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King County, Seattle could create joint homelessness response agency
It would be a unified agency and the overarching authority on addressing homelessness in the county.
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King County builds blueprint for health, climate change
The plan will inform how the Board of Health addresses climate change-related health issues.
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July’s Monroe earthquake is informing plans for future danger
Gathered by lucky accident, data from the 4.6-magnitude quake could help assess bigger hazards.
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King County will challenge legality of I-976
County Executive Dow Constantine: ‘We must clean up another mess that Tim Eyman has created for our state,…
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Study on shipping or burning King County trash released
The report fleshes out the two main options for trash disposal over the next 50 years.
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Luxury apartments: Who’s buying King County?
Wealthy investors jack up housing prices in Seattle and beyond.
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Flying Fish: Lake Sammamish kokanee move to Orcas Island
It’s part of a program to preserve the unique freshwater salmon species.
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The smoky summer that wasn’t
While Washington had a mild season, wildfires burned near the Arctic.
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16 indicted for trafficking large amounts of heroin and methamphetamine in Seattle area
Ten locations searched; 17 people arrested following year-long investigation
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King County isn’t on track to meet emissions goals
The goals were ambitious but progress has been slow.
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King County wants to boost composting market
In 2018, around one-third of material sent to regional landfill could have been composted.
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Conservation plan for native seabird moves forward
Washington state regulations for the marbled murrelet have been in limbo since 1997.
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More than 100 horses are being hoarded by a nonprofit in Puget Sound
Under guise of nonprofit caring for rescued horses, allegations of animal cruelty arose.