Pacific Highway construction
Federal Way has taken its sign code to a new level in the eyes of some Century Palisades residents.
The dangers Robert Bryant faces as a South King Fire and Rescue firefighter do not worry his family — but his upcoming Iraq tour of duty with the Army National Guard does.
Federal Way resident Marc Pontenzieri, 28, recently became the last of five $1 million winners of Washington Millionaire II Scratch. He purchased his winning ticket — a scratch-off ticket — at Dash Point Arco at 1600 SW 312th St. in Federal Way, according to the Washington Lottery.
The following is a sample from the Federal Way police public information log:
Eight new principals will begin this fall at schools in the Federal Way School District.
The Federal Way Municipal Court’s interpreter services will get a nearly $30,000 boost for the 2008-2009 fiscal year, thanks to the Legislature and a grant from the state’s Administrative Office of the Courts.
For more than a year, Federal Way has pushed to obtain funding to rid Dumas Bay and its beach of noxious seaweed.
Each year, the destructive gypsy moth attempts a move into Washington state — and each year State Department of Agriculture workers stop them.
Aug. 6 event expected to raise close to $100,000 for charity
Federal Way residents wishing to file a police report are sometimes told that coming to the station is not the best way to do so. Police personnel tell some residents who come to the station to call 911 for an officer to take a report. Other times, residents are told to file an online report.
Federal Way resident David McKenzie made the list of winners for the 2008 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, which celebrates bad writing and challenges writers to compose the “opening sentence to the worst of all possible novels.”
The following is a sample from the Federal Way police public information log:
Grant Gaspard, former South King Fire and Rescue assistant chief and Chief Financial Officer, was arrested Aug. 7 by the FBI on charges of defrauding the district.
Weyerhaeuser CEO Dan Fulton announced Aug. 5 that the company will cut 1,500 jobs, most at its Federal Way headquarters.
Lakehaven Utility District has begun replacing an aged and corroding wastewater outfall pipe at its Redondo Wastewater Treatment Plant.