03/11/11 Intense winds whipped through the Puget Sound area on Thursday, downing trees and causing numerous power outages, but calmer conditions are ahead.
03/01/11 Bonnie Jean Shanda, 74, of Malaga (Three Lakes), WA, was an extraordinary woman, who found meaning in the service of others and through active participation in her community, both as a professional and as a volunteer. Her unforgettable strength-of-will carried her through five bouts of cancer. She was passionate about serving the littlest to the oldest.
 02/25/11 Seattle Public Schools spent up to $1.8 million on contract work that was never done or didn't benef...
01/25/11 State Rep. Mary Lou Dickerson, D-Seattle, introduced a bill Tuesday that would legalize marijuana and regulate it much like alcohol.
01/24/11 During the worst of the Great Recession, after laying off four of 13 employees, Judy Coovert saw her Burien company's annual tax rate for unemployment insurance jump more than 230 percent.
01/19/11 King County residents called on leaders last week to preserve community councils in rural and unincorporated neighborhoods, despite directions from the County Council to slash dollars for the groups. Residents from the Puget Sound shoreline to rural areas near Issaquah operate unincorporated area councils to conduct neighborhood programs and foster citizen participation. The councils also act as ...
01/18/11 I got the chance to watch both Federal Way and Holy Names over the long weekend and both reaffirmed in my mind that they are deserving of the No. 1 sports in the girls basketball rankings for Class 4A and 3A, respectively.
01/17/11 The results are in from the recent Drive Hammered, Get Nailed enforcement campaign conducted from November 25, 2010 through January 2, 2011.
12/30/10 Associated Press - December 30, 2010 5:25 PM ET SEATTLE (AP) - Three Washington state troopers were involved in accidents overnight in King County. 2 of them were injured.
12/30/10 Three Washington state troopers were involved in accidents overnight in King County. Two of them were injured.
12/30/10 SEATTLE - Three Washington state troopers were involved in accidents overnight in King County. Two of them were injured. A state trooper was hit by a pickup truck early Thursday while investigating another accident on Interstate 405. The officer, who has not been identified, has been treated for minor injuries. The State Patrol says 46-year-old Stephen Merrill of Burien has been arrested and ...
12/27/10 D'Ann Bert, 87, of West Hollywood, CA, died at her home on Sunday, November 28, 2010 of natural causes due to weakening of Parkinson's.
12/03/10 by Kim ChampionYou've made the decision to let an aide come into your home to assist. That was hard enough. Now you re getting apprehensive about what to expect when the aide arrives for work. If you don't have experience with in-home assistance, all sorts of "worst case scenarios" are whirling about in your head. And then there are the questions. What should you do if you don't like the aideHow ...
11/26/10 Gail M. SamahaAs the holidays approach, many long distance caregivers are now planning visits to their aging loved ones perhaps the first opportunity in several months to personally observe older relatives.And the number of caregivers considered long distance is significant. According to a study conducted by the National Alliance of Caregiving, in collaboration with AARP, 15 of the estimated...
11/20/10 For Todd Silver, co-president of Tacoma-based J.L. Darling Corp., the story "is just one of those heartbreakers." For Casey Ingels, vice president of Lakewood-based Tactical Tailor, the story was "enormously disheartening."
11/04/10 A state park?: Documents filed with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission indicate that the Grant County PUD will use the Washington Parks Department to operate Crescent Bar after evicting the current tenants. I hope the PUD commissioners examine the following realities before they make this a final decision:
10/28/10 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30TH: SEATTLE: Join Hotwire Coffee, (4410 California Ave SW) Saturday, October 30th, from Noon-4 pm, during the Trick or Treat in the Junction event. You and your little ones will have a professional photograph taken by Stephanie Cristalli Photography plus a portion of the proceeds go to West Side Baby and West Seattle Food Bank. West Seattle Senior Center (4506 California Ave ...
10/27/10 Sound Transit, trying to close a multimillion-dollar deficit, has proposed ending mid-day and weekend bus service between the Fauntleroy ferry terminal and the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
10/21/10 King County prosecutors on Thursday charged a Burien woman with a hate crime after she allegedly kicked one Muslim woman and slammed a car door on her leg, pushed another Muslim woman and yelled epithets at both of them Saturday at a gas station in Tukwila.
10/21/10 The Washington State Patrol is looking for witnesses who observed or have any information regarding the hit-and-run collision that happened on State Route 509 on Monday, police said.
10/21/10 NEW YORK, Oct. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) today called on the FBI to investigate a nail attack on a mosque in that state as a possible hate crime. | 
