Eastside Fire & Rescue officials remind residents of the rare but real possibility of having to leave the area due to threats of or immediate danger.
The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for portions of Northwest and West Central Washington, including King, Lewis, Pierce, Snohomish, Thurston, Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Kitsap, Mason, Skagit and Whatcom Counties.
A North Bend man who displayed an air gun at another driver during a road-rage incident Wednesday was arrested for brandishing a weapon and booked into King County Jail.
Peter Goldmark, Washington Public Lands Commissioner and head of the Department of Natural Resources, is requesting a $24 million budget increase from the state legislature in its upcoming session to help better prepare and train state firefighters for the fire season and to reduce the massive costs associated with responding to wildland fires.
Although a lot has changed in the national flood insurance program in the past year, the advice to homeowners and businesses in flood-prone areas have not.
The children at Encompass Early Learning Center got a free checkup from the Snoqualmie Valley Eye Care Associates on Oct. 20 and 21. Optometrist Dr. Nessa Livingston and eye care technicians Jinni O’Day and Leslie Beck volunteered their time at Encompass to check over 100 pairs of eyes in two days.
Experts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are forecasting a warmer winter for Washington state, along with prolonged drought issues. For the next three months, they are predicting higher than normal temperatures and lower than normal precipitation, especially in Washington, Idaho and Montana.
A new law is in place that should cut down on future underage drinking parties hosted by parents. The Snoqualmie City Council has passed a law to prevent underage gatherings in which adults have provided alcohol to minors.
The Sallal Grange worked with volunteers to build a “Tiny House” for the Nickelsville Tiny House Village in Seattle last weekend.
Last Friday, Mount Si high school kicked off the Homecoming festivities with a parade led by students before the football game.
Hundreds of campaign signs, those 18-by-24-inch signs emblazoned with the names of candidates for public office, crop up in the Valley every election, like magic. They represent hundreds of dollars of campaign spending. A few of them disappear each season, too, under mysterious circumstances. That’s when they get really expensive.
Costumed children have a choice of spots for trick-or-treating this Saturday, Oct. 31.
Proposition 1 is a one-year maintenance and operations levy that will help maintain the current level of funding and services in the Si View Metropolitan Park District. It is not a tax increase, but would renew the district’s current levy for one year.