Rein Fire Ranch is sponsoring and the Chamber Ambassadors are hosting a Business After 5 event on Tuesday, May 3rd from 5pm-7pm at the Maple Valley Bar and Grill.
On Sunday morning, reader Julie Millage noticed a mama duck sitting near the grate of a storm drain in the Pebble Creek neighborhood.
People across the region continue to shift how they commute to avoid peak congestion during the 99 closure, and King County Water Taxi is seeing much higher ridership as a result.
Employees and most students at Washington state’s community and technical colleges will get a voluntary survey emailed to them today asking about sexual and physical violence on and off campus.
Special game day trains will serve Sounders FC and Mariners fans today
Hosting a Cinco de Mayo party and need suggestions for dishes?
Drivers who use 15th Street Southwest to access southbound State Route 167 in Auburn should take alternate routes and plan for delays today.
The Port of Seattle welcomes the only year-round service to Mexico as Volaris Airlines today announced service between Guadalajara and Seattle-Tacoma International Airport with three weekly nonstop flights beginning July 7, 2016.
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Registration for summer classes offered though Maple Valley Parks and Recreation now open.
“This is like a Saturday Night Live skit.”
Councilwoman Janie Edelman made her feelings clear at the beginning of the three and a half hour long council meeting on April 21 – the Black Diamond City Council is looking less like a body of elected officials and more like a late night comedy show.
King County Executive Dow Constantine today provided a preview of a new strategy that will prevent youth and families from becoming homeless, based on a highly successful pilot project funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
The Metropolitan King County Council today gave its approval to emergency legislation sponsored by Council Vice Chair Reagan Dunn calling for a four-month moratorium on the acceptance of applications for or the establishment or location of marijuana producers and processors as well as retail establishments in Unincorporated King County.
The Metropolitan King County Council has approved a measure asking Metro Transit to study the feasibility of achieving a zero emissions or carbon-neutral bus and van pool fleet. With new research demonstrating that continued high carbon emissions contribute to global climate change, including the rapid melting of the West Antarctic ice sheet, today’s action is a major local step forward in what would give greater Seattle one of the largest, zero emission or carbon neutral public transit fleets in the nation.
The Metropolitan King County Council wants to continue a program that is showing positive results in assisting veterans in the County’s criminal justice system. A motion sponsored by Council Vice Chair Reagan Dunn requests County Executive Dow Constantine to continue the County’s support of the King County Incarcerated Veterans Program.
A daycare operator from Covington, Washington pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to theft of public funds for falsely claiming reimbursement from a program that provides childcare to low income families, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes.
King County is now accepting applications for its annual “Best Workplaces for Waste Prevention and Recycling” list.
Marking the 10-year anniversary of the program, the list provides a venue for businesses to demonstrate their commitment to meaningful waste-reduction efforts and to glean ideas from other local businesses.
Drivers on a number of unincorporated roads throughout King County should expect to see improved street lights. As part of the King County Council’s initiative to save energy, cut costs, and improve visibility for drivers, several roads are in the process of receiving new energy-saving light emitting diode (LED) lights.
Doing assessment work using fewer resources and creating a smaller carbon footprint is the theme of this year’s Earth Day at the King County Assessor’s Office.
The heroin and prescription opiate task force that King County Executive Dow Constantine and Seattle Mayor Ed Murray brought together last month is already taking action to reduce the number of fatal overdoses.
