Fifteen simple words — but fifteen words that a local couple, Mike and Carol Garcia, hope will be used to protect law enforcement officers, firefighters and members of the military.
Standards Based Education (SBE) and the attached grading methodology, continues to be a hot topic in Federal Way schools.
Federal Way Public Schools will ask voters to approve a $60 million construction levy in February in order to rebuild Federal Way High School (FWHS). The district has begun the first conversations around what the new high school should be like.
Federal Way had initially planned what’s known as a “Michigan left” or a “median U-turn” at the intersection of SW 336th Street and 21st Avenue South, However, the city revised its plans after an extensive study of the intersection.
There is a Federal Way connection to the recent University of California-Davis pepper spray fiasco that has sparked national outrage.
The Federal Way Mirror recently published a special section on local military veterans. Also, throughout the fall, The Mirror has profiled Federal Way veterans. See their photos in an online slideshow.
The small fellowship expects to feed more than 150 people (at least 44 families) for Thanksgiving.
While searching an adjacent greenbelt, an officer was confronted by the 33-year-old male suspect. The suspect acted irrational, making animal type sounds.
Woodmont Elementary School in the Federal Way School District is closed today due to a power outage.
Get out of jail for free card: At 3:54 p.m. Nov. 19 in the 1900 block of South Commons, a suspect was detained for attempting to steal a pair of shoes from Famous Footwear.
Gov. Chris Gregoire launched the state’s efforts to build the 737 MAX in Washington, proposing to spend millions of dollars to educate and train the future workers of the aerospace industry in the state.
Kathy Stazel has been selected CAREGiver of the Year by the Home Instead Senior Care franchise office in Federal Way.
A South King Fire and Rescue firefighter was struck by a vehicle about 5:30 a.m. Sunday while assessing the scene of a rollover accident on southbound Interstate 5, about a half mile south of the 272nd Street exit in Federal Way.
Georgene Holland of Algona shared a cautionary tale about a scammer in Federal Way.
The Washington economic forecast took another hit, with the state’s chief economist Dr. Arun Raha saying the state will take in $122 million less than anticipated with the last economic forecast released in September.
• Nobody was supposed to be home: At 12:40 a.m. Nov. 11 in the 1800 block of SW 304th Street, an unknown suspect broke into a residence and stole approximately $2,400 in high-end electronics and $300 in jewelry.
The public is invited to attend the community’s holiday tree lighting event Friday, Nov. 25, at The Commons Mall near the northwest entrance by FedEx/Kinko’s store.
Maintaining funding levels from the state, and lobbying for aid to help increase the downtown core’s sewage capacity, will be Federal Way’s top two legislative agenda items for 2012.
The annual Community Food and Toy Drive for Des Moines and Federal Way begins Nov. 22. South King Fire and Rescue is accepting donations for holiday dinners and presents for local children.
Federal Way Public Schools hosted a bus tour Nov. 17 in honor of American Education Week. Participants visited Lakota, Wildwood Elementary and Federal Way High School to tour the buildings and observe students.