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SEIU Healthcare 1199NW union workers hold a safety strike Aug. 11 after a violent patient left 11 employees injured Photo by Cameron Sheppard/Sound Publishing
SEIU Healthcare 1199NW union workers hold a safety strike Aug. 11 after a violent patient left 11 employees injured Photo by Cameron Sheppard/Sound Publishing

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Cascade Behavioral Health workers strike after incident involving violent patient

Multiple employees are believed to have been injured and some even hostpitalized following incident.

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Renton Police get shot at by man barricaded in house

The suspect is believed to set the house on fire before being apprehended.

Big Island Poke in Renton (courtesy of The Intentionalist Facebook page)

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Small-business advocacy group wants you to try minority-owned businesses and put it on their tab

The Intentionalist is opening up $400 tabs for folks to use this weekend at select businesses.

Seattle Film Summit organizers Chad Hutson (left) and Ben Andrews (right) - (courtesy of Seattle Film Summit)

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Seattle Film Summit returns to partial in-person format this September

This year’s event will focus on promoting self-advocacy in the creative sector.

(From left to right, top to bottom) City Council candidates: James Alberson, Joe Todd, Sanjeev Yonzon, Angelina Benedetti, Carmen Rivera, Ben Johnson, Marvin Rosete, Caleb L. Sutton

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Renton City Council August primary election candidates and results

Results updated as of 3:41 pm, August 16th:

Shovels lined up for Topgolf breaking ground ceremony on August 3 (photo credit: Cameron Sheppard)

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Construction of Topgolf driving range underway in Renton

The Puget Sound’s first Topgolf is promised to be unlike any other in the country.

A Darigold dairy worker practices picketing as a strike is approved by the union. Photo courtesy of Julia Issa

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Puget Sound Darigold workers on verge of strike amid contract negotiations

Workers cite lack of medical leave, outsourcing and bad-faith negotiations as reason for strike.

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Sexual assault leads to calls for closing King County Courthouse

Crime is rising in the ’dangerous environment that has surrounded our seat of government.’

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King County Council OKs millions for courts overwhelmed by pandemic backlog

Some lawyers testified that the backlog has created an “access to justice” problem.

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Brief history of rats in the Puget Sound region – and the problem they present

Local exterminator noticed big change in rats over the past 40 years.

Sponsor of the motion to establish guidelines for the removal of encampments, Councilmember Reagan Dunn (courtesy of King County Council)

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King County Council discusses policy for removal of homeless encampments

Still unclear what the standards will be, who will enforce it, and how jurisdictions will interact.

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Firearm violence in King County on upward trend

King County prosecutors note a backlog in court cases, point to the pandemic as the reason why.

(left to right) Renton City Councilmember, Kim-Khanh Van, Manager at Buddy’s Cannabis, Nicole Meador, Owner of Buddy’s Cannabis, Myles Harlow Kahn, Former Post Commander, Joshua Schreck, Post Commander, Martin Tamayo, pose as Buddy’s Cannabis owner receive VFW award. (photo credit: Cameron Sheppard)

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Buddy’s Cannabis helps VFW fundraise for local veterans when no one else would

Local VFW leader says he hopes for federal legislation to allow cannabis research for veterans.

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Renton man arrested in Seattle and charged after I-90 debris throwing incident

Witnesses reported the 35-year-old man throwing debris at a Pepsi-Cola truck.

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New state police reform laws to kick-in on July 25

Renton Police Department claims their policies will not change drastically.

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Study suggests that the top 10 percent of gasoline-using drivers consume one-third of all the gas

Researchers believe converting “gasoline superusers” is an important factor in meeting climate goals

Source: King County Medical Examiner’s Office

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Drug overdose data shows an alarming trend in recent years

King County data indicates massive increase in fentanyl deaths from 2008 to 2020.

Drop box at the King County Elections headquarters in Renton. File photo

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What is ranked-choice voting and why does it matter?

King County leaders discuss implementing a new system that aims to better reflect the will of voters

Screenshot of video obtained by Redmond police shows Richard Sherman trying to break into the Redmond home of his in-laws.

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Former Seattle Seahawks player Richard Sherman charged with five misdemeanors in King County

Charges were filed following an incident at home of Sherman’s in-laws in Redmond.

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Renton man arrested in CHOP shooting a year later

Police say they were unable to investigate the scene or speak with witnesses due to the protest.