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Stacked wire crab pots on a dock at sunset, topped with coiled rope and yellow buoys, with the low sun flaring through the wire and a far shore across the water. — Crab pots stacked on a dock at the Everett Marina, June 19, 2022. Photo: Cindy Shebley / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0; cropped and adjusted.

Dungeness crab season in Washington, and why the dates move

Dungeness crab season in Washington: as of Oct. 21, 2026, open in most of Puget Sound, closed off Seattle and Tacoma. Why dates move, the license, the limit.

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Things to Do

Trick or Treat on Cole

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Winter Stoke Block Party

November 7th

Wine Walk

November 14th

City Tree Lighting & Frosty Friday (Snow on Cole)

November 27th

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Where to Eat

Pie Goddess

Bakery / Enumclaw

Wapiti Outdoors

Ice Cream / Enumclaw

Bun & Press Food Truck

Restaurant / Buckley

Daily Dose Coffee Co. - Enumclaw

Dessert / Enumclaw

Charlie's Cafe

Restaurant / Enumclaw

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Day Trips

A cleared two-lane highway with a double yellow line runs between a bank of old snow and a wide snowfield toward snow-covered peaks, with dark firs on both sides under a blue sky.

North Cascades Highway closure dates and why SR 20 shuts

Day Trips

A long elevated wooden boardwalk crosses uncovered mudflats dotted with shining pools, seen over a wooden railing, with a tree-covered bluff and a clear blue sky behind.

Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge hours, tides and the fee

Outdoors & River

A tawny cougar stands side-on in a forest with its head raised, among green shrubs and moss, a wire mesh cage behind its head and shoulder, in a frame from a trail camera.

Cougar sightings in Washington, and what WDFW says to do

Local Life

A dirt path runs the length of a concrete snowshed between rows of tall square concrete columns, with gravel at its left edge, moss at its right, ferns and daylight beyond the columns at right, and heavy roof beams narrowing to a dark far end.

Wellington avalanche of 1910 and the 96 who died

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Not Your Basic Batch & Co

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Clothing / Enumclaw / For shoppers who prefer browsing an eclectic mix over a predictable rack, this Cole Street storefront offers locally made goods alongside vintage finds and creative novelties. The vendor-booth model means the inventory shifts regularly, which gives repeat visitors a reason to circle back.

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