Employees work at Fall City’s Aroma Coffee Co. on Jan. 14, 2025. (Grace Gorenflo/Valley Record)

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Small businesses brace for higher minimum wage in King County

New wage for unincorporated areas went into effect Jan. 1, but the rules are still being determined.

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End of a pepperoni era: The Fairwood Shakey’s closes

Shakey’s fans were given one more day to say goodbye to the beloved restaurant.

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Washington judge blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship order

A Seattle judge has granted Washington’s request to temporarily block Trump’s executive order

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Renton Police arrest man for reportedly killing his mother

A 34-year-old man called 911 to report his mother’s death and was arrested when police arrived on the…

Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown. COURTESY PHOTO, state Office of the Attorney General

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Washington AG sues over Trump’s birthright citizenship order

Oregon, Arizona and Illinois joined the lawsuit; attorneys general from 18 other states also sue

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Mercer Island man sentenced for attempted sexual abuse of teen on aircraft

72-year-old man groped 15-year-old girl on Delta flight in 2021 from Atlanta to Seattle

Fentanyl pills. (Photo provided by the Drug Enforcement Administration)

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Funds are running out to help vacate drug possession charges

King County Department of Public Defense urges people with simple drug possession charges to use its free resources.

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Renton community rallies around local man who died in Philippines

‘Hands around the world were reaching to find any kind of help for him.’

Auburn Police Department vehicle. Courtesy photo

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Auburn Police officer fatally shoots man during traffic stop

Police say the male driver and female passenger got into an altercation in which a firearm was displayed.

Attendees display their signs at the “School Funding Crisis” Eastside Town Hall on Jan. 8 at Sammamish High School in Bellevue. Andy Nystrom/ staff photo

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People speak up at ‘School Funding Crisis’ Eastside Town Hall

‘We cannot keep going the status quo of funding in Washington state,’ Renton teacher says

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South King Fire chief to retire, deputy chief returns to work

Chief Van Valkenburg’s paid status extended to Jan. 31; Deputy Chief Lisa Defenbaugh back on job

Leonel Gonzalez at his sentencing. Photo by Joshua Solorzano/Sound Publishing

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Man sentenced to 39 years for fatal carjacking at Federal Way Crossings

The mother of the victim in 2021 shooting told the man that she forgives him

Looking out over Cell 8 during the fall 2024 public tour of the Cedar Hills Regional Landfill. Photo by Bailey Jo Josie/Sound Publishing.

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Where will all the waste go? King County’s only landfill expected to be completely full by 2040

Cedar Hills Regional Landfill receives about 1 million tons of waste a year.

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Auburn girl, 12; teens arrested for stealing car from Kent

Tacoma Police make arrest after girls found with a USB device typically used to steal Kias

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Schrier speaks in support of vaccines and against RFK Jr.

8th District Congresswoman holds press conference in Washington, D.C., to oppose nomination

Mediterranean Gyro Grill owner Jay Barbour, right, and his restaurant manager pictured at the Taste of Federal Way in 2019. File photo

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Federal Way business owner awarded $14.9 million from shooting

Tacoma City Council approves payment after officer returned gun to road rage shooter

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Auburn man sentenced in drug operation related to Aryan Family

Receives a 12-year sentence.

Washington State Capitol Building in Olympia. File photo

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New Washington state laws taking effect in Jan. 2025

New restrictions on cosmetics tested on animals, tougher penalties for negligent drivers, requirements for hospitals to offer drugs…

Photo courtesy of Soak & Sage

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Take the (hot or cold) plunge in Renton at Soak & Sage

A spa that offers massages, facials, hot soaks, cold plunges and even a sweat lodge

Federal Way Discount Guns, 4101 S. 324th St. in Federal Way. File Photo

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Auburn Police to receive money for investigative equipment

Funds come from state settlement with Federal Way Discount Guns