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Farmers fear another winter of flooding as questions surround Kent pump
It has been nearly a year since historic flooding inundated farms, homes, and SR 167 between Kent and Auburn . Residents in unincorporated King County are still rebuilding and questioning whether enough has been done to prevent it from happening again. Last December, floodwaters swept across farmland near the Green River, forcing some residents to evacuate themselves, animals and leaving behind there homes in the rising waters. Don Kramer and his wife’s business and property are still recovering. “We’re still not where we want to be all the way, but we’re a lot better than we were,” he said. Don estimates the flooding caused roughly $100,000 in damage. “I’m getting nervous as December gets closer,” he said. When water began rising last winter, Don told KIRO 7 his family scrambled to move their animals to higher ground. “We started having to make decisions on, ‘Oh, the pigs are shorter, so we got to get them out now because they’re going to drown,’ and pick the shortest animals first,” he said. Don said his property had never flooded like that before. He pointed to longtime plants around the home that were killed by the flood as another indication of just how
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Kent Mayor discusses trip to India paid by Indian university
Kent Mayor Dana Ralph and two other city officials recently traveled to India to learn more about Indian culture and economic development opportunities. In October, Ralph, City Councilmember Toni Troutner and Kent Economic and Community Development Director Kurt Hanson joined a 16-member delegation of Washington state mayors and council members on a trip to India. The delegation included State Sen. Tina Orwall, D-Des Moines, and local mayors and a few city council members from Issaquah, Tukwila, SeaTac, Mukilteo, University Place and DuPont, according to the Consulate General of India, Seattle.
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Auburn Mountainview’s state tournament run ends at hands of Silas
After a season where the Auburn Mountainview Lions girls soccer team missed the playoffs entirely, this year the Lions found themselves in the state tournament for the first time since 2022 and just the second time since 2014. But the history would end there as the Lions fell 1-0 to...
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Auburn School District superintendent discusses failed bond
Less than a week following election day, the Auburn School Board held its first meeting since the Auburn School District No. 408 – Proposition No. 1 results came back showing the bond at 52% was not going to pass with the required supermajority of 60%. At the Nov. 9...
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City of Pacific activates new school zone speed cameras, fines begin in 30 days
PACIFIC, Wash. — The city of Pacific has activated additional school zone speed cameras with a 30-day warning period before fines begin, according to a news release. The cameras near Alpac Elementary School will monitor northbound traffic in the 100 block of Milwaukee Boulevard North and southbound traffic in the 300 block.
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Tacoma Card Shop Burglars Used a 2006-07 Ram Heavy Duty, and Police Want the Truck
It isn’t the Pokémon cards that might break this case open. It’s the pickup the burglars used to get to them. Tacoma police and Crime Stoppers of Tacoma/Pierce County are asking the public to help identify the truck used in two commercial burglaries at Knutsen’s Sports Cards on 6th Avenue. The Crime Stoppers listing files it as a commercial burglary under Tacoma Police case 26-306-00255. The most recent break-in was early Monday, Nov. 2. Police say that in both burglaries, the thieves backed a pickup through the store’s rear metal doors, not through a wall, and drove off with trading cards. The owner puts the loss at roughly $50,000, mostly sealed Pokémon and Magic: The Gathering product.
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Boeing Employees’ Model Railroad Club brings its 45th annual swap meet to Kent this Saturday, Nov. 14
Model trains of all scales and pieces of railroad history will fill more than 200 tables at Kent Commons this Saturday, Nov. 14, when the Boeing Employees’ Model Railroad Club holds its 45th annual Model Railroad and Railroadiana Swap Meet. The event helps keep the club running from year...
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Sip & Savor: Ciders & Sails, a Sumner Holiday Event, and a Bazaar
Tacoma's Foss Waterway Seaport is hosting, from 3-6 p.m. on Nov. 14, Ciders & Sails, a 21-and-up event that doesn't just feature three-ounce pours from scores of popular regional cideries, but also local eats, live music, and access to the museum. General admission tickets are going for $38.68 and get you eight pours, among other things. Find out more here.