While other recently graduated high school students are enjoying their final summer before going off to college, 19-year-old Cory Allyn Duke of Renton is in jail facing charges of vehicular homicide.
The King County Council plans to vote by Aug. 15 on a proposal to institute a $20 car-tab fee to bail Metro Transit out of a $60 million hole. When that vote comes, the final decision should be left to the voters.
Last week Ryan Ryals announced his weekly column has come to an end.
For nearly two years Ryan has written a column for The Reporter. Producing a column every week is a much more difficult task than most folks imagine.
Food in a family is a precarious thing. Everyone has their likes and dislikes and finding a balance is a challenge for moms everywhere. I have learned to pick my battles.
I finally finished a four-week road trip around the country this past week, driving nearly 8,000 miles. It was great, and I learned a lot of things I didn’t know before, such as:
I recently used this column to suggest that our towns aren’t interesting enough, and that our business leaders should be more creative. Most of the readers’ emails were supportive, but one of them thought it was terrible, and that if I thought I was so smart, maybe I should come up with my own ideas (thanks, Mom).
In late April I walked into Darren Collins’ portable classroom at Tahoma High and thought to myself, “Ah, so this is what they mean when they say the portables smell.”
Talking to the Dogrukols about their effort to remain in America to have access to medical services for their daughter made me think hard about the American Dream.
Last week, I hit the road and drove around the west coast and the southwest, armed with a book on scenic drives and another book on interesting places in the USA. Forget what you hear about a slowdown in summer travel — nearly every motel was full.
My friend and colleague Dean Radford, editor of the Renton Reporter, wrote a story recently that attracted my feeble attention.
Apparently some of the Valley Medical Center board members decided a code of ethics, or how to act like mom said we should, was a good item.
It was a hot week for political announcements and the making of a political career.
Gov. Chris Gregoire announced she was not running for a third term as governor, Attorney General Rob McKenna said he was running for the Olympia sleepover in the mansion and King County Councilman Reagan Dunn said he intends to fill McKenna’s vacant chair.
When I first read about the 75 medical marijuana supporters who visited the Kent City Council chambers last week, I sympathized with their cause, and with the Kent officials who were forced to shut down the marijuana dispensaries.
When I first came out here 20 years ago, my uncle took me tubing down the Cedar River on some tire tubes we found in the barn. For a beach bum from Florida, it was a real change of scenery, and I’m still convinced it’s the best way to see nature in Washington.
Graduation ceremonies loom for students in the Tahoma and Kent school districts this weekend.
Having sat through a few of these myself, I can tell all the members of the graduating class of 2011, it’s unlikely you’ll remember a bit of it.
While driving through Maple Valley this week, I noticed the banner ads announcing “Maple Valley Days”; the city’s annual fair coming up on the 10th. As soon as I saw it, visions of fair food flashed in front of my eyes.
One of the reasons I love my job is the fact it’s expected that we spend time in the community.
The Beach Boys aren’t meant to be played in the middle of a tropical monsoon which is exactly what Western Washington has been going through.
Just a few years ago, you couldn’t drive a few blocks without seeing a “We Buy Houses” sign on the…
I’ve been trying to avoid the Tahoma school district’s $125 million bond issue for a few weeks now; both before the voting and after the measure failed.
During the past two weeks or so I’ve discovered that TJ Martinell, our new staff writer, and I have quite a bit in common.