After a period of incarceration, YWCA Passage Points offers parents support, education, and a chance to reunite with their children. To assist in transporting those in need to the services they require, Metropolitan King County Council Vice Chair Reagan Dunn donated a ”retired” Metro Vanpool Van Tuesday to the program.
They are the calm voice you talk to when you have an emergency and call 911. They are the steady voice dispatching firefighters and police officers to help those in need. They are the dependable voice that is the lifeline between emergency responders and those that need their help.
Washington State high school juniors and seniors with an interest in law enforcement as a career will have an opportunity to spend a week this summer learning about the roles and job opportunities within law enforcement.
Pacific Science Center’s program, Science on Wheels, will appear at Sawyer Wood Elementary on April 13.
Science on Wheels is an interactive science curriculum for elementary and middle schools in Washington.
Yes. The water on our Earth today is the same water that’s been here for nearly 5 billion years. Only a tiny bit of it has escaped out into space. As far as we know, new water hasn’t formed either.
Hundreds of students and faculty members marched around Green River College’s main campus in Auburn last Friday morning and took part in a silent protest in front of the administration building to express concerns about a controversial program prioritization process and school leadership.
On April 7 officers were called to Fred Meyer on reports of a female subject shoplifting. It was reported that she was concealing items in a large purse and exited the store without paying. She was booked into the Regional Justice Center on two unrelated misdemeanor warrants.
On April 6 it was reported that a burglar entered a home through the front door. According to the police report, the suspect first rang the door bell but when no one answered they went around back and checked the back yard before returning to the front to enter the home. A juvenile was at home during the time of the break in, the report stated.
Voters in Kent, Covington and Fire District 37 will decide Proposition No. 1 on the April 26 special election ballot, which asks if the Kent Fire Department Regional Fire Authority can continue to collect a fire benefit charge for another six years.
Logs have accumulated at the entrance of a side channel along the Cedar River, at the Rainbow Bend Levee Removal and Floodplain Reconnection Project. While the Cedar River channel itself is open at this time, the side channel has accumulated multiple spanning logs and is impassable to boaters, kayakers and others on the river.
Everyday, 44 people in the United States die from overdose of prescription painkillers. Prescription medicines are the drug of choice among 12 and 13 year olds, according to the packet handed out at the Black Diamond City Council meeting on April 7.
It is hard to miss, the cranes and other construction equipment hanging above and around the MultiCare Covington Medical Center. Work on site is underway for the new hospital coming to town, set to open in 2017.
Mount Rainier National Park Superintendent Randy King announces that the park is preparing for the annual spring opening of park areas and facilities. In addition, the park will celebrate National Park Week April 16-24 with waivers for all entry fees, and a variety of events and activities.
In addition to being home to Starbucks and Microsoft, King County has a thriving local food economy, with 1,837 farms, more than 40 farmers markets, and an expanding community of chefs, institutions, and thousands of consumers seeking fresh, locally-grown food.
The King County Flood Control District announced today the availability of $3.3 million in grant funding for projects that reduce the impact of flooding.
Starting yesterday, April 11, King County Metro Transit is adding bus trips at key times on routes 28X and 62 to help ease crowding at peak commute times and offer a new earlier morning trip on Route 373 to better connect riders with the University District and Link light rail at UW Station.
This week, starting yesterday April 10 through April 16, is National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week.
The Washington State Transportation Commission has released a proposal to raise toll rates on the State Route 520 bridge by 5 percent this July, a lower increase than an earlier planned double-digit increase.
For the second year in a row, the Open Education Consortium will recognize State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) staff members Boyoung Chae and Mark Jenkins for their work promoting open educational resources (OER).
Maple Valley Parks and Recreation will host the first adult coed dodgeball tournament on Saturday, April 30 at Tahoma Jr. High School.
