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Housing costs, homelessness among top issues in WA, survey says

Statewide, a majority of respondents to Department of Commerce survey agree that rent prices are too high and…

Edith Claver, 60, lived in Des Moines when she went missing from Renton on Nov. 27, 2009. Photo courtesy of National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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While many were found, work remains to protect Indigenous people

There are 23 missing Indigenous people across King County.

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Screenshot of the Issaquah Press from Nov. 6, 1985, regarding the murder trial of John H. Schoenhals.

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Family fears son’s killer could be freed from Washington state prison

Mark Wallace was 14 when he was killed by his older brother’s friend, John H. Schoenhals.

Gov. Jay Inslee enters the House chambers before beginning the 2023 State of the State. Courtesy photo

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State of the State: Inslee pushes for $4 billion housing bond

Calls for an assault weapons ban and the constitutional protection of abortion rights drew cheers from Democrats, silence…

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Proposal would exempt Washington’s news outlets from B&O tax

Legislation cited as necessary save jobs and protect a critical community service.

Gov. Jay Inslee speaks at the I-90/State Route 18 interchange ceremony last fall. File photo by Conor Wilson/Valley Record

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Valley officials concerned about proposed delay on SR 18 construction

Gov. Jay Inslee’s proposed budget delays funding for Tiger Mountain expansion project.

A fallen tree Jan. 9 at SE 46th Street in Fall City led to a fatality. Photo courtesy of Eastside Fire and Rescue

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Woman killed by fallen tree in Fall City

Eastside Fire and Rescue responded to the scene of a fallen tree that struck and killed a woman…

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WA lawmakers prepare for first in-person session since 2020

More homes, less homelessness, a Blake ruling fix and an assault weapons ban are among the issues to…

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Angela Donaldson is stepping down as president of the Fall City Community Association (FCCA), the community nonprofit that runs unincorporated Fall City in the absence of a proper local government. Photo Conor Wilson/Valley Record.

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Donaldson steps down as Fall City Community Association president

For the last three years, Angela Donaldson’s office at her Farmers Insurance branch has functioned like a de…

Joni’s son Dale, born in 2021, strides across a blanket of snow on Mount Rainier in January of this year. He now has at least three other siblings who share the mountain, not to mention his mom and dad.

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Joni the wolverine does it again

The mustelid mother is still making babies on Mt. Rainier.

File Photo. Some of the 17 new houses along 324th Avenue Southeast in Fall City during construction in 2021. Photo by Conor Wilson/Valley Record.

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Hearing set for housing development near Fall City Elementary

Lot across from school baseball feilds being targeted for 13 single-family homes.