Washington's Enhanced Driver License, a hybrid driver license/identification card that doubles as a boarder crossing document, has been officially declared Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative compliant by the U.S.
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Money tight as more use Metro buses
Tue, 04/01/08
Seaview Avenue residents are still unhappy about transit service and King County Metro still is defending the lack of service because there is not enough money, despite the surge in ridership.
Metro officials and County Council member…MORE
Cigarette-caused fires are leading killer
Tue, 04/01/08
Fires killed 50 people in Washington State last year, says State Fire Marshal Michael Matlick.
The leading cause of fire fatalities is directly related to cigarettes, which were the cause in 9 (or 18 percent) of the fire fatalities in 2007…MORE
Viaduct advisory committee considers transit, public policy
Tue, 04/01/08
The Alaskan Way Viaduct Stakeholders Advisory Committee focused on the next two building blocks toward a solution for the central waterfront structure: transit and public policy.
They scheduled an extra half an hour for this fourth meeting…MORE
All mail voting off until 2009
Tue, 04/01/08
King County Elections is postponing all-mail voting until 2009 because the equipment needed has not yet received required federal certification.
Other components for all-mail elections will be phased-in this year.
The vote counting…MORE
Highland Park gets credit union grant
Tue, 04/01/08
Highland Park Elementary School has been awarded a BECU School Grant for $1,750.
It will be used to purchase large screens for each classroom. These screens will complement the new presentation technology that was provided through the last…MORE
Port names new director of real estate and property
Tue, 04/01/08
Port of Seattle CEO Tay Yoshitani has named Joe McWilliams as managing director of real estate and property management.
McWilliams has over 15 years of experience in the Seattle real estate market. During his career he has served in…MORE
Six honored on Burien's birthday
Tue, 04/01/08
JoAn Cox, the mother of slain King County Deputy Sheriff Steve Cox, was honored as the Burien citizen community activist of the year at the city's 15th birthday celebration and awards ceremony March 28.
Mick Purdy and Adrian Kelly, owners…MORE
Viaduct still sinking; workers will finish new supports by May
Tue, 04/01/08
A section of the Alaskan Way Viaduct continues to sink, but state crews have almost completed work to stop it.
Bents 93 and 94, the pairs of columns and their cross braces between Columbia and Yesler streets, sank another 3/8 inch,…MORE
Water District 49 starts on storts
Tue, 04/01/08
Water District 49 in Burien has launched a project to replace the "storts" on local fire hydrants.
A stort is a time-saving device that is permanently attached to a fire hydrant so firefighters don't have to hook up an adaptor before…MORE
