Washington

4 hours ago — Highline Times CONSUMER ALERT: Scammers using Des Moines Municipal Court phone number to demand money
Press release: Scammers are calling Washington residents claiming to represent various Washington courts and demanding residents wire money by 10 a.m., or face arrest. People who receive the...

4 hours ago — Highline Times LETTER: Both RapidRide and light rail between SeaTac and Federal Way?
(Editors Note: This letter was sent to Sound Transit and King County Councilmember Julia patterson with a copy to the Highline Times.) I'm sorry, but I really have to ask.... How is the ex...

4 hours ago — Highline Times Developer picked for Des Moines biggest economic project
The Port of Seattle has selected a developer for the Des Moines Creek Business Park project. Panattoni Development Company, Inc., a privately-held real estate development firm, headquartered i...

4 hours ago — Seattle Times Tree-spraying blamed in deaths of some 25,000 bumblebees
WILSONVILLE, Ore. - Thousands of dead and dying bees have been found in the parking lot of a shopping center in Wilsonville, southwest of Portland. Oregon officials investigating the kill say it...

4 hours ago — Seattle Times Mercer Island to require more native plants in shoreline plan
Under pressure from the state Department of Ecology, the Mercer Island City Council modified its shoreline master program to require homeowners to plant more native vegetation when doing constru...

4 hours ago — Seattle Times Swedish to introduce new plans for growth
After plans to increase of its Cherry Hill campus raised concerns among residents in the surrounding Squire Park neighborhood of Seattle, Swedish Medical Center will propose different expansion...

4 hours ago — Seattle Times Parents' ruse snares Federal Way man, 30, targeting daughter, 15
The Associated Press SPOKANE - A father who discovered his 15-year-old daughter was being targeted on Facebook by a man twice her age took matters into his own hands. He hatched a Facebook ruse ...

4 hours ago — Seattle Times Artist reaches accord with schools on Native murals
Artist Andrew Morrison, in a compromise offer now will help preserve the murals of Native Americans that he created at Seattles Wilson-Pacific campus, where all the buildings are slated to be ...

4 hours ago — The Wenatchee World Petersburg, Seattle among best yachting cities
PETERSBURG, Alaska (AP) - Petersburg and Seattle are already among the 10 best, and either could be voted America's best yachting community. KFSK reports (http://is.gd/ctd6Sj) Petersburg and Se...

4 hours ago — The Suburban Times Community Health Fair welcomes all
Saturday, June 22, from11 a.m. - 3 p.m.individuals and families - people of all ages - are invited to visit the 2013 Health Fair. Its an outdoor event that will be held in the large parking lot ...

4 hours ago — The Olympian After 10 years, Olympia brewery site still sits silent
Ten years ago Thursday the whistle at the former Olympia brewery sounded for the last time, a final symbolic toot to signify the end of an era: The brewery was closing after more than 100 years ...

4 hours ago — The News Tribune Frank Herbert makes sense for park's name
The recently opened Waterwalk, part of the Point Ruston residential and retail development, will let walkers and bikers reach the border of Point Defiance. The district hopes to open a temporary...

5 hours ago — King 5 TV Seattle Music Partners bridges music education funding gap
Thirty minutes a week. For fourth and fifth graders in Seattle, that's the only music education time the school system can afford. Even as the school year comes to a close, a group of dedicate...

5 hours ago — Examiner.com The 4 running techniques most commonly overlooked by beginners
While running is certainly one of the most accessible forms of exercises, it's also the endurance sport with the highest percentage of injury with 2 out of 3 runners becoming injured every year....

5 hours ago — Whidbey News-Times Freeland man drifts off highway near Coupeville, ends up in hospital
A Freeland man was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center and Hospital in Seattle after crashing his car Wednesday morning on Highway 20 on Central Whidbey Island. At approximately 11:20 a.m., ...

5 hours ago — Seattle Business Journal Eight King County Metro bus routes to get increased service
King County Metro will add more buses in the evenings and weekends on eight high-ridership routes following an announcement that the city of Seattle is buying more than 5,000 hours of service pe...

5 hours ago — Seattle Business Journal State reconsiders rule against growing marijuana outdoors
The state Liquor Control Board is reconsidering its rule against outdoor marijuana growing operations for Washingtons newly legal industry. This was the most significant potential change discus...

5 hours ago — The Columbian Farmers market food vendor scrambles after theft of van, equipment
Between March and October, Kristen and Keone Ah Yek and their children have the same weekend routine: wake up early to head down to the Vancouver Farmers Market, where they make and sell an asso...

5 hours ago — KHQ Spokane Alaska Airlines Double Charges 24,000 Customers!
In a letter sent to thousands of customers this weekAlaska Airlines says it submitted debit & credit charge files to card processors that contained some "duplicate charges." on purchases from Ju...