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Zoolights is open at the Point Defiance Zoo in Tacoma and runs through Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2008.

The glittering light display depicts local landmarks, including Mount Rainer and both Tacoma

Narrows Bridges, as well as animals, nursery…MORE

The King County Council has approved a contract to retain the consultant assisting the Council to establish the independent office overseeing King County's major capital construction projects

"I am pleased to implement a program I…MORE

The Metropolitan King County Council has passed an ordinance allowing the creation of a new Professional Standards Division in the King County Sheriff's Office.

This new division would consolidate and manage all departmental functions…MORE

Rick Bragg, a man who helped start some of area's most popular annual community events, died last month just weeks after being diagnosed with stomach cancer.

Bragg, a regular volunteer in the community, played an integral role in planning…MORE

For the first time in the program's 28-year history, there are more than 1,000 vans in operation, supporting a record ridership of 1.9 million passenger trips during the first nine months of 2007.

Although the van programs have shown…MORE

Mike Nelson has predicted a "photovoltaic revolution" as solar power is on the verge of becoming a leading competitor in the world's top energy sources. But it all depends on consumer demand.

While the cost of solar power still has a ways…MORE

The annual Community Food and Toy Drive for Des Moines and Federal Way is now in high gear, and South King Fire and Rescue is asking for the public's generosity once again.

Donations of canned goods, non-perishable (dry) food items and new…MORE

The meeting may not have resulted in any definitive action from the seven-member City Council, but for the crowd of opponents of the proposed development in Northeast Tacoma (and a stone's throw away from the Federal Way line), the venting…MORE

For the first time in the program's 28-year history, there are more than 1,000 vans in operation, supporting a record ridership of 1.9 million passenger trips during the first nine months of 2007.

Although the van programs have shown…MORE

A long time advocate for housing rights, John Fox might not be an obvious leader for social change and economic justice.

It was inspiration, not hardship, which led Fox to spend the last 30 years of his life challenging the structures of…MORE