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Transition to middle school: Tips for parent-student survival

For Federal Way area students who said goodbye to elementary school earlier this year, this fall represents the…

Mirror Image Racing teams will display their full size monster truck and sign autographs all day Aug. 17 at G & M Honest Performance located at 33210 Pacific Highway S. in Federal Way.

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Full-size monster truck coming to Federal Way shop

Meet the Mirror Image Racing team's full-size monster truck, weighing in at 11,000 pounds with 66-inch tall tires…

A 1965 Chevrolet Impala

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Federal Way Lions classic car show returns Aug. 18

The Federal Way Lions will host its 8th Annual Free Scholarship Car Show from 8 a.m. to 4…

A scene from the 2010 sand festival in Federal Way.

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Northwest Sand Festival starts this week in Federal Way

The event runs Aug. 16 through Sept. 3 in the southwest corner of The Commons Mall parking lot.…

Photos show Joanne Atkerson with her son

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St. Francis Hospital’s first baby turns 25

St. Francis Hospital’s 25th anniversary holds special significance for Joanne Atkerson. At 4:33 a.m. on May 7, 1987,…

Federal Way residents Ken Morris and Paul Thomas Evers recently created their second coloring book

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Coloring book creators help with Alzheimer’s research

Federal Way residents Ken Morris and Paul Thomas Evers recently created their second coloring book, "Paul and Friends:…

Centerstage Theatre and Central Washington University are hosting the 2012 Federal Way Summer Theatre Festival.

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Federal Way Summer Theatre Festival presents ’25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’ and ‘All in the Timing’

Six student interns from CWU in Ellensburg, Wash., will work with local professional actors and directors to produce…

Friends United to Shelter the Indigent

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FUSION 2012 arts festival benefits homeless | PHOTOS

Friends United to Shelter the Indigent, Oppressed and Needy (FUSION) held a Moulin Rouge theme art soiree Aug.…

A cigarette butt

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Tips for beating your addiction to nicotine

Tobacco use is a major risk factor for heart disease, stroke, lung cancer and various other cancers. Using…

Scene from the 2010 Kids Day at Steel Lake Park in Federal Way.

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Kids Day at Steel Lake Park returns

Get ready for a free summer play day in Federal Way. The annual Kids Day at Steel Lake…

'Seussical the Musical' runs two weekends

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Rosebud Children’s Theatre Conservatory presents ‘Seussical the Musical’

Always striving to bring the fine arts to Federal Way, Rosebud Children’s Theatre Conservatory is gearing up to…

The cast of 'OZ!' in a dress rehearsal this week.

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Check out ‘OZ!’ this weekend

Rosebud Children’s Theatre Conservatory presents “OZ!” at 7:30 p.m. July 27-28 and 2 p.m. July 29 at the…

FUSION volunteers Peggy LaPorte

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FUSION helps mother and son escape homelessness

By the end of December 2011, Brittany and her 3-year-old son were homeless.

Monsters Scare You! (Pictured front: Josh 'Pig Pen' Benson

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Monsters Scare You! signs with Hollywood Waste Records

Monsters Scare You! is a post-modern electronic rock band. They tuck themselves into the corner of a barn…

Rosebud Children's Theatre Conservatory presents 'OZ!'

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Rosebud Children’s Theatre Conservatory presents ‘OZ!’

The timeless "Wizard of Oz" tale has been adapted into a dazzling musical.

The Federal Way Farmers Market features vendors such as Lee's Family flowers and vegetables.

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Federal Way Farmers Market hosts Family Safety Day

Family Safety Day is July 21 at the Federal Way Farmers Market, featuring police and local firefighters.

Browns Point Cottage is located at 201 Tulalip St. NE

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Federal Way Symphony’s Garden Tour returns July 21

Visit six private gardens in the community and the Browns Point Lighthouse and Garden, where Alison Kutz, horticulturalist,…

Soul jazz pianist Deems Tsutakawa is a Seattle native.

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Deems Tsutakawa brings soul jazz piano to Marine View

This weekend as part of its free monthly concert series, Jazz LIVE at Marine View presents soul jazz…

'Snow Thunder' by Selinda Sheridan

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Puget Sound Sumi Artists display work at bonsai garden

Weyerhaeuser Company’s Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection is hosting “SUMIE, Visions of Nature - Paintings in Ink and Color…

Peter Dominguez began to fill in the wings of a massive harpy across Derrick Burke's chest at All Hope Aside Tattoo in Federal Way.

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Tattoo session goes beyond skin deep | PHOTOS

Peter Dominguez stretched the skin on Burke's chest, lowered his tattoo gun, and began to fill in the…