So many recollections marking the 50th anniversary of the Seattle World’s Fair have been wistful and a bit romantic. The world came to Seattle. Thirty five nations participated. John Glenn visited. Elvis too. Jonas Salk. Lyndon Johnson. Prince Philip. Igor Stravinsky. The Shah of Iran. Lassie. Belgian waffles. All there.
Boating restrictions for Fairweather Cove on north Lake Tapps have worked so well the past three years at stopping drinking and other unruly behavior the area is no longer the party cove it was once called.
Just because state senators are elected doesn’t mean they can do whatever they want. So when Sen. Pam Roach repeatedly abused and harassed staff members she was sanctioned.
A Senate Republican senior attorney is seeking a $1.75 million settlement from the state, saying a hostile work environment has been created by allowing a controversial senator back into the GOP caucus and restoring her access to staff in exchange for a vital budget vote.
The Applebee’s restaurant in Auburn is closed today after a car struck the building.
Lisa Connors, the president of the Auburn School Board, is running as a Republican for the state House.
An Auburn man was displaced this afternoon after a fire badly damaged his apartment, according to Valley Regional Fire Authority.
The origin myth for one of the world’s most famous city landmarks involves a place mat and a doodle. Knute Berger, author of “Space Needle – The Spirit of Seattle,” to be released next month, said hotel exec Eddie Carlson indeed had his "Restaurant in the Sky" moment in Germany. But Berger discovered that the idea of a tower and even a restaurant had been in the air for a while.
A group charged with redrawing Pierce Transit’s boundaries approved a map Thursday night that excludes several communities in east Pierce County and will cost the agency millions of dollars in sales-tax revenue.
Lake Tapps’ annual spring refill is set to begin as early as March 12.
Auburn’s Thomas Jefferson High School recently placed sixth in the 2011 Ciphering Time Trials, a national mathematics contest administered by National Assessment & Testing. Several students received individual awards, as well.
Indie rock-pop band Florence + the Machine announced today that it will make a stop this summer at White River Amphitheatre in Auburn.
Commuters heading to Tacoma from Auburn on Tuesday will see dramatic changes in the highway construction spectacle at Federal Way. Construction crews working over the weekend filled in the remaining gaps in the massive flyover ramp that, when it opens this summer, will lift westbound state Route 18 traffic over Interstate 5 and ease it onto southbound freeway lanes a half-mile away.
King County Sheriff’s Office deputies, while working with the state Department of Corrections, were involved in a shooting at an Auburn home Saturday.
A King County Sheriff's Office deputy, while working with the state Department of Corrections, was involved in a shooting Saturday evening at an Auburn home.
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