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'Caged in like animals': King County sets up fencing around homeless encampment in Burien
BURIEN, Wash. - King County has set up fencing around dozens of tents at 6th Avenue SW and SW 149th Street in Burien. The encampment is adjacent to the Burien Courthouse parking lot. Campers say they were ordered to move from parts of the lot on Wednesday before fencing went up Thursday morning.
Arrest made in fatal hit and run incident in White Center
King County Sheriff’s Office Detectives have made an arrest in fatal pedestrian hit and run that occurred in White Center on April 22, 2024. On April 22, 2024, just after 10 PM, an 81-year-old man was crossing SW Roxbury Street at 15th Ave SW when he was fatally struck by a vehicle in the hours of darkness.
UPDATE: Arrest made in fatal April 22 White Center hit & run
King County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) Detectives announced that they have made an arrest in connection with the fatal pedestrian hit and run that occurred in White Center on April 22, 2024. As we previously reported, on April 22, just after 10 p.m., an 81-year-old man was crossing SW Roxbury...
Latest homeless count in King County breaks record with more than 16,000
(The Center Square) – The latest count of unhoused people living in King County reveals that homelessness in the region is at an all-time high. The King County Regional Homelessness Authority conducted both an unsheltered and sheltered point-in-time, or PIT, count in January, with results showing 16,385 people experiencing homelessness in King County. KCRHA released the PIT count on Wednesday. The count is required every other year by the U.S....
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