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A no parking sign along Frontier Avenue in Snoqualmie Ridge. Photo by Conor Wilson/Valley Record.

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Police look at parking problems near Panorama Apartments

City Council considering city-wide law change to address parking problems on Frontier Avenue.

High Priest Kalu and High Preistess Syleena “Call The Corners,” a small ritual where a candle is lit at each direction of the Earth as the elements of each direction is called upon. Here they call on the guardian of the watchtower of the South, represented by red which symbolizes fire. Photo by Bailey Jo Josie/Sound Publishing.

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Yule in the PNW: How witches, pagans, Wiccans celebrate winter holidays

Winter Solstice marks the shortest day of the year, which has been celebrated for thousands of years all…

Traffic moves slowly along I-5 through Everett on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022. (Olivia Vanni / Sound Publishing)

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Holiday travel: Icy Sea-Tac airport tops ‘Misery Map’

The predicted third-busiest holiday travel season since 2000 faces a wintry mix of traffic jams and flight issues.

Photo by Conor Wilson/Valley Record.
Tom Armour (left) and Tonya Guinn pose for a photo inside Trail Youth Coffee. The recovery group meets at 7 p.m. every Thursday inside Trail Youth Coffee, 226 Southeast North Bend Way.

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Trail Youth re-launches Valley’s first youth substance recovery group

Group meets discuss weekly to recovery from alcohol and drug abuse

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For 7th straight year, Democrats aim for assault weapon ban

Democratic legislators will seek several gun control laws in the 2023 session, including one requiring a permit to…

Snow accumulated in some parts of the Puget Sound region. Here’s a scene from a Mercer Island home on Dec. 19, 2022. Photo courtesy of Greg Asimakoupoulos

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Snow and cold temps expected this week in Puget Sound region

The weather forecast calls for several inches of snow as well as a cold snap this week in…

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King County audit finds difficulty tracking effectiveness of adult diversion programs

The auditors say the county lacks the strategy, coordination and data to measure cost-effectiveness.

Homeless encampment in a wooded area in Auburn. (Sound Publishing file photo)

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Gov. Inslee proposes $4 billion bond to assist homeless, build housing

WA voters would get the final say.

Lance Gibbon. File photo.

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Superintendent gets $600K severance with Snoqualmie Valley School District

Lance Gibbon will receive $600,000 in exchange for his resignation from SVSD last month.

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Fish consumption advisory issued for several King County lakes

Traces of dangerous “forever chemicals” found in Lake Washington, Lake Meridian and Lake Sammamish

File photo by Conor Wilson/Valley Record.
Construction on North Bend’s wastewater treatment last March.

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Recently built North Bend wastewater tank has cracks, fails leakage test

City officials in North Bend are seeking a third-party review of a concrete tank at its wastewater treatment…