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From left to right: Corporals Hilary Mariani, Jae An, Ricardo Cuellar and Eric Reyna are sworn in during the July 5, 2023 city council meeting.

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Council approves ADUs ordinances, addresses water damage at Community Center

Plus, Federal Way Police marked the appointments of five officers to new positions

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3 killed in early morning collision on I-5 in Federal Way

The victims are a 27-year-old Federal Way resident and two 25-year-old Seattle residents.

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COO Brandon Fischer (left) and owner Bob Fischer are the names behind the store at Federal Way’s new Pet Supplies Plus, located next to and around the corner from Amazon Fresh at The Commons mall.

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Pet Supplies Plus opens at The Commons

Pet Supplies Plus’ grand opening weekend is from July 14-16.

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Visitors at Celebration Park celebrated the birthday of the United States at Federal Way’s Red White & Blues festival July4.

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FW celebrates Independence Day with relatively few fireworks calls

July 4 is the biggest staffing day of the year for the Federal Way Police Department, deputy chief…

An architect’s rendering shows what TC-3 will look like when finished. Image from the City of Federal Way.

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Target building’s demolition marks next step for downtown Federal Way

The demolition process will begin July 17, according to the city.

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Village Green’s two centenarians, World War II veteran Leo Thoennes and Esther Vine, celebrated Vine’s 100th birthday on June 16 at Federal Way’s Village Green retirement home.

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Federal Way’s Esther Vine is feeling fine at 100 years old

At 100 years old, Esther Vine has trouble making friends her own age — so she spent her…

Josias Jean-Pierre speaks on June 19 at a Juneteenth event held by Creating Legacy Wealth LLC in Federal Way. He was honored during the event, which took place at the Dumas Bay Centre. Photo by Joshua Solorzano / The Mirror

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Hometown Hero: Motivational speaker and coach pushes others to seize the day

Josias Jean-Pierre is The Mirror’s June Hometown Hero.

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Congressman Adam Smith speaks to the crowd at the Flag Day event.

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Soroptimist club celebrates Flag Day

The Federal Way Soroptimist branch celebrated their 34th Flag Day on June 17 at the Weyerhaeuser King County…

Paul McDaniel takes his oath of office June 26 at the Federal Way City Council chambers. (Photo by Alex Bruell / The Mirror)

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Tech consultant, veteran Paul McDaniel appointed to FW City Council

McDaniel fills the council position that was vacated May 16 by former councilmember Erica Norton.

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The city council and city judges Dave Larson and Brad Bales on June 20 honored several local students for their submission to the Municipal Court Student Art Contest.

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Council talks ADUs, views and transportation news

The Federal Way City Council read proclamations in support of the city’s Black and LGBTQ+ communities, looked at…

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The Barker cabin can be found at the West Hylebos Wetlands Park.

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Historical Society invites public on a trip to Federal Way’s past

The open house is from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. June 29, and the Heritage Center is open Wednesdays…

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Ivone Langford, a Federal Way resident, holds her design that will be used at the upcoming Sound Transit link light rail Kent / Des Moines station.

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Federal Way artist among those featured in upcoming light rail expansion

Designs will be featured at the upcoming Kent/Des Moines link light rail station.

City leaders and community members hold the Juneteenth flag outside city hall. Alex Bruell / The Mirror

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Federal Way raises Juneteenth flag, celebrates anniversary of emancipation

Federal Way raised the Juneteenth flag on June 16.

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District breaks ground on new Illahee Middle School

The new school is estimated to be completed after winter break in 2025.

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The graduates flip their caps at the Thomas Jefferson High School graduation ceremony.

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Degrees for ‘23: FWPS students graduate

The Federal Way School District celebrated nine graduations last week. Read about the ceremonies here:

Kids celebrate during the ladder-truck egg drop after one of the eggs, incredibly, rolls to safely after its package collides harshly with the ground. Alex Bruell / The Mirror

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Green Gables students get an egg-based physics lesson from South King firefighters

Fifth-graders celebrated the school’s annual egg drop tradition this week.

The community celebrates Flag Day on Saturday, June 11, 2016. Photo courtesy Bruce Honda.

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Soroptimists will host Flag Day celebration June 17

Congressman Adam Smith will speak at the event.

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Anisah Rogers, at the 2020 Juneteenth flag raising in Federal Way.

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More events to celebrate Juneteenth in Federal Way

Several events celebrating and commemorating Juneteenth are scheduled for this month.

Hope Elder poses for a photo with her family during a December 2022 Federal Way City Council Meeting. Photo by Alex Bruell/the Mirror

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Hope Elder, volunteer and early leader of Federal Way, dies at 85

‘Federal Way has lost a true hero.’

Visitors peruse the displays at the Arts Explosion event Friday afternoon, while a harpist performs in the background. Alex Bruell / The Mirror

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Arts Explosion goes off with a bang

The first-ever event brought in just shy of 600 people on June 3 and 4.