Tukwila News

Interested in serving your community? The Valley View Sewer District is accepting applications for an upcoming vacancy on its Board of Commissioners.

With the legislature in a special session to deal with the state's biennial budget, officials in Renton are holding out hope that several of their priorities from the year will yet be approved.

But as of May 1st, Deputy Andy Conner is on administrative leave while the King County Sheriff's Office investigates allegations that thousands of dollars may have gone missing.

State troopers are conducting a week-long emphasis patrol to stop drivers who are aggressive around big trucks, even using their eye in the sky to find people who are speeding and cutting off.

Gov. Jay Inslee made a quick stop Friday in Kent to pump up South Sound politicians and business leaders about the importance for the Legislature to pass a transportation funding package during the special session that started this week.

A Magazine feature about some well-known euphemisms got readers thinking about some of their favourites.

Washington state has one of the highest seat-belt use rates in the country mostly because of the highly visible "Click It or Ticket" campaign, according to the Washington Traffic Safety Commission .

Cascade Bicycle Club's annual Bike to Work Day is just a few days away, and organizers are gearing up for another big turnout.

Employees representing major sectors of the travel industry will attend this event hosted by the Southwest King County Chamber of Commerce in a show of support for the jobs and economic impact created by visitors to Washington State.

The 13th annual Tukwila Backyard Wildlife Festival is a free event to educate and inspire people to welcome wildlife into their backyards, gardens and communities.

A woman reportedly spit in the face of a Fred Meyer store employee after she had been asked to leave because the store was closing at about 11 p.m. April 28 on the West Hill.

Fall City teacher Amy Jones, with students Lily Colvin, left, and Zain Khaki show off a feature that might be unique to their classroom, a closet, created from the old hallway connecting Jones' and the neighboring portable classroom.

A man suspected of stealing a car was shot by a Tukwila police officer in a parking area near Southcenter Mall after the suspect tried to run over him in another car, officials said.

Westfield Southcenter Mall in Tukwila was briefly locked down after an officer shot a suspect during a police chase in or near the mall parking garage Tuesday afternoon.

Teresa Osinski, executive vice president of the Home Builders Association of Kitsap County, called it a "fairly healthy uptick in permitting activity everywhere." The Kitsap County Department of Community Development issued 103 residential construction permits from January through April, said Deputy Director Jeff Rowe.

Deanna Duff received two awards for articles published in the Northwest Asian Weekly at the Washington Press Association's annual Community Awards, which was held on April 20 at the Museum of Flight in Tukwila.

Vaisakhi, the annual Sikh festival is celebrated worldwide, and, in this case, at the ShoWare Center in Kent Saturday, May 4. Featured were prayer, music, exhibits, food, demonstrations, and a parade.

I'll have a live chat going for Reign FC's home opener Saturday against FC Kansas City.

Two men accused of raping a woman with a liquor bottle in a Tukwila motel have been charged with rape.

The Washington State Department of Agriculture will treat about 10 1/2 acres from the ground with a biological agent sprayed on trees, shrubs and other foliage that may hide gypsy-moth caterpillars.