On June 26, 2012, my lifelong dream of competing at the U.S. Olympic Trials finally came true in the 100-meter breaststroke.
Fireworks and Fourth of July are tied together like peanut butter and jelly, another all-American favorite.
However, with all the fun and excitement fireworks can generate during this festive weekend, they can also wreak havoc and cause injury and fires.
Redmond doesn’t want to be another Lynnwood — good choice. All the ticketing cameras have been turned off in Redmond.
Boaters, endangered salmon and out-flowing water from Lake Sammamish share “The Slough” to the Sammamish River at Marymoor Park.
Over the last decade, this 1960s Corps of Engineers flood control project has been altered. Though King County agreed to “operate” the project, infrequent maintenance, an illegal rock dam and sediment build-up now block flow.
We’re just two weeks into the private sale of liquor in this state and already there are people complaining.
From the two elementary schools I have been to, two junior highs I have attended and one high school in my life, a mover like me has known that the end is always a start of a new beginning. Yes, it is sad to move on, leave behind what you have known all your life but what lies ahead of you may be your key to success.
Whether you are a Republican, Democrat or Independent voter, most everyone agrees it’s better to motivate politicians to prioritize spending and reform government rather than increase taxes.
Earlier this week, on the same day Seattle was hit with another round of gun violence, something extraordinary happened: A court of law finally ruled on the constitutionality of Tim Eyman’s Initiative 1053, the third in a series of measures which illicitly require two-thirds votes of each house of the Legislature to raise taxes.
Ever since Redistricting Commissioners Slade Gorton and Tim Ceis unveiled their proposed new congressional district map for Washington State, citizens and activists have been asking questions about the new 1st, which is geographically and demographically very different from the old 1st District that Jay Inslee used to represent before he resigned to run for governor.
The site has begun offering a new Health and Wellness section to inspire members of the social network to post their organ donor status. It’s a need too often overlooked.
It almost goes beyond belief that people working on the 520 Bridge project would be drinking beer at their desks throughout the day. Can people really be that stupid?
The Susan G. Komen for the Cure organization did itself a lot of damage nationally with its attempt to pull funding from Planned Parenthood. Locally, the ramifications are being felt as registration for the Race for the Cure event is down by 44 percent.
The King County Council has made a good decision to put a $210 million levy on the Aug. 7 Primary ballot to rebuild the rundown Youth Services Center in Seattle. The project is needed and the cost is reasonable.
These days, especially on channels that provide cushy employment for right wing pundits, we often hear Barack Obama’s presidency described as a failure, even though he inherited two foreign occupations and an economic mess of epic proportions left by his predecessor, George W. Bush, even though he has yet to complete his first term, and even though the economy has improved in virtually every respect since he took office.
We have survived decades without serious botheration, but all of a sudden the telephone scammers have our number. We have had multiple calls in the past two or three months that have been variants of two scams that are currently in vogue. I’ll describe them both, hopefully in enough detail that you can catch the drift early in the conversation.
The Port of Seattle and the Manufacturing Industrial Council raised an interesting $3 billion issue last week: a third sports stadium in the area of the Mariners’ and Seahawks’ facilities might cripple the marine-cargo business along the Seattle waterfront.
Many of us have heeded police officers’ advice to make our vehicles less attractive to thieves.
Store your valuables out of sight or take them out of the car if you can. Do not leave purses or briefcases where potential thieves can see them.
Apparently, this may not be enough anymore.
When the media stumble across something unfamiliar they tend to treat it as something new.
That seems to be the case with hydraulic fracturing, a technique used to stimulate the flow of oil and gas from a well, either a newly drilled one or one that is in a state of diminishing yield.
The U.S. Supreme Court recently held three days of hearings on a series of challenges filed against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the landmark health insurance reform bill signed into law by President Barack Obama in early 2010 after nearly a year of discussion and debate in Congress.
This past Saturday, Republican activists and voters in each of Washington’s 49 legislative districts met in homes, schools, and churches around the state to participate in the 2012 GOP precinct caucuses, which took place less than a hundred hours before Super Tuesday.