The money for an $84,762 check was raised at a golf classic in August sponsored by the Ballard High School Foundation. At left is Ballard High Principal Phil Brockman with Victor E. Salvino, class of 1951 who came to Seattle from Dallas for the…MORE
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Firefighters give tips for home escape plan
Tue, 10/09/07
This week is Fire Prevention Week, and South King Fire and Rescue is reminding Des Moines and Federal Way residents to "Practice Your Escape Plan."
The Burien/Normandy Park Fire Department (Fire District 2) and the North Highline Fire…MORE
Voters' Pamphlets available in several different forms
Tue, 10/09/07
Washington's most comprehensive election resource is now arriving in local mailboxes.
The Voters' Pamphlet for the Nov. 6 general election is available in English, Spanish and Chinese. It will reach more than three million households…MORE
SeaTac parks spruced up
Tue, 10/09/07
Park use is perking up in SeaTac as the city marks the major renovation of an outdoor sports complex and the opening of a new neighborhood park
A dedication ceremony for the 14.8 acres of renovations at Valley Ridge Park's sports fields…MORE
FWHS E-gals raise funds by offering youth dance clinics
Tue, 10/09/07
The Federal Way High School E-Gals present "High School Musical" (K-5th grades) and "Hip Hop" (6-8th grades ) dance clinic on October 12. The event will take place in the FWHS upper gym 30611 16th Ave South. There is no school scheduled for…MORE
Water woes in Waterland City blamed on flow, distribution
Tue, 10/09/07
One would think that of all the things the "Waterland City" would be concerned with, water wouldn't be one of them.
But it is.
At a city council study session on Oct.
MOREPriest, House Repubs get go-ahead from Gregoire on GPS program
Tue, 10/09/07
House Republicans were surprised when the governor invited the media to her office to announce that four sex offenders out of almost 20,000 will be monitored with a global positioning system (GPS) device.
There are currently 1,300 sex…MORE
MURAL BEING RESTORED
Tue, 10/02/07
Muralist Glenn Case restores a mural on California Avenue, just north of Edmunds Street. The mural depicts California Avenue in 1918, where streetcars of the West Seattle line branched north and the Fauntleroy line headed south along California…MORE
Des Moines election case is settled
Tue, 10/02/07
A $140,000 settlement in a case involving state campaign law violations prior to the 2001 Des Moines city election was announced last week by the Attorney General's Office.
TME Capital Group, Environmental Materials Transport and Monarch…MORE
Mayor appoints interim parks superintendent
Tue, 10/02/07
Mayor Greg Nickels has announced the appointment of Christopher Williams, current Seattle Parks and Recreation acting deputy superintendent, as the interim superintendent.
Williams will serve as interim superintendent until the mayor's…MORE