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    King County Crime Dive podcast.
    Police officer still on payroll while awaiting murder...
    By Cameron Sheppard • July 28, 2023 9:50 am

    In this episode, an update on Auburn Police Officer Jeffrey Nelson, who is still on the city payroll while awaiting trial for murder.

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    Public Health – Seattle & King County staff administering COVID-19 vaccine to a local emergency responder. COURTESY PHOTO, Public Health-Seattle & King County
    King County wants to rehire employees who were...
    By Benjamin Leung • July 27, 2023 2:43 pm

    A total of 314 employees separated from King County as a result of the mandate, with eight retiring, 25 resigning, and 281 fired as a result of noncompliance.

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    West Point Treatment Plant in Seattle. Photo courtesy of King County
    King County Council targets “forever chemicals” in wastewater
    By Cameron Sheppard • July 26, 2023 4:06 pm

    The motion would initiate a study on how to mitigate the Puget Sound’s exposure to the toxic runoff.

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    King County Councilmember Claudia Balducci invited young Swifties to read the proclamation, with each taking an album title-themed clause. (Courtesy of King County)
    King County Council names July 18-25 ‘Taylor Swift...
    July 18, 2023 4:30 pm

    Proclamation comes before the pop star’s sold-out Seattle tour dates.

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    King County Crime Dive podcast.
    Boy on scooter dies at scene of collision...
    By Cameron Sheppard • July 17, 2023 8:40 am

    In this episode, Bellevue police recover 3D-printed ghost guns from a drive-by shooting suspect; Valley SWAT arrests a 19-year-old man in the shooting death of a Bothell man behind the Kent YMCA; and a 12-year-old boy on a scooter dies at the scene of a collision in Kent.

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    Stock photo, Metro Creative Graphics
    New state agency to review police use of...
    By Steve Hunter • July 13, 2023 4:06 pm

    State Office of Independent Investigations ready to go to work

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    Courtesy Photo, King County Elections
    King County Elections mails primary ballots
    By Steve Hunter • July 13, 2023 10:15 am

    For Aug. 1 election

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    King County Metro battery-electric coaches at Metro’s South Base in Tukwila. COURTESY FILE PHOTO, King County Metro
    Metro receives $33.5M in federal funds to buy...
    By Reporter Staff • July 1, 2023 5:03 pm

    Money to be used for 30 new buses as Metro aims for zero-emission fleet by 2035

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    The Monroe Correctional Complex in Monroe, Wa. (Sound Publishing file photo)
    State DOC pledges to reduce use of solitary...
    By Benjamin Leung • July 1, 2023 11:30 am

    Goal is to lower the rate by 90% in the next five years in Washington state prisons.

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    Heavy traffic northbound on 1-5 in Everett, Washington on August 31, 2022. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)
    Leave early or late to skirt Independence Day...
    By Ben Watanabe • June 28, 2023 4:00 pm

    Seattle area is projected to have some of the worst traffic in the nation.

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    State Patrol seeks witnesses to I-5 shooting near...
    By Steve Hunter • June 21, 2023 2:36 pm

    Several bullets fired at driver from passenger in nearby car; nobody hurt

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    King County Crime Dive podcast.
    Closer look at King County gun violence stats...
    By Cameron Sheppard • June 20, 2023 1:30 pm

    In this episode, we look at how King County has seen a reduction in gun violence so far in 2023. Also: prosecutors charge a teen as an adult in the shooting death of a 20-year-old male.

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    An emergency fire vehicle heads past a barricade and towards Index as numerous agencies attempt to contain the Bolt Creek Fire on Saturday, Sep. 10, 2022, on U.S. Highway 2 near Index, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)
    Washington at ‘epicenter’ of wildfire threat
    By Jordan Hansen • June 12, 2023 10:22 am

    Federal fire forecast shows Western Washington has one of the most dire outlooks in the U.S.

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    King County Crime Dive podcast.
    Authorities capture escaped teen criminals | King County...
    By Cameron Sheppard • June 11, 2023 8:00 am

    In this episode, authorities capture several teens, including a convicted killer, who escaped from Echo Glen Children’s Center; and four suspects are arrested in connection with an armed robbery at a cannabis dispensary.

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    King County Crime Dive podcast.
    Backpack becomes a murder weapon | King County...
    By Cameron Sheppard • June 6, 2023 1:00 pm

    In this episode, prosecutors have charged three Auburn residents in a 2022 murder of a Kent man at Southcenter Mall; a man allegedly beat his girlfriend to death with a backpack outside of a Kent 7-Eleven store.

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    King County Crime Dive podcast.
    ‘One-person crime wave’ sentenced for ghost gun and...
    By Cameron Sheppard • May 23, 2023 1:00 pm

    Also in this episode, a 17-year-old boy is injured while “surfing” on a vehicle.

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    Heavy traffic northbound on 1-5 in Everett, Washington on August 31, 2022. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)
    Go early or late to beat Memorial Day...
    By Ben Watanabe • May 22, 2023 3:30 pm

    AAA projects busy airports, ferries and roads over the holiday weekend this year, though still below pre-pandemic counts.

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    Three Auburn residents arrested for killing Kent man...
    May 19, 2023 2:53 pm

    Three suspects are ages 20, 18 and 16; Chris Wesolowicz, 30, died in 2022 parking garage shooting

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    King County Crime Dive podcast.
    Police bust couple behind massage businesses | King...
    By Cameron Sheppard • May 15, 2023 6:45 pm

    In this episode, a pair of King County residents have been charged with promoting prostitution and operating nearly a dozen Washington state massage businesses as fronts; and Renton police have initiated a homicide investigation into the death of a 17-year-old boy.

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    State Patrol uses aircraft to make traffic arrests...
    By Steve Hunter • May 8, 2023 1:01 pm

    Crackdown on illegal street racing and vehicles fleeing from traffic stops

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