With the successful passage of the capital projects levy to rebuild Federal Way High School (FWHS), staff, administrators and board members of Federal Way Public Schools reflected on the victory.
Federal Way Public Schools (FWPS) joined 17 other Washington state school districts, and 539 nationally, with its inclusion on the College Board’s “AP Honor Roll.”
National Young Readers Week was Nov. 12-16. Dressed in his pirate costume, Superintendent Rob Neu visited kindergartners in Mrs. Biggerstaff’s class at Lake Grove Elementary on Tuesday.
An employee at the Federal Way Goodwill discovered an etching by legendary Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dali.
On Thursday morning, dozens of Walmart employees participated in a protest strike outside the Federal Way store on South 314th Street.
The Federal Way Police Department reported that a 23-year-old woman was shot in the back early Thursday morning, and that the injuries were non-life threatening. Police learned of the attack when the victim arrived at St. Francis Hospital seeking treatment for the gunshot wound.
Brendan Broomhead, now a student at Thomas Jefferson High School and a member of Boy Scout Troop 355, created a large 8-foot-by-20-foot mural for the school as part of his work toward becoming an Eagle Scout.
Sound Transit held an open house at Truman High School on Nov. 13, as the first step in the process of determining alternative solutions for increasing transit capacity for Federal Way and South King County.
Three children were sent to the hospital with injuries after a collision Tuesday afternoon between a school bus and a car in Federal Way.
At 3:24 p.m. Nov. 12 in the 30000 block of 3rd Avenue South, two vehicles nearly collided while trying to avoid a neighborhood dog.
Federal Way’s third annual tribute to veterans, Honoring Our Own, was held Nov. 12 at Todd Beamer High School.
The FBI released its annual Crime in the United States report for American cities last month, with national trends for both violent and property crime continuing downward.
Federal Way residents can donate toys for boys and girls all next week at Our Savior’s Baptist Church, 701 S. 320th St., Federal Way.
King County Council approved a motion earlier this week to “ensure the health and human services needs of the county’s underserved populations are met.” The motion calls for the county and human service providers to develop “an accountable and integrated delivery of social safety net services” in the county.
DeLaFontaine’s service to others started in spring 1943, when he left college to enlist in the United States Air Force. As a pilot of cargo planes, DeLaFontaine flew small, single-engine planes and larger C-47s throughout the Philippines and New Guinea.
At the rate of $1.30 per $1,000, Krause said the average homeowner in Federal Way with a home valued at $250,000 currently pays approximately $325 a year. At the higher rate of $1.43 per $1,000, that total will increase to $328 per year.
In 2008, the Department of Veterans Affairs declared ALS as a service-connected disease. As a result, military veterans who are diagnosed with ALS are eligible for health care and disability benefits.
King County Councilman Pete von Reichbauer recently helped arrange the donation of a retired King County van to Communities In Schools of Federal Way (CIS).
Puyallup resident Mitchell Condon, 8, heard about NFL football players raising money for breast cancer awareness, and he decided to do it, too.
The decision will affect 175 King County cases that are currently filed or referred for filing involving individuals age 21 and older who possessed one ounce or less of marijuana, according to the prosecutor’s office.