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Sound Transit files appeal regarding city permits

Open record public hearing set for March 16.

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)

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Masks are still king in combating new COVID strains

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

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Local artist captures scale of COVID deaths by counting stitches

‘COVID 57 weeks’ is on view at the Mercer Island Visual Arts League Gallery.

Washington State Capitol Building in Olympia. File photo

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Democrats look to allow noncitizens to serve on school boards

A Senate bill takes aim at a state law requiring anyone seeking elected office to be a citizen.

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City council regular meeting on tap for March 2

The Mercer Island City Council will hold its next regular video meeting on March 2.

A CVS pharmacist prepares a COVID-19 vaccine at Village Green Retirement Campus in Federal Way on Jan. 26. Olivia Sullivan/Sound Publishing

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State health leader: We have a plan, we don’t have the supply

Two months after the COVID vaccine landed in Washington, many still struggle to secure their shots.

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How the pandemic and coronavirus variants can show us evolution in real time

Scientists say viruses reproduce and mutate at higher rates, creating viral variants.

An Island Park Elementary teacher and her students hit the books on Feb. 8 in the Mercer Island School District. The single largest amount of Gov. Jay Inslee’s newly announce relief package, $668 million, will go to public elementary and secondary schools to prepare for reopening for some in-person learning and to address students’ learning loss. Courtesy photo

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Inslee signs $2.2 billion COVID relief package

The federal funds will go to fight COVID, aid renters and reopen shuttered schools and businesses.

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‘Raising Resilient Kids’ is next up in Parenting in Place series

MI Parent Edge and Youth and Family Services sponsor webinars.

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‘Our healthcare workers are truly our heroes this year’

Local National Charity League members create gratitude cards.

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Meet the Island’s prevention professionals of the future

They reside in the high school’s SAFE and Minds Matter clubs.

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City receives clean audit for fiscal year 2019 / City briefs

* The State Auditor’s Office (SAO) has given the city a clean audit for the fiscal year 2019.…

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City council votes 6-1 to prohibit camping on public property

Camping in parks is already banned.