The state Employment Security Department has mailed applications to more than 100,000 Washington workers who potentially qualify for emergency unemployment benefits. So far, Washington has paid out more than $2 million in benefits.
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Mortgages available - if
Mon, 10/27/08
Ballard resident Gwyn Emery decided to sell her house on 28th Avenue Northwest in April after she got married. Half a year later, her house is still on the market.
"When I bought my house a couple of years ago it was rare to see one on the…MORE
Chronic homeless may get aid from city budget
Mon, 10/27/08
The mayor is proposing an additional $2.1 million in his upcoming budget for permanent housing units for chronically homeless individuals.
"The idea behind Housing First is simple: reach out to the hardest to reach, move them into safe,…MORE
20,000-sq. ft. furniture mega-store opening in Federal Way
Mon, 10/27/08
Federal Way's newest and now largest furniture store celebrated its grand opening, October 17.
Proprietor Moe Samieian and his family extended an invitation to the community to come check out the new Moe's Home Collection store located in…MORE
Feds give $63 million for state road repairs
Mon, 10/27/08
Washington state will receive over $63 million from the Federal Highway Administration to reimburse money the state spent to repair roads after several incidents of flooding over the past three years, including the December 2007 floods.
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Jail coming to Des Moines?
Mon, 10/27/08
The South Correctional Entity (SCORE), a group of King County cities, is working on plans to build a new $80 million jail, possibly in Des Moines, to house misdemeanor offenders.
Plans for a new jail come in response to an announcement by…MORE
Gertrude Finney was much loved White Center librarian
Mon, 10/27/08
The Second World War had recently ended when Gertrude Finney and her husband, Roy, came to White Center to live in a house her mother had found for them. The house was on the streetcar line to Seattle, so getting to and from work would be…MORE
King County retains its top AAA bond rating
Tue, 10/21/08
King County's AAA bond rating was recently renewed despite the world financial crisis.
"These ratings validate the quality of my balanced 2009 budget proposal and the six-month lifeboat we created using reserves to continue critical…MORE
Police will ticket violators in new access lanes
Tue, 10/21/08
Seattle Police are going to start enforcing the use of the so-called Business Access and Transit lanes on Elliott Way and on 15th Avenue.
The curb lanes in both directions of this corridor have been converted to access and transit lanes as…MORE
Avalon Bay gets better review from city board
Tue, 10/21/08
The city-appointed board that reviews major mixed-use projects in the area was happier with the massing of a six-story 234-unit apartment building set to replace the Sunset Bowl at the second meeting to review the project, but they had some…MORE
