power of education was in the spotlight March 28, during the Snoqualmie Valley Schools Foundation luncheon. During…

North Bend-based Westerlund Excavation seeks its stolen trackhoe

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Dude, where’s my backhoe? Gate-crashing thieves take big haul from North Bend’s Westerlund Excavation | Photo gallery

Thieves literally crashed the gates of North Bend-based Westerlund Excavation when they robbed the business early March 23,…

Film-makers Dean Sydnor and Emmitt Rudd receiving plaques for their work in the C-SPAN video competition.

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Learning matters: Education critique from Mount Si High students gets attention from C-SPAN | Photo gallery

School is just a game, say students in a short film from Mount Si High School, and a…