King County News

Voters in the Lake Washington School District are deciding on a $404 million plan for construction and modernization of facilities to keep up with growing student population.

King County Flood Control District Executive Committee - 9:30 a.m. ***Special meeting location*** The committee will meet in the Southwest Conference Room, 12th Flr.

A deputy with King County Sheriff's Office in Seattle, Wash., is accused of getting through tough economic times by helping his wife work as a prostitute, reports say.

Lake Washington Institute of Technology is celebrating Mental Health Awareness Month by hosting its 7th annual Mental Health and Community Resource Fair on May 7. The event runs from 9:30AM until 1:00PM in the East Building with several resource booths staffed all day, and a keynote presentation at 11:00 AM.

The Eastside Republican Club will award a $1,000 scholarship to the author of the best essay on the topic "How would a $15 per hour minimum wage affect jobs?" The scholarship program is open to high school students graduating in 2014, and freshmen and sophomores in an accredited college or university.

The committee trying to come up with a recommendation to raise Seattle's minimum wage might be wrangling right down to the wire.

King County King County has been meeting with the neighbors of its Cedar Hills Regional Landfill since the mid-1980s in order to keep them up to date with landfill activities, provide citizens with an opportunity to offer feedback, and to share ideas for improving operations.

The SCOTT Cougar Mountain Trail Run Series returns for a 12th season to King County Parks' Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park in May, with a wider variety of race options than ever before through beautiful forest land that's just minutes away from Bellevue, Seattle, and many other parts of King County.

Pierce County prosecutors have charged three of the so-called “buddy bandits” accused of robbing nine banks in Washington.

This weekend will be your last chance for about a year to ride the entire length of the 11-mile-long East Lake Sammamish Trail that links the communities of Redmond, Sammamish and Issaquah.

King County Councilmember Pete von Reichbauer sponsors Auburn Chamber Luncheon with Sen. Joe Fain and Rep. Pat Sullivan This week, Metropolitan King County Councilmember Pete von Reichbauer sponsored the monthly Auburn Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon and brought with him two guest speakers, Sen. Joe Fain and Rep. Pat Sullivan.

King County Sheriff John Urquhart responded Friday to putting three deputies on paid leave .

More than six years after three generations of a family were slain near Carnation, the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office is making the almost unheard-of move of seeking a new trial judge.

Vehicle prowl: At 1:42 p.m., a caller in the 6500 block of Railroad Avenue Southeast, Snoqualmie, reported that two vehicles had been prowled in the past hour, possibly by two men seen in a tan Ford two-door van.

Ken Sharp, a former Kent City Council member, had a King County Superior Court hearing continued to May 7 as he faces first-degree theft charges.

Rain appropriately fell during a Thursday gathering of Kent, King County and state politicians to kick off an $18 million Green River levee repair project.

The Burien Police Department seized $400,000 in cash, along with drugs and guns after serving a search warrant on a car and two homes this week.

King County Councilmember Pete von Reichbauer hosted a reception on Thursday for Moon Duk-ho, the newly-installed consul general of the Republic of Korea.

Elected officials join Friends of Youth officials to cut the ribbon for Friends of Youth's new transitional living homes for homeless youth.

Between April 7 and 13, the Valley Regional Fire Authority responded to 201 calls for service, among them the following: Construction accident: 6:02 p.m., .