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King County News

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16 hrs ago | Tri-cityherald.com

$17.9B Sound Transit plan on Nov. ballot

Voters in urban areas of King, Snohomish and Pierce counties will be asked to vote this November on a $17.9 billion plan to extend light rail service to Lynnwood, Redmond and north Federal Way, and to expand ...

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Related Topix: Snohomish, WA, Redmond, WA, Federal Way, WA, Everett, WA, Bellevue, WA

Wed Jul 23, 2008

KOMO-TV Seattle

Getting healthy foods to poor people a struggle

Seattle is teeming with healthy foods, sold from farmer's markets and high-end grocery stores.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Vegetables, Nutrition, University of Washington

Mercer Island Reporter

Tent City lawsuit

Reporter staff The court hearing for a lawsuit filed against the city, church and organization that operates Tent City was rescheduled for next Monday morning, July 28, in King County Superior Court.

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Related Topix: Mercer Island, WA

KCPQ

Park Dedicated to Deputy Killed in Line of Duty Vandalized

The legacy of a dedicated King County Deputy has been scarred by vandals. Tagging and gang symbols cover nearly every inch of the playground equipment at Steve Cox Memorial Park in White Center.

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Related Topix: White Center, WA

Tue Jul 22, 2008

Seattle Times

Shooting charges filed, man is sought in Kent shooting

The King County prosecutor's office filed charges over the weekend against a Seattle man who allegedly shot and killed a 17-year-old at... Kent The King County prosecutor's office filed charges over the weekend ...

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Related Topix: University of Nebraska System, Medical Center (University of Nebraska System), Tacoma, WA, South Hill, WA

Mon Jul 21, 2008

Seattle Times

Charges filed against Seattle man in fatal Kent shooting

The King County Prosecutor's Office filed charges this past weekend against a Seattle man who allegedly shot and killed a 17-year-old at a fast-food restaurant in Kent a week ago.

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Related Topix: Kent, WA, Seattle, WA

Snoqualmie Valley Record

Teen health center planners look at Two Rivers

About 20 community members and health care professionals met Thursday, July 10 to discuss site and funding possibilities for a proposed health center for Valley teens.

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Related Topix: North Bend, WA

Sun Jul 20, 2008

Snoqualmie Valley Record

Keeping it clean

On your article in the July 2 Valley Record, "Camp Sites Get Clean Sweep," I just wanted to give a big thumbs up to the officers patrolling the Middle Fork and other problem "hot spots" along the I-90 corridor.

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Related Topix: Snoqualmie Pass, WA, Issaquah, WA, Vantage, WA

Sat Jul 19, 2008

Snoqualmie Valley Record

Hospital clinics still seeing red

Open for about two years, the public health clinics of King County Hospital District No.

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Related Topix: North Bend, WA, Fall City, WA, Snoqualmie, WA

Fri Jul 18, 2008

KING-TV Seattle

Seattle police agree to return medical pot records

The Seattle Police Department agreed Thursday to return files on more than 500 medical marijuana patients to the headquarters of a patient support group, two days after seizing them during a search.

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Related Topix: Seattle Metro, Seattle, WA

Thu Jul 17, 2008

Federal Way Mirror

Puyallup man charged with second-degree assault in golf club attack

A disagreement between two parties of golfers at Auburn Municipal Golf Course over speed of play Sunday afternoon turned bloody when one golfer hit another on the head with a 6-iron. The blow left 45-year-old ...

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Related Topix: Seattle Metro, University of Nebraska System, Medical Center (University of Nebraska System), Puyallup, WA, Auburn, WA

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Jury finds pediatrician sexually groomed teens

In a mixed verdict Wednesday, a Seattle jury found in favor of three young men who had accused a prominent Shoreline pediatrician of using them for his own voyeuristic sexual gratification.

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Related Topix: Seattle Metro, Shoreline, WA, Pediatrics, Medicine

Wed Jul 16, 2008

Bellingham Herald

Seattle police seize marijuana patient files

Seattle police seized files on nearly 600 medical marijuana patients when officers searched the headquarters of a patient support group, activists said Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Activism, Seattle Metro

KOMO News

2nd degree-assault charges filed against local golfer

King County prosecutors have filed second-degree assault charges against a 33-year-old golfer accused of striking another golfer on the head with a 6-iron during a fight on the Auburn Golf Course.

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Related Topix: Seattle Metro

Tri-cityherald.com

Prosecutors: Haq phone calls to parents fair game

A recent Washington Supreme Court ruling that inmates' phone calls aren't private likely means jurors in the second trial of Naveed Haq will hear what he told his parents in phone calls from the King County ...

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Related Topix: Seattle Metro

Tue Jul 15, 2008

The Spokesman-Review

Ex-jail guard instructor alleges job loss was retaliation

The state Human Rights Commission is investigating the case of a former instructor at the state's Corrections Officer Academy who says he lost his job for complaining about the teaching methods of two other ...

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Related Topix: Washington State University, Burien, WA

Mon Jul 14, 2008

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

6 charged in death of mentally ill man found on construction site

Six people have been charged in the slaying of a mentally ill man whose body was found last month at a South Seattle construction site.

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KCPQ

Body Found In Snoqualmie River

King County deputies pulled a body out of the Snoqualmie River in Fall City just after five p.m. The gruesome discovery may clear up a two week old mystery.

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Related Topix: Fall City, WA

Sun Jul 13, 2008

The Columbian

Bellevue museum official sentenced for theft

The one-time chief financial officer for the Bellevue Art Museum who admitted taking $294,000 has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison.

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Related Topix: Bellevue, WA

Sat Jul 12, 2008

The Spokesman-Review

13 houses destroyed in Valley fire

Smoke and spot fires continue to burn in the Dishman Hills area known for exclusive and expensive homes Friday.

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Related Topix: Vancouver, WA, Gig Harbor, WA, Pierce County, WA, Milton, WA

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