Drivers should expect overnight closures this week on State Route 18 in Federal Way.
Communities In Schools has teamed up with Procter & Gamble to make it easy for you to “give while you save” on shopping.
• Primary election ballots will be mailed on July 27 to all King County voters. Voters pamphlets will also be mailed this week, and will arrive separately from the ballots. The Election Day deadline to return ballots is Aug. 16.
The Municipal League of King County has released its candidate ratings for the 2011 election.
At 2:22 p.m. July 23 in the 36000 block of Enchanted Parkway, police were dispatched for a dog in a car during hot weather.
According to initial reports, three people were injured, two seriously, when a car apparently crashed into a utility van late Monday morning at the interchange of S. 320th Street and I-5 in Federal Way. The crash caused traffic on 320th Street to slow, and also diverted local bus routes for a time.
Two armed robberies happened in quick succession early Monday morning in Federal Way, with what appears to be the same group of men robbing two locations within a 20-minute span.
Aug. 2 will be National Night Out, an event aimed at empowering and bringing communities together to help fight crime in their local neighborhoods. The nationwide events will run 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
The Federal Way Police Department bomb squad was called into action Thursday night after a pipe bomb was brought to the Pacific police station by a concerned citizen.
Federal Way police were involved in a fatal shooting July 21 at Wal-Mart, located in the 1900 block of South 314th Street.
Chocolate milk: At 12:14 p.m. July 11 in the 1900 block of S. Commons, a man concealed a bottle of chocolate milk underneath his jacket, according to a police report. When the man was confronted by a loss prevention officer from Target, he responded by punching him in the chest and telling him that he wasn’t stealing and that he just needed a “hand cart.”
Both the plans and money are coming together for the former AMC Theatres site in downtown Federal Way.
The city is adopting a game plan after Sound Transit revealed that light rail would not come to Federal Way until 2040 at the earliest.
The Federal Way City Council unanimously passed a six-month emergency moratorium on “collective” marijuana gardens during its regular meeting Tuesday, making it the second marijuana-related moratorium the city has passed since April.
The unincorporated area of King County sandwiched between Federal Way and Auburn may incorporate under the name Peasley Canyon Township.
After sitting untouched for more than two months, work has restarted on several pedestrian safety crossings around Federal Way.
Stabbing: At 11:08 p.m. July 13 in the 33000 block of 36th Avenue Southwest, police were called by a woman who said that her ex-husband was at her house, stole her phone and prevented her from calling 911, according to the police report.
Noting the unseasonably cool and rainy summer the greater Puget Sound area has experienced so far in 2011, Komo News meteorologist Scott Sistek did some digging to find out how many days temperatures have hit over 80 degrees.
The debate surrounding higher car tab fees and slashed bus routes has reached a boiling point in King County as some residents demand social justice over mass transit.
The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) announced that regional shellfish, while delicious, can also be potentially hazardous to people’s health, especially as the summer wears on and temperatures increase.