Enumclaw News

Hundreds of cyclists took to the roads of Pierce County on Sunday for the annual Tour de Pierce bike ride , sponsored by the county parks and recreation department.

I guess if Oklahoma is going to take Seattle's basketball team, it only figures we take some of their weather in return... A series of strong to severe thunderstorms rolled through the Puget Sound region ...

You probably saw it and tried to take cover. Lightning is lighting up the skies as thunderstorms roll through the Puget Sound region, beginning late Wednesday night through Thursday morning.

A stone memorial and plaque will be dedicated Friday in Enumclaw to honor two Fort Lewis pilots and a crew chief who were killed in a helicopter crash.

Former Enumclaw Mayor George Rossman says his fellow VFW members led the project to put a memorial in the town for three Fort Lewis men killed in a helicopter crash.

Heavy flooding in November 2006 washed out large sections of the Carbon River Road in Mount Rainier National Park.

Scanning the interior of King County's newest library, Auburn's Laura Marshall gave it high marks - ' plenty of space, scores of computer terminals, eye-catching artwork and of course, books.

Petunias remain a favorite of gardeners who want vibrant washes of color in the summer landscape.

An unstable slope showing signs of weakness under the Green River Bridge on Highway 169 near Enumclaw will force the closure of the bridge from 6 a.m. until dark, about 10 p.m., today for an emergency ...

Longtime South King County Judge Judith Eiler has been charged with "rude, impatient, undignified and intimidating treatment" of self-represented litigants and attorneys, three years after she was reprimanded ...

The first meeting of an ad hoc committee assigned to examine Nestle's Enumclaw proposal is planned for Thursday.

The session gets under way at 6 p.m. in council chambers of Enumclaw City Hall, 1339 Griffin Ave.

The committee consists of Mike Ennis, Jeff Beckwith and Kevin Mahelona, the three longest-serving members of the Enumclaw City Council. Ennis has been named chairman.

Nestle, an international giant responsible for products ranging from candy bars to pet food, recently announced its desire to open a water bottling plant in Enumclaw. Through its Nestle Waters North America division, the company hopes to draw from the city's Boise Springs water supply and bottle the water in a plant in town.

Farm Fresh Cherries dircet from the orchard. We sell right from our Farm's produce stand in Enumclaw by the pound or wholesale if you just LOVE cherries and wish to share with others we can sell wholesale at ...

" a crackdown on underage drinking - " is paying off for local police agencies. The multi-jurisdictional effort coordinated by the King County Sheriff's Office arrested 40 people on a variety of charges over ...

Bonney Lake was the scene of an attempted homicide and the apparent suicide of 45-year-old Kent D. Curtis June 2.

Police officers were dispatched to the 9800 block of 192nd Avenue East at 4 p.m. after a  48-year-old woman called to report her roommate had been shot.

When the first officer arrived at the scene, he observed the 45-year-old male victim running from the residence. The officer called the man to his vehicle and observed several flesh wounds on the right side of the victim's face and neck.

An Enumclaw horse owner has been convicted of second degree animal cruelty. The King County Prosecuting Attorney took the case after an investigation by King County Animal Care and Control in November found one ...

More than 800 men and women are expected to return to Fort Lewis Tuesday. The soldiers are returning from a 15-month deployment in Iraq.

It takes a village to raise a child.

The phrase has been uttered so often it has been shopworn. But the city of Buckley took one giant step toward fortifying itself for that tall task May 27 when it debuted its freshly erected $750,000 youth center adjacent to its skate park.

Buckley firefighters cooked up and handed out at least 500 free hot dogs for those who witnessed the ribbon cutting and a skateboard expo going on next door.

At least a half-dozen dignitaries attended the festivities, including Congressman Dave Reichert, 31st District State Rep. Christopher Hurst and Pierce County Councilman Shawn Bunney, who made sure the Buckley Youth Center was not a project that fell by the wayside.

Investigators still haven't determined the cause of a fire that killed a teenager in Enumclaw Friday afternoon.

A girl whose body was found inside a burning house in Enumclaw on Friday has been identified by investigators as 16-year-old Shyla Heath.

A house fire killed one young woman Friday afternoon near Enumclaw. Firefighters were called to the 39000 block of 258th Avenue SE around 3 p.m. Fire officials from Kent and King County say first responders ...