https://www.enumclaw.com/stories/matt-starwich-king-county-sheriff-ravensdale Enumclaw.com en 2026-10-02T07:19:33.549Z A former mayor swore in 1922 that Sheriff Matt Starwich was no citizen. Starwich brought the charge that got him a prison term, then asked for his pardon. https://www.enumclaw.com/stories/enumclaw-battery-storage-moratorium-explainer Enumclaw.com en 2026-10-02T07:19:26.827Z Enumclaw's pause on battery storage is set to run two years. The project proposed near town was outside the city, and King County cancelled its file. https://www.enumclaw.com/stories/john-henry-mine-black-diamond-coal-pit-lake Enumclaw.com en 2026-10-02T07:19:20.161Z Black Diamond's John Henry mine won federal approval to dig coal again in 2018. It never did, and the approved plan turns its main pit into a lake. https://www.enumclaw.com/stories/mount-peak-fire-lookout-pinnacle-peak-history Enumclaw.com en 2026-10-02T07:19:13.089Z The state said it pulled down Mount Peak's fire lookout in 1966 to protect children. In 2021 a helicopter delivered a steel one built to be climbed. https://www.enumclaw.com/stories/lulu-kombol-teacher-ravensdale-cumberland-selleck Enumclaw.com en 2026-10-02T07:19:04.690Z Lulu Kombol went back to teaching after a 1925 mine blast blinded her husband, and by her own count 36 of her 44 years in the classroom came after it. https://www.enumclaw.com/stories/lester-washington-school-district-enumclaw Enumclaw.com en 2026-10-01T09:17:59.496Z Lester's school district was dissolved into Enumclaw's under a 1985 state law. Nobody lives in the town now, and it is still on the district's map. https://www.enumclaw.com/stories/peter-storbo-mount-rainier-copper-mine Enumclaw.com en 2026-10-01T09:17:53.332Z Peter Storbo of Enumclaw went to prison for mail fraud over his Mount Rainier copper mine. Later accounts say 1,200 neighbors signed to get him out. https://www.enumclaw.com/stories/fryingpan-creek-bridge-summerland-trailhead-closure Enumclaw.com en 2026-10-01T09:17:46.878Z The Summerland trailhead is closed through 2029 while the park replaces a 1931 bridge built with both feet in Fryingpan Creek https://www.enumclaw.com/stories/gracie-hansen-community-center-ravensdale-train-show Enumclaw.com en 2026-10-01T09:17:40.354Z Ravensdale's model train show runs in the burlesque theater from the 1962 World's Fair. Its grand opening came 26 years after Gracie Hansen dedicated it. https://www.enumclaw.com/stories/segale-gravel-mine-cumberland-explainer Enumclaw.com en 2026-10-01T09:17:31.696Z King County's first substantive ruling on the Cumberland gravel mine took 33 months. It ordered a study, and the yes or no comes after.