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valleyrecord.com
Attorney calls for firing of Auburn Police officer
The attorney for the man repeatedly punched by a Auburn Police officer is requesting that the officer be fired for his “horrific and inhumane” actions. The City of Auburn’s Prosecutor’s Office announced Nov. 5 it has dismissed the charges against Mauro Alberto Felix Valles, the man involved in the case. The Reporter reached out to Seattle attorney Evan Oshan, who represents Felix Valles, to get his reaction to the dropped charges.
The Olympian
Teen accused of robbing minor at gunpoint in Thurston Co. after online messages
An 18-year-old man has been accused of robbing a minor at gunpoint near a Lacey transit center. The teen attended his preliminary appearance in Thurston County Superior Court on Thursday, and prosecutors charged him Monday with first-degree robbery while armed with a firearm. Lacey police arrested him Nov. 4 on suspicion of first-degree robbery and assault following a three-week investigation. The alleged robbery occurred at about 7:15 p.m. Oct. 13 near the Intercity Transit Center in Lacey. The 15-year-old minor told police he got into a vehicle expecting a ride home. Instead, the driver allegedly took him a short distance from the transit center, and two occupants robbed him with Glock pistols in hand, according to a probable cause statement filed with the court. The minor reportedly gave them his backpack, which held his schoolwork, school supplies, a school-issued Chromebook, a sweatshirt, a wireless charger and $400 in cash, per the statement. Then he said he got out of the vehicle and walked back to the transit center. The minor’s mother told police she was there when her son got into the vehicle. She said she saw him get into a white sedan and took a picture of the vehicle,
thewash.org
‘Orchestra of construction’: the necessary evil for Dupont’s new deckover
Connecticut Avenue businesses have been impacted by ongoing construction, but they are hopeful for the new streetscape and deckover outside their front doors. Dupont’s streetscape and deckover project promises new opportunities for neighborhood businesses when its completed next year, but those opportunities come with a short-term price: noise and disruption.
KIRO 7 Seattle
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
Tacoma News Tribune
Tacoma's beloved yarn store and hidden gem turns 48. Look inside
Hidden in an alley shop in downtown Tacoma, colorful skeins of yarn sat in organized rows, stacked floor to ceiling as employees in hand-knit sweaters guided customers through the vast selection. Fibers Etc. , now the only yarn store in the City of Destiny, celebrates 48 years open this year. You can still find beloved 86-year-old owner and founder Roberta Lowes teaching weaving classes and patiently helping fiber artists with their projects at 2511 S. Hood St., on the edge of the Dome District. Lowes co-founded the shop in the late 1970s and has weathered the COVID-19 pandemic and high tariffs. Nearly a half-century later, Fibers Etc. remains a fixture for knitters, crocheters, weavers, sewists and others who get lost in the variety of buttons, patterns, tools, books, fabric and natural yarn, which range in color, composition and style. Twice a week the store closes to offer “help clinics,” where experienced staff offer guidance and tips to people struggling with their projects. It began in 1978 when Lowes and two other handweavers with the Tacoma Weavers Guild met over coffee and decided Tacoma needed a supply store, as the closest one was in Seattle, Lowes said. The trio opened Fibers
VOICE of the Valley
Up Green River: A History of Native Residents and Westward Settlers, 1853-1963
Join Author and Historian Richard Latham and co-author Joan Wright as they discuss their upcoming book featuring the histories of Native residents and Westward settlers along the Green River and surrounding areas on Saturday, November 14, 2026 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. At Neely Mansion located at 12301 SE Auburn-Black Diamond Road, Auburn, WA 98092. www.neelymansion.org.
MyNorthwest.com
wagolf.org
Superintendent Spotlight: Joel Kachmarek, Tacoma Country and Golf Club
For more than three decades, Joel Kachmarek’s career has been closely connected to Tacoma Country and Golf Club. He first joined the club as Assistant Superintendent in 1993 and, except for a brief stop at Kitsap Golf and Country Club, has spent nearly his entire professional life there. In May 1999, he returned as Golf Course Superintendent, a position he has now held for more than 27 years.
hoodline.com
PSE Seeks Tacoma LNG Permit Tweaks, Puyallup Tribe Cries Foul on Safety Review
Puget Sound Energy has asked the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency to revise several terms in the air permit for its Tacoma Tideflats LNG facility. The requested edits concern the tank’s listed capacity, a gas-storage temperature condition, sulfur reporting and the accounting of boil-off gas. PSE says they would not change the facility’s operations; the Puyallup Tribe of Indians is urging the agency to examine the changes before deciding whether to approve them.
auburn-reporter.com
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...
gigharbornow.org
As comfortable as a day at the beach — and stylish, too
If Gig Harbor and living by the water were a vibe, how would you wear it?. If an old beach towel from your childhood doesn’t come to mind, Kathleen van der Spek’s casually cool sweatshirts — made from repurposed vintage beach towels — may change how you think about those linens gathering dust in your closet.
Michigan Daily
America should stop funding hostile architecture and instead fund homes
IIn 2023, the state of Washington’s transportation department spent $643,000 to clear a homeless encampment beside Interstate 5 in Lacey and fill the site with hundreds of boulders. The boulders kept people from returning, but they did not address why people were living there in the first place. The...