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New ‘Do Not Flush’ labeling law goes into effect across Washington this month
Officials estimate $440 million is spent removing clogs caused by improperly flushed products yearly
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Kent School Board votes to reject LGBTQ book ban decision
Multiple board members mentioned a need for policy changes in the book challenge process.
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King County Local Dive: Prostitution coercion, hate crime, book ban
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Mysterious Renton in-home deaths of father, two daughters ruled as starvation
Written materials about fasting were found in the home; the father’s death called a suicide.
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King County Prosecuting Attorney vows to protect reproductive freedom
Dan Satterberg joins over 80 prosecutors from around the country in their pledge.
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JUDGED BY XII: Examining Auburn police officer’s grim tattoos
Episode 5 in special podcast series that explores Jeffrey Nelson’s role in the death of Jesse Sarey.
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Large-scale affordable housing development breaks ground in Renton
The Watershed project will offer 145 units of affordable housing for over 350 people.
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King County Local Dive: Nazi logos earn big settlement; school shooter thwarted; teacher faces rape charge
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All that the tides reveal: Puget Sound’s hidden intertidal world
Exploring King County beaches during the lowest tide in the last 13 years.
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Auditor’s report finds racial disparities in King County Sheriff’s Office performance
BIPOC individuals are arrested and subjected to police use of force disproportionately, report finds
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Kent Police fatally shoot man along Pacific Highway South | Update
Four officers placed on administrative leave
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Kent gives $1.5 million settlement to assistant police chief who used Nazi insignia
The city noted that union rules and the arbitration process were preventing his termination.
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Misconduct in the sheriff’s office; ACLU gets involved in book ban | King County Local Dive
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ACLU gets involved in Kent School District removal of LGBTQ+ books
The civil rights advocacy group called banning LGBTQ+ books a “life and death situation.”
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Report examines King County Sheriff’s Office misconduct investigations
Ninety-one employees had multiple allegations of misconduct made against them in 2021.
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King County to use electric heavy duty trucks to transport garbage with lower emissions
Among the first Class 8 battery-electric trucks in America operated by a waste management agency.
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Housing First: Special podcast series on King County’s Health Through Housing program
Special podcast series.
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Monkeypox comes to town, bad timing on police recruitment banner, protesters slam Kirkland hotel | King County Local Dive
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Against the grain: Reagan Dunn holds the torch for King County conservatives
What it means to be the top Republican in a liberal King County government.
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Dog attack, fugitive couple and murder sentencing | King County Local Dive
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