Des Moines News

Saw this beautiful mermaid carving while driving in Redondo Beach Drive on our way to Salty's Restaurant in Des Moines.

Des Moines Man Convicted of Internet Threats of Violence, Possessing a Firearm During Threats of Violence, and Identity Theft Man Made Multiple Threats to Boeing Company and Anacortes Oil Refinery GINO AUGUSTUS TURRELLA, 47, of Des Moines, Washington, was convicted today in U.S. District Court in Seattle of 19 felony counts regarding threats he ...

A U.S. District Court jury convicted a 47-year-old Des Moines man Friday of 19 felony counts in connection with threats he made against the Boeing Co., Shell Oil and Chevron Oil.

It's the middle of winter in the Washington cascades, and in a mountain pass town a mysterious visitor arrives at a small hotel just before a winter storm blocks the path both ways.

Sure, we've come to expect intramural fighting within the Des Moines Council, but who figured there would be just one disputed council race in Burien and all-out warfare in SeaTac? Last election, the SeaTac incumbents all ran unopposed.

A former Boeing employee was convicted Friday in federal court of 19 felonies for sending threatening e-mails to officials at Boeing, Shell Oil and Chevron Oil companies, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Carrie Lacher, 54, was elected Friday Harbor's 28th mayor Tuesday. She is the first woman elected to the job in the town's 100-year history.

Fueled by outrage over the current city administration, a proposition to institute popular election of a strong mayor and a slate of three candidates took on SeaTac city government in the Nov.

Driving through Des Moines, one sees many small businesses trying to survive the economic downturn.

In the week preceding Halloween, parents had more to be worried about than costumes and pumpkin carving.

Just because Des Moines is not at risk for flooding does not mean it will not be affected, Des Moines Police Chief Roger Baker told council members on Oct.

He spit on the sidewalk and wound up in handcuffs. It was a trivial infraction, but the young man who committed it is now banned from the Federal Way Transit Center for previous bad behavior.

The Highline School District has made progress in its measures of success but the trajectory needs to increase faster to meet the 2013 targets, board members were told Oct.

The latest Street Law presentation on students' legal and constitutional rights drew a small crowd a ' and a barrage of questions including the rights of students to free expression, religion, due process, privacy and search and seizure.

During preliminary discussions for Des Moines 2010 budget it became apparent the two departments that will be looked at most closely are Parks and Recreation and Police.

Two men who police said broke into a Des Moines apartment were charged Thursday with first-degree burglary, and one was charged with raping one of the residents.

Will SeaTac voters choose a different form of government? Will the Mt. Rainier Pool be saved? Who will win Burien's "Battle of the Deputy Mayors?" A lot of big questions will be answered in Highline communities after the votes are counted from the Nov.

King County executive candidate Susan Hutchison said 2-year-old e-mails show her opponent, Metropolitan King County Councilmember Dow Constantine, improperly pressured his colleagues to vote for a ferry tax by threatening to kill a separate tax for flood control.

Just a few months after Jumpina Josh Violette took up the guitar at age 8, he took the stage for the first time to play the blues at a Tacoma nightclub.

Several communities are already reporting trees down as the first fall windstorm moves into Western Washington.