The parking lot next to Sno-Valley Senior Center in Carnation at the corner of Stephens Avenue and Commercial Street. The lot is the proposed site of 15 senior affordable housing units. Photo by Conor Wilson/Valley Record

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Carnation affordable senior housing project close to funding goal

Sno-Valley Senior Center plans 15-unit, income restircted senior apartments

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Fireworks ban takes effect this year in unincorporated King County

The new law does not extend to cities, which each have their own regulations around fireworks.

Gary King (left), owner of King’s Quality Auto, and his fiancée, Stefanie Price, celebrate the opening of their new space at 1208 Bendigo Boulevard North in North Bend on June 11. Photo by Conor Wilson/Valley Record

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Valley mechanic opens ‘dream’ space after decades of service

King’s Quality Auto owner, Gary King, opens a new space at 1208 Bendigo Boulevard North

Residents walk along Redmond-Fall City Road.

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Photo Gallery: Fall City Days returns for 49th year

All Photos by Conor Wilson/Valley Record.

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Snoqualmie River Flooding Forecast (Courtesy of US Geological Survey)

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Snoqualmie Valley farmers are concerned about unusual June floods

Spokesperson says infrastructure, soil and crop sales are all in danger for the low-lying farms.

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Isabel Jones in 2012 at age 88.

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Carnation historian, community leader Isabel Jones dies at 98

If Isabel Jones couldn’t answer your question about Carnation history, then it was probably lost to time.

Rehearsal of “The Tempest” at Valley Center Stage in North Bend. Photo courtesy of Rosalind Chaffee.

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Twist on a classic: Valley Center Stage performs Shakespeare’s “The Tempest”

The show will run Thursday through Sunday until June 19.

North Bend Downtown Block Party in 2016. File Photo.

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North Bend Downtown Block Party returns in July

After two years of pandemic-related festival cancellations, the community is invited to celebrate together at the 12th annual…

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Report examines King County Sheriff’s Office misconduct investigations

Ninety-one employees had multiple allegations of misconduct made against them in 2021.

Electric trucks being assembled in Renton (Screenshot from King County video)

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King County to use electric heavy duty trucks to transport garbage with lower emissions

Among the first Class 8 battery-electric trucks in America operated by a waste management agency.

Photo Courtesy of Snoqualmie Valley School District. 2022 educators of the year pose for a photo at Mount Si High School on June 1, during the Small Hands to Big Plans event hosted by the Snoqualmie Valley Schools Foundation. From left: Foundation Board Member Sheri Absher, Foundation President Lorraine Thurston, Teachers: Karen Waters Brown (Twin Falls ), Nick Viera (Mount Si), Robyn Kolke (Parent Partnership Program), Laurie Fitzpatrick (Snoqualmie Elementary) and District Superintendent Lance Gibbon.

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SV Schools Foundation raises $63,000, names educators of year

The Snoqualmie Valley Schools Foundation hosted its annual Small Hands to Big Plans event on Wednesday, June 1,…

USDA Deputy Secretary Jewel Bronaugh (left) and U.S. Rep. Kim Schrier (center) near Franklin Falls in the Mt. Baker - Snoqualmie National Forest. Courtesy photo

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USDA announces half billion in conservation, recreation funding outside North Bend

Members of The U.S. The Department of Agriculture were joined by the U.S. Rep. Kim Schrier on June…