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Elderly Woman Saved as Smoke Fills Monroe Home During Garage Fire
MONROE — Firefighters rescued an elderly woman from a smoke-filled home on 147th Street SE late Tuesday night, confining the blaze to the garage and leaving both occupants uninjured. Snohomish Regional Fire & Rescue was dispatched at 9:31 p.m. on Nov. 10 after smoke alarms sounded at the residence....
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WDFW confirms presence of bird flu in Monroe, WA. Here's what we know
MONROE, Wash. - The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has confirmed the presence of bird flu in birds at Lake Tye Park in Monroe, the city said on Monday. On Nov. 3, FOX 13 reported that wildlife officials detected bird flu in western Washington. Earlier that week, officials also detected the disease in central Washington, which led to someone dying after they were exposed to infected cattle at a dairy facility.
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Monroe’s balanced budget holds the line on expenses
MONROE — The city's $174 million two-year budget from Mayor Patsy Cudaback corralled a $5.4 million budget structural deficit in part through a new sales tax for criminal justice needs and increasing the city utility tax, and avoided involuntary layoffs using a staff buyout program. It holds the line...
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VIDEO: Suspect pulls knife on King County, WA deputy during arrest
Daniel McCullough was arrested on Oct. 30 and charged with second-degree assault and felony harassment after threatening to kill supermarket employees in Shoreline and stabbing a responding deputy in the arm. Despite prosecutors requesting $75,000 bail due to public safety concerns, bail was set at $25,000, allowing McCullough to be...
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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