The King County Flood Warning Center has issued a Phase II flood alert for the Green River, where controlled water releases from a dam could result in very minor flooding along portions of the river without levees upstream of Auburn. The Flood Warning Center opened at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 29, to closely monitor conditions.
Sponsors of Initiative 502 (marijuana) delivered what they said were about 341,000 signatures to our Elections Division Thursday.
It's been years and millions of dollars in the making, but tolls on State Route 520 began Thursday morning.
Prosecutors and several state lawmakers want longer sentence ranges in vehicular homicide and vehicular assault cases.
Kent artist Cheryl Renee Long will offer watercolor classes starting Jan. 10 in Maple Valley and Black Diamond.
In the aftermath of a number of deadly holiday fires nationwide, the Massachusetts-based National Fire Protection Association urges the public to take simple steps to protect their family and property from fire.
Washington’s minimum wage goes up to $9.04 per hour beginning Jan. 1.
Expect strong winds Tuesday night throughout the Puget Sound area, including Kent, Tukwila, Covington and Maple Valley.
Washington State Patrol troopers across the state arrested 161 drivers suspected of being impaired by drugs or alcohol over the Christmas holiday weekend.
King County Executive Dow Constantine joined local dairy farmers in Enumclaw to celebrate the beginning of construction on a digester project that will transform cow manure into green energy and other valuable resources.
Federal homeless assistance funds totaling more than $21.8 million have been awarded to the city of Seattle and King County for 2012-2013, making it possible to continue to provide a range of housing and supportive services for individuals and families who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. King County Executive Dow Constantine and Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn announced the renewal grants on Dec. 20, 2011, following the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announcement of $1.5 billion awarded nationwide.
The Washington state Democrats and Republicans on Thursday filed a joint lawsuit in Thurston County Superior Court challenging the state’s halting of publicly funded election of party precinct committee officers. The case was set for hearing at 9 a.m. on March 23.
Electronics are once again dominating holiday shopping lists this season. In fact, analysts with the Consumer Electronics Association predict shoppers will spend six percent more on electronics this year compared to last – or about $250 per consumer. And for every new laptop, tablet, phone, TV, gaming system and scores of other gadgets, an outdated device likely will be replaced. For those old electronics, the question is, “Now what?”
After two record-setting years, the number of people receiving unemployment benefits – and the amount they received – shrank in 2011.
The congressional approval Friday of a two-month extension of long-term jobless benefits provides a reprieve to about 40,000 unemployed workers in Washington state who would have lost their unemployment benefits by the end of January – and another 20,000 who would lose them by the end of February.
Residents are invited to a reception and swearing-in ceremony for Kent’s new and re-elected City Council members at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 3 in the lobby of City Hall, 220 4th Avenue.
With the 2011 second special session wrapped up for the holidays Rep. Mark Hargrove, R-Covington, said in a statement he believes budget leaders in the majority party could have done more to address the spending gap created when they passed an unsustainable budget last May.
Kent Police are on the scene investigating a shooting at the Birch Creek apartments in east Kent according to Lt. Pat Lowery, spokesman for the department
Mountain View Fire and Rescue/Black Diamond Fire Department firefighters responded to a residential fire near Flaming Geyser State Park tonight, Dec. 23.
All state-run liquor stores will be open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on New Year’s Eve, Dec. 31. State liquor stores will be closed on New Year’s Day, Jan. 1.
