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Auburn School District & Auburn Public Schools Foundation’s Back to School event will be Thursday, Aug. 15
All Auburn School District families are invited to a “Welcome Back to School” event from 3-6:00 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024 at Auburn Memorial Stadium (map below). This FREE event features food, vaccinations, health and wellness screenings, backpacks, Bombas socks, fun activities and entertainment. The event also...
Backpack Giveaway to Support South Sound Families
In an effort to ease the financial burden of buying school supplies for a new school year, Verizon Wireless and investment company Round Room are hosting their 12th annual School Rocks Backpack Giveaway. Hundreds of backpacks full of an estimated $3 million worth of total products will be given away...
Court docs: Man reports dead infant on 'Find It Fix It App,' mother arrested in Seattle
SEATTLE - A woman who abandoned her newborn child in a bush directly after giving birth was arrested in Seattle on Tuesday after a lengthy investigation, which began with a man reporting the dead infant on the "Find It Fix It App," according to newly released court documents. The investigation...
Iconic north Seattle mural depicting Highway 99 history removed after graffiti tagging
SEATTLE — An iconic landmark in north Seattle is gone after it was repeatedly tagged with graffiti. The well-known mural depicted some of the history of Highway 99 in north Seattle, including businesses and landmarks that have come and gone along the north-south thoroughfare. Photos reveal big red letters at the top of the mural that said, "Welcome to Historic Highway 99" and included cars and landmarks from 1932 to 1960.
Kirkland to Host Junior Softball World Series
Kirkland is transforming into a global stage this weekend: it's going to be the hub for Little League International’s Junior Softball World Series, which starts on July 27 and wraps up on Aug. 3. Six U.S. Region Tournament winners will join squads hailing from Asia-Pacific, Canada, Europe-Africa, and Latin...
City responds to growing Ballard homeless encampment
BALLARD, Wash. — The city of Seattle is expected to clear a large homeless encampment on a busy Ballard block. Neighbors are urging the city to connect the people living there with services and shelter. The encampment off 54th Street and 15th Avenue stretches along the sidewalk between a...
Thick wildfire smoke to hit Moses Lake, Wenatchee on Friday
CHELAN - Grant County Fire District 13 says incoming smoke from fires in Yakima, Chelan, Ferry, Lincoln and Okanogan counties is sending in a blanketing layer of smoke this week. Smoke from fires could be seen advancing into north central Washington on Wednesday, but a reprieve from it will last...
Mother urges the public to keep a lookout for her missing daughter
EVERETT, Wash.—An Everett woman is urging the public to be on the lookout for her daughter, Navey Skinner, 47, who has been missing since May 1, 2024. Navey has blue eyes, blonde hair, is about five-foot-seven and 135 pounds. She was last seen wearing blue jeans and a white tank top near Lynnwood.
5 rescued in Sinclair Inlet after boat catches fire
Around 10 p.m. on Monday evening multiple fire agencies responded to an explosion and subsequent fire onboard a tribal fishing vessel in Sinclair Inlet off of Port Orchard's Waterman Pier. All five crew members onboard the vessel were successfully rescued. In a press release issued Tuesday, South Kitsap Fire and Rescue said that...
Oregon and Washington top wildfire priority in the U.S.
With 38 large, uncontained wildfires actively burning 838,908 acres of land across Oregon and Washington, the Northwest region is currently the top firefighting priority in the U.S. Roughly 91.5% of the 838,908 acres burning across the region are located in Oregon, making the state the top firefighting concern in the region and the country. Daily reports released by the Northwest Interagency Coordination Center, which helps coordinate the deployment of firefighting resources in Oregon and Washington, show that the federal government has given the region the...
Here’s Where 12 Big Lots Stores Are Closing in Washington State
Here’s Where 12 Big Lots Stores Are Closing in Washington State. So many retailers are closing these days and sadly a Washington State favorite is closing twelve stores in the PNW. Is Big Lots Closing In Washington State? What Stores Are Closing In WA?. I remember the first time...
In Washington state, Inslee's final months aimed at staving off repeal of landmark climate law
SILVERDALE, Wash — Standing at a transit center near four new wireless bus charging stations in a small community west of Seattle, Gov. Jay Inslee told transit and city leaders where money to pay for them — more than $1 million — came from. "It's possible only...
Aug 3: Join me for a family-friendly social and book reading in Tacoma
Hey Tacoma folks, I’m headed your way August 3 along with Anna Zivarts, author of the excellent book When Driving Is Not An Option: Steering Away From Car Dependency. This will be the first ever Seattle Bike Blog event in Tacoma, and I’m looking forward to meeting up with you all at this Downtown On The Go event. We’re meeting up at Wright Park from 2–4 p.m. for a family-friendly social followed by a joint book reading and discussion at King’s Books starting at 4:30 p.m. It’s all free of course, and you can go to one or both. Please RSVP via the event listing so we have a rough idea of how many people will be there.
Lakewold Gardens Welcomes Justin Henderson as Executive Director and Lead Horticulturist
Lakewood, WA—Lakewold Gardens is pleased to announce the appointment of Justin Henderson as its new executive director. Henderson comes to Lakewold following a seven-year tenure as garden director of PowellsWood Garden, a 37-acre botanical garden in Federal Way. “The Board feels Justin is just the right person at the...
Federal court orders higher pay for foreign guest workers in WA orchards
Foreign guest or H-2A workers at Washington’s tree-fruit orchards will get paid more under a federal court ruling issued earlier this month, in the latest development in a yearslong court battle over how foreign agricultural workers are paid. Under the ruling from the U.S. District Court in Seattle in...
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