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Mercer Island community raises funds for teen resident diagnosed with cancer

While watching their sons play lacrosse on Mercer Island over the last four years, the Brown and Carpenter…

Gov. Jay Inslee and his wife, Trudi Inslee, listen to challenges faced by teachers on May 4 in Renton. (Cameron Sheppard/Sound Publishing)

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Inslee visits Renton High School to proclaim Teachers Appreciation Week

Amid teacher shortage, Renton pilots program to fast-track students into educators for the district.

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Vehicles stolen and prowled | Mercer Island police blotter

Selected reports March 28-April 30

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Mercer Island School District is becoming more diverse, according to report

Overall Asian student population reaches 25.8 percent.

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.

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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…

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Planning commission kicks off comprehensive plan update

Update is expected to run through April 2024.

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Making a new friend at Circus

Fan Yaun and her daughter Rya, 1, visit with an alligator that The Reptile Man brought to last…

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.

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‘We started something that’s really been valuable to the community’

MISF founders share their story at fundraiser.

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Commission supports short-term Bike Skills Area reopening option

‘The wheels are in motion,’ according to Parks and Rec Commission chair.

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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.