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North Bend ratifies Dec. 10 local emergency; staff detail storm response, shelters and 8,000 sandbags distributed
Summary
Council unanimously approved a resolution ratifying Mayor Mary Miller’s Dec. 10, 2025 local emergency proclamation after staff gave a detailed briefing on storm impacts, public works response, shelter operations and business outreach. Staff said roughly 8 inches of rain fell Dec. 4–11 and the city distributed about 8,000 sandbags and sheltered evacuees.
The North Bend City Council unanimously approved a resolution on Jan. 6 ratifying Mayor Mary Miller’s Dec. 10, 2025 proclamation of local emergency following an intense multi-day storm and flooding event.
Amber Emery, who presented the agenda bill (AB26-002), said the city followed its emergency management plan and cited RCW 39.04.280(3) when the mayor proclaimed a local emergency on Dec. 10. Tom in Public Works reported the city received "approximately 8 inches of rain between Dec. 4 and Dec. 11," described multiple flooded roadways and stormwater failures (Mount Si Boulevard, SR 202 at South Fork Avenue, Gardner Creek, the Safeway complex and other localized failures) and said a levee in the…
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