With the revelation that approximately $400,000 was stolen from a bank account belonging to the city of Burlington, Wash., in recent weeks, the King County Council’s proclamation of October as Cyber Security Awareness Month seems fitting.
The Federal Way City Council has picked Seattle-based developer Lorax Partners to begin the first stages of work for the proposed performing arts and conference center (PACC) in downtown Federal Way.
One of the organizers of VisionWalk, Federal Way resident Mike Hoag, personally has a lot invested in trying to find a cure for the aforementioned diseases, particularly RP. Both of Hoag’s sons, Matt and James, have been diagnosed with the disease.
King County Sheriff Steve Strachan announced that he will be hiring 14 new deputies in the coming months, using funds already available from the King County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) budget.
Opened last year, the SCORE jail facility is not meeting the projected use, and as a result, Federal Way is apparently paying a bigger chunk of the bill than expected.
Throughout many parts of the country, a particular pattern of use, abuse and transference has occurred when it comes to the prescription painkiller OxyContin.
Flu vaccine is available throughout the state, with plenty of time to spare before flu season arrives, according to the Washington State Department of Health (DOH).
The Federal Way City Council voted in favor of sending a second letter to King County Executive Dow Constantine, signed by the council as a whole, expressing the council’s shared concerns over the possible siting of a garbage transfer station on the outskirts of the city, off of South 320th Street.
After Oct. 2 came and went, the Newton, Mass.-based company was unable to come up with $150,000 in earnest money as part of the purchase and sale agreement to develop the former AMC Theaters site downtown.
With 11 incidents of copper wire theft recorded in the city in 2012 alone, and with those thefts totaling more than $100,000 in costs, Federal Way officials seek a strategy to combat the problem.
As the county’s garbage and recycling transfer station at Algona approaches the end of its useful life, the King County Solid Waste Division (KCSWD) has begun looking for sites to build a new, modernized transfer station.
Jane Hendricks of SRG Partnership Inc. gave a presentation to the Federal Way School Board on Sept. 25, informing of the desperate need for a complete rebuild of the aging Federal Way High School.
As the time to vote inches nearer for the $60 million capital levy to replace Federal Way High School, support for the project is growing.
Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna announced that one-time claim forms were being mailed out to 34,000 Washington state homeowners who lost their homes due to foreclosure in recent years.
Two companies presented competing visions for a possible performing arts and conference center in downtown Federal Way.
Officer Andy Hensing was awarded the Federal Way Police Department’s Medal of Distinguished Service, the department’s second highest honor for officers and personnel.
Federal Way Police Chief Brian Wilson gave a report to the city council on Sept. 18 regarding photo enforcement systems at three local school zones.
The Washington State Department of Ecology (DOE) will clean up soil at seven parks in Pierce and King County, including Federal Way’s Lake Grove Park.
With more than 4,000 confirmed cases of whooping cough, mostly among children, state health officials warn that the start of the school year means the state’s worst outbreak in decades will continue to grow.
