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Snoqualmie Mayor Katherine Ross (l) and North Bend Mayor Rob McFarland deliver their annual State of the City presentations in front of SnoValley Chamber of Commerce members at the North Bend Theater on April 27. Photos Conor Wilson/Valley Record.

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Mayors deliver State of City addresses, call 2022 ‘bounce back year’

When the pandemic struck two years ago, city officials in North Bend and Snoqualmie prepared for the worst.

A flow chart showing the protection order process (Screenshot from King County Auditor’s Office report)

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County auditor finds barriers to access, inequities in outcomes for people seeking protection orders

The auditors made several recommendations to improve the protection order process.

Patti Cole-Tindall (Courtesy of King County)

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Patti Cole-Tindall is named new King County Sheriff

A hearing and confirmation process for the appointment is set to begin on May 18.

Photo courtesy of Dennis Pearce. Mount Si High School’s Jazz Band after a send-off performance at the North Bend Theater.

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MSHS jazz band among finalists in prestigious ‘Essentially Ellington’ festival

As finalists were being named for this year’s Essentially Ellington festival, members of Mount Si High School’s jazz…

Messa Group Real Estate hosts a ribbon cutting with the SnoValley Chamber on April 28 to celebrate their new office located at 8224 Railroad Avenue in Snoqualmie. Photo William Shaw/Valley Record.

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Messa Group Real Estate opens in Downtown Snoqualmie

Messa Group Real Estate hosts a ribbon cutting with the SnoValley Chamber on April 28 to celebrate their…

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Love A Tree Day to mark the beginning of ORCA’s new card system

In most transit areas, fares won’t be collected from 3:00 a.m. on May 14 until 2:29 a.m. on…

Judged by XII: A King County Local Dive podcast. The hands shown here belong to Auburn Police Officer Jeffrey Nelson, who has been charged with homicide in the 2019 death of Jesse Sarey.

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JUDGED BY XII (Episode 3): Behind the decision to charge a police officer with murder | King County Local Dive

Special podcast series explores Auburn Police Officer Jeffrey Nelson’s role in the death of Jesse Sarey.

Photo courtesy of the Snoqualmie Valley School District. Members of Mount Si High School’s Green Team and the Snoqualmie Tribe Habitat Restoration Team partnered up to perform a restoration event at Kimball Creek Slough on Earth Day. The two groups, alongside community members, planted native trees and shrubs and removed English ivy, blackberry and other invasive plants.

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MSHS Green Team, Snoqualmie Tribe partner for Earth Day event

Photo courtesy of the Snoqualmie Valley School District. Members of Mount Si High School’s Green Team and the…

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King County expands rural suicide prevention training and peer behavioral health services

Request for application deadlines are on May 3 at 2:30 p.m.

Courtesy Photo, Treehouse

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Washington legislature awards $10.6M in stipends for youth exiting Extended Foster Care program

The number of young adults in King County who will receive stipends is 191.

Meghan and David Schumacher, owners of Arête Coffee Bar in North Bend. Photo by Conor Wilson/Valley Record

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North Bend’s newest cafe is all about the outdoors, sustainability and great coffee

Coffee, mountains, beer — that’s what it’s all about at North Bend’s newest cafe.

Courtesy of Eastside Pottery.

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Eastside Pottery to host Spring Pottery Sale on May 7

Half of the proceeds will be donated to United Way King County & UNICEF Ukraine.

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How unintended consequences led to King County’s removal of a Green River levee

Officials say the levee destroyed wetland habitat critical for salmon over 60 years.