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Homelessness may be trending down after seven years

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Homelessness may be trending down after seven years

A press release from the annual count showed a reduction in people living without a home.

Ashley Hiruko/staff photo                                County Councilmember Kathy Lambert shows off a news article about a one-year-old girl who her father, a San Francisco police officer at the time, witnessed fall. From left: Eastside Fire & Rescue Chief Jeff Clark, Snoqualmie Fire Department Chief Mark Correira, Lambert, and Dr. Brian Johnston, chief of pediatrics at Harborview Medical Center.

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Toddler window falls are preventable

A demonstration provided parents with ways to protect children.

Bag of crystal meth found in T-Mobile bathroom | Police Blotter

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Bag of crystal meth found in T-Mobile bathroom | Police Blotter

Police blotter for April 20-26.

Courtesy photo                                David Hamilton of North Bend, center, presents checks to Kiwanis Kindness Essay contest winners Selena Huante, left, and Bentley Moore, both of North Bend Elementary. Other contest winners are Rebekah Baker and Kenahdie Wilkins, both of Fall City, Ellen Callahan and Claire Tougher, both of Cascade View, Lauren Blad of Timber Ridge, Hannah LaCroix of Parent Partnership, Asher Shuck of Snoqualmie Elementary, and Katie Holloway, Zachary Graham and Josef Treiber, all of Opstad.

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Kiwanis Kindness Essay winners

Multiple winners from local schools.

WSDOT open house collects feedback from concerned valley residents

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WSDOT open house collects feedback from concerned valley residents

Hundreds of Valley residents got a chance to ask questions about the changes coming to I-90.

Architectural rendering of a modular congregate shelter. Modular housing is a type of dwelling where the components are manufactured in one location, then assembled at another location. Courtesy of kingcounty.gov.

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Modular housing in King County moves ahead

Small, portable housing units are being explored by the county to address homelessness.

Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 27

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Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 27

Bring unwanted pills and patches for safe disposal.

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Residents offered $15,000 to relocate from river properties

City council sets a policy mimicking actions of Seattle Public Utilities acquisitions.

Gov. Jay Inslee shakes hands with Dinah Griffey after signing Senate Bill 5649 on April 19. The law revises the statute of limitations for sex crimes. Photo by Emma Epperly, WNPA Olympia News Bureau

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Hits and misses from Legislature’s 2019 session

New laws target vaccines, sex crimes and daylight savings; losers include sex ed and dwarf tossing bills.

Gov. Jay Inslee speaks to protesting nurses on April 24 at the State Capitol Building in Olympia. Inslee indicated he would sign the bill for meal and rest breaks into law if it passes both chambers. Photo by Emma Epperly, WNPA Olympia News Bureau

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Lawmakers approve ‘nursing bill’ for mandatory meal and rest breaks

Nurses show up in Olympia to support bill, protest Sen. Walsh’s remarks.

Scott Barden stands next to the pit that will house the newest, and possibly final, section of the Cedar Hills Regional Landfill near Maple Valley. The pit is 120 feet deep, and around another 180 feet will be built on top of it over the next decade. Aaron Kunkler/staff photo

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King County’s landfill is going to get bigger

A ninth cell will be built, extending its life by another decade.

An aircraft is pictured at King County International Airport, also known as Boeing Field. Photo courtesy of kingcounty.gov

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King County wants to end deportation flights for ICE

Legal challenge expected from federal government.

April 2019 special election preliminary results

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April 2019 special election preliminary results

LWSD levy passing; Fall City fire merger and hospital bond coming up short.