Every year, Federal Way police make a concerted sweep of the city, checking that all 217 registered sex offenders are in the right place.
On July 21, 29-year-old Jedidiah Waters lost his life in a shoplifting incident gone bad at the Wal-Mart on South 314th Street in Federal Way. A firearm was recovered from Waters, and the presence of that firearm caused one Federal Way police officer to open fire, ending Waters’ life.
Stephen Coles, a longtime resident of Federal Way, recently unveiled his new company, StartUp Northwest.
Police suspect that three men who robbed two gas stations in Federal Way early on the morning of July 25 are also responsible for two early morning robberies that occurred July 27 in the Maple Valley area.
With vehicles like the Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt rolling off the line in large numbers, the once science fiction fantasy of electric powered cars is becoming a reality across the country and world.
As the debate over Federal Way Public Schools’ accelerated academics program continues, it seems that another policy, Standards Based Education (SBE), is becoming part of the conversation.
Initiative 1053, a now 18-year-old law, is being challenged once more in Washington state courts by a coalition that includes the League of Education Voters (LEV) and the Washington Education Association (WEA).
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.
Federal Way police were involved in a fatal shooting July 21 at Wal-Mart, located in the 1900 block of South 314th Street.
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.
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.
King County Library System (KCLS) administrative staff, plus two representatives of Seattle’s SGR architecture firm, updated Federal Way community members Tuesday on the progress of the new Federal Way 320th Library.
Federal Way city attorney Pat Richardson presented an amendment to the city’s aggressive begging code.
