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Affiliation will enhance acute-care services in Puget Sound (Tacoma) Regional Hospital in Tukwila has signed a letter of intent to affiliate with Tacoma-based Franciscan Health System. Regional Hospital is a 40-bed nonprofit Long-Term Acute Care…MORE

Information from King County King County’s contractor has cleared the structures from the Murray CSO Control Facility project site. Crews are now backfilling the foundations with soil and installing plastic along the site’s eastern slope to…MORE

Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn announced his proposed 2014 budget on Sept. 23. None of it is set in stone until city council has a chance to evaluate, but the budget, coming in at $4.4 billion, has some highlights that should have specific impacts…MORE

Yoga Gypsies of Des Moines is offering three International Adventures for 2014 including a sailing trip to Belize in March, a Discovery of Morocco in June and a Trek through Thailand in November.

Yoga teacher Dawn Jex recently moved to Des…MORE

Meeting announcement from the West Seattle Block Watch Captains' Network (meetings are open to everyone):

Have you created your Safety Profile for Smart911?

The city of Seattle now has Smart911 and it will soon be implemented…MORE

An apparent suicide attempt took place in Ballard earlier this morning.

At about 8:30 this morning, multiple medic responses, 14 per rule, arrived at the scene. According to scanner chatter, two people were breathing but unresponsive and…MORE

According to Seattle Police, a 7-year-old boy is under Child Protective Services custody after his mother abandoned him at the newly-formed Nickelsville homeless camp on the 2000 block of S. Jackson St.

Police responded to the camp around…MORE

More than 5000 residents and businesses were affected Saturday by a possible e.Coli outbreak in Water District 54's system. Inspectors found evidence of e.Coli from a tap during a routine inspection and immediately informed customers of the need…MORE

Information from King County

Building upon reforms put in place over the past four years, King County Executive Dow Constantine today proposed a balanced 2014 Budget with no new taxes that sustains essential functions and restores some…MORE

The 2014 proposed budget by Mayor Mike McGinn if approved should have impact for preschoolers, seniors, law enforcement, school safety, and victims of domestic violence. The total budget is $4.4 billion which includes the city's $1 billion…MORE