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King County Sheriff’s Office modifies pursuit policy

Initiative 2113 was passed in the Washington State Legislature in May 2024.

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Screenshot from video of July 28 shooting in Auburn.

Metro bus shooting ambush in Auburn injures four | Video

Auburn Police report the shooting ‘appeared to be a planned ambush and not a random attack.’

Screenshot from video of July 28 shooting in Auburn.
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Man suffocates to death in Auburn rollover crash

29-year-old man dies in July 25 incident

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Republican candidate for governor Dave Reichert stands with service providers who spoke at his press conference on Wednesday, July 31, at FUSION Family Center in Federal Way. Photo by Keelin Everly-Lang / Sound Publishing

Reichert talks homelessness during campaign stop in Federal Way

Republican candidate for governor endorses executive order made by California Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Republican candidate for governor Dave Reichert stands with service providers who spoke at his press conference on Wednesday, July 31, at FUSION Family Center in Federal Way. Photo by Keelin Everly-Lang / Sound Publishing
State Capitol Building in Olympia. File photo

What’s the cost if WA voters erase capital gains tax or end cap-and-trade?

A pair of new reports outline financial consequences if voters approve ballot measures this fall repealing Washington’s capital gains tax and scrapping its cap-and-trade program.

  • Aug 1, 2024
  • By Jerry Cornfield Washington State Standard
State Capitol Building in Olympia. File photo
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Inquest concludes in 2019 Federal Way police shooting death

Jurors unanimously found that officers did not kill Malik Williams through criminal means.

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No suspects in Auburn death of teen killed in shooting at residence

Giovanni Brown, 15, died on July 18 as a result of multiple gunshot wounds.

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Woman sentenced in Renton vehicular homicide

She was driving a vehicle in 2022 that had been stolen from The Landing.

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Photo by Bailey Jo Josie/Sound Publishing
Cars drive northbound through the intersection of Southeast 192nd Street and 140th Avenue Southeast in Fairwood. An 18-year-old was driving over 100 mph southbound through this intersection on March 19 when his car hit a minivan, resulting in the deaths of one woman and three minors.

King County Council approves traffic safety study in Fairwood

Fairwood community has been calling for more robust traffic safety in the area.

Photo by Bailey Jo Josie/Sound Publishing
Cars drive northbound through the intersection of Southeast 192nd Street and 140th Avenue Southeast in Fairwood. An 18-year-old was driving over 100 mph southbound through this intersection on March 19 when his car hit a minivan, resulting in the deaths of one woman and three minors.
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Want a speed limit decrease in Fairwood? Public comments are open until Aug. 6

The proposed reduction would be on 140th Avenue Southeast, where 4 were killed in March

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A gray wolf. Gary Kramer/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

‘Endangered’ status to remain in effect for WA wolves

A sharply-divided state panel on July 19 retained strict protections for gray wolves in Washington, concluding their status under the state’s endangered species law should… Continue reading

  • Jul 23, 2024
  • By Jerry Cornfield Washington State Standard
A gray wolf. Gary Kramer/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
9th Congressional District Rep. Adam Smith, 8th Congressional District Rep. Kim Schrier, 1st Congressional District Rep. Suzan DelBene and U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell are among Democrats from Washington state who support President Joe Biden’s decision to stop his re-election campaign. Courtesy photos

WA Democrat leaders ‘applaud’ Biden for dropping out of race

Smith, Schrier, DelBene and Cantwell released statements in support of President Biden’s Sunday decision to no longer seek re-election.

9th Congressional District Rep. Adam Smith, 8th Congressional District Rep. Kim Schrier, 1st Congressional District Rep. Suzan DelBene and U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell are among Democrats from Washington state who support President Joe Biden’s decision to stop his re-election campaign. Courtesy photos
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Inquest explores 2019 fatal police shooting in Federal Way

Malik Williams was shot in an apartment parking lot.

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Federal Way man accused of trafficking multimillion-dollars of stolen goods

Alongside a Bellevue man, the pair reportedly would buy stolen goods, then sell them online.

Courtesy Photo, U.S. Department of Justice
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Teen dies in Auburn shooting

Officers responded at 10:45 p.m. July 12 to a shooting in the 500 block of A Street Southeast.

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A boy picks out Honeycrisp apples for his family at Swans Trail Farms in Snohomish, Washington. Sound Publishing File Photo

Selling Washington’s food and farm products to the world

Department of Agriculture is assembling a program to help promote products grown, raised, caught, baked and brewed in Washington.

  • Jul 17, 2024
  • By Jerry Cornfield Washington State Standard
A boy picks out Honeycrisp apples for his family at Swans Trail Farms in Snohomish, Washington. Sound Publishing File Photo
John Houston (center) speaks during a post-screening panel discussion for the “King County Reparations Project.” Pictured left to right: Stephanie Johnson-Tolliver, President of the Black Heritage Society of Washington State; Seattle Central College professor Rev. Carl Livingston; Houston; Director Angela Moorer; Former King County Councilmember Larry Gossett. Photo by Bailey Jo Josie/Sound Publishing

Documentary on reparations includes Renton family’s story

Reparations Project tells the stories of the displacement of African Americans in King County

John Houston (center) speaks during a post-screening panel discussion for the “King County Reparations Project.” Pictured left to right: Stephanie Johnson-Tolliver, President of the Black Heritage Society of Washington State; Seattle Central College professor Rev. Carl Livingston; Houston; Director Angela Moorer; Former King County Councilmember Larry Gossett. Photo by Bailey Jo Josie/Sound Publishing
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Federal Way woman accused of driving high in fatal crash

Victim was age 19 and died three days after the crash.

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A free CPR training and career fair will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 13 at the accesso ShoWare Center in Kent. COURTESY PHOTO, Puget Sound Fire

Fire authorities offer free CPR training, career fair Saturday, July 13

Event open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at accesso ShoWare Center in Kent

A free CPR training and career fair will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 13 at the accesso ShoWare Center in Kent. COURTESY PHOTO, Puget Sound Fire