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    Help wanted sign in the window. File photo
    State releases February unemployment data
    By Aaron Kunkler • April 7, 2021 3:30 pm

    February unemployment in King County sat at 5.3%, which marked a decrease from the prior month, but was still double…

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    Snoqualmie Tribe, partners, to open Eastside’s first community-based...
    By Aaron Kunkler • April 7, 2021 1:30 am

    Located at Lake Sammamish State Park, it has capacity for up to 300 people per day.

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    Issaquah School District settles negligence lawsuit for $4.25...
    By Aaron Kunkler • March 26, 2021 3:07 pm

    The lawsuit alleged the district covered for a now-convicted child molester while he was a teacher.

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    More people can get the COVID vaccine on...
    By Aaron Kunkler • March 26, 2021 1:00 pm

    The number of people eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine is set to increase in King County, but the number…

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    Bellevue police standoff. File photo
    Eastside police agencies form independent use of force...
    By Aaron Kunkler • March 24, 2021 1:50 pm

    Agencies from Snoqualmie to Mercer Island, along with the King County Sheriff’s Office and the Washington State Patrol, are slated to be part of it.

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    A woman gathers flowers at Snofalls Lavender Farm outside Fall City on July 18, 2020. Aaron Kunkler/staff photo
    Finding farmland in King County is a perpetual...
    By Aaron Kunkler • March 23, 2021 10:40 am

    High prices and a lack of available land has pushed the price per acre sky-high.

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    Grocery workers in unincorporated King County to receive...
    By Aaron Kunkler • March 11, 2021 10:10 am

    Workers at many large grocery stores in unincorporated King County will soon see a pay bump of $4 an hour…

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    A landslide in December 2019 created a crack in this Fall City road, allowing for a one lane entry and exit. Courtesy of King County Road Services
    WA Legislature grapples with funding roads, bridges
    By Aaron Kunkler • March 8, 2021 3:20 pm

    Roads and bridges repair programs in King County are underfunded, and state legislators are thinking of ways to address critical…

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    King County considers grocery store worker hazard pay...
    By Aaron Kunkler • March 4, 2021 5:30 pm

    The King County Metropolitan Council will vote during its next meeting on whether to grant hazard pay to grocery store…

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    Freshwater variety of kokanee salmon from Lake Sammamish. File photo
    Encouraging numbers for kokanee salmon spawn count
    By Aaron Kunkler • March 4, 2021 1:30 am

    Lake Sammamish kokanee aren’t out of the woods by any stretch, but there’s reason to be optimistic about the fate…

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    Malden, after a wildfire burned down 80% of the town’s buildings in Eastern Washington. Courtesy photo
    DNR commissioner seeks $125 million to fight wildfires
    By Aaron Kunkler • March 3, 2021 10:10 am

    In Washington state last September, some 600,000 acres burned within 72 hours.

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    Entrance to the Tukwila Library branch of the King County Library System. File photo
    King County libraries will reopen in some cities...
    By Aaron Kunkler • February 26, 2021 12:00 pm

    Fall City, Kent libraries among six selected for partial reopening.

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    A South King Fire & Rescue firefighter places a used test swab into a secure COVID test vial on Nov. 18, 2020, at a Federal Way testing site. (Sound Publishing file photo)
    Masks are still king in combating new COVID...
    By Aaron Kunkler • February 23, 2021 12:00 pm

    A top UW doctor talks new strains, masks and when normal could return.

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