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An aerial view of Carnation. Courtesy photo.

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Carnation awarded funds for business incubator feasibility study

City hopes Snoqualmie Valley Business Incubator supports and retains entrepreneurs in the region

William Shaw, General Manager of the Snoqualmie Valley Record.

Business

A big ‘thank you’ to Snoqualmie Valley readers and businesses | Shaw

Throughout 2022 the Snoqualmie Valley Record has brought you stories that celebrate the common bonds that connect the…

Pickleball Rising license plate, designed by Laramie Studio in Seattle (Seattle Metro Pickleball Association)

Sports

Washington pickleball fans may may soon have special license plate

Enthusiasts are teaming up on a bill for a special plate. Proceeds would build and maintain courts.

Empower Youth Network's Executive Director Laura Smith and Program Director Jerry Blackburn pose for a photo with the Carnation City Council. Carnation, alongside the cites of Snoqualmie, North Bend, Duvall, the Snoqualmie Tribe and Snoqualmie and Riverview School Districts, recognized January as Mentoring Month in the Snoqualmie Valley. From left: Ryan Burrell, Dusting Green, Adair Hawkins, Smith, Blackburn, Mayor Jim Ribail, Tim Harris. Courtesy Photo.

Life

Adult mentors make a difference for Valley students

January is Mentoring Month in the Valley, recognizing the benefits of mentors in youth success.

Snoqualmie Tribal Chairman Robert de los Angeles speaking at an event for Encompass NW in 2021. File photo/Conor Wilson.

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Snoqualmie Valley land returned to Snoqualmie Tribe’s ownership

Seattle nonprofit, Tribe close deal to return ownership of 10-acre land parcel to Tribe.

Keep It Local Snoqualmie Valley Employee of the Quarter contest winners. From Left: Crystal Werner, Tonya Guinn, Tenille Hockenbury, Sharon Hockenbury, April Littlejohn, Shelby Westerlund. Courtesy photo.

Business

Valley nonprofit names three employee of the quarter contest winners

Crystal Werner, Tenille Hockenbury and Shelby Westerlund were named winners of the quarterly contest

A suspected drunk driver allegedly collided with several vehicles Saturday afternoon on U.S. 2 near Chain Lake Road in Monroe. (Monroe Police Department)

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Effort begins to lower the legal limit for driving drunk

Washington could join Utah with toughest standard in the nation. Change concerns wine and hospitality industries.

The Masonic Lodge at 337th Place in Fall City, a location being considered for a future community center. Photo by Conor Wilson/Valley Record

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Fall City gets funding to pursue new community center

King County Budget includes $500,000 grant to study feasibility of a community center in Fall City.

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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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Drug traffickers prison sentence; missing Indigenous people | King County Local Dive

A podcast for King County residents featuring top local stories.

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

Northwest

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…