Federal Way News

South King Fire and Rescue faces a critical financial crossroads in 2012, in what the district calls a permanent reset to its overstretched business model.

The community is invited to meet Shoreline's new Police Chief Shawn Ledford at 7 p.m. June 12 at Shoreline City Hall for a community meeting about public safety.

When the officer flashed his spotlight on the vehicle, the outline of a man's head could be seen through the back window.

Federal Way police were dispatched about 7:30 p.m. Sunday to the Super 8 Hotel on South 348th Street near the I-5 exit.

The derby gives kids between the ages of 2 and12 the chance to catch trout right off the dock at Steel Lake.

The creek runs through the campus, located off Pacific Highway in southern Federal Way.

Nandell Palmer is the president of Write A Blessing Media and author of Blessings at Your Fingertips.

'I actually worked down the hall from General Omar Bradley. What a man he was. One of the best orators I've ever known,' said Federal Way resident Ken Newton.

Kiewit will investigate the extent of alcohol use at all four of its Highway 520 worksites in Washington state and send potentially hundreds of employees to alcohol-awareness trainings, company officials said Thursday night.

After being able to give a somewhat sunny budget recommendation to the Federal Way Public Schools board of directors on May 8, Sally McLean was back with more budget news during the school board's May 22 meeting.

A longtime custodian at Thomas Jefferson High School who nearly died in a drug-related incident remains on paid administrative leave.

The South Sound Regional Business Incubator is shifting directions in its efforts to spur business and job growth in the Federal Way region.

The Tacoma News Tribune reports that shipping company UPS is resisting efforts by Labor and Industries to investigate a December 2011 crash that severely injured a Federal Way church pastor.

The reporting party contacted police. Police ran a check on the suspect, and discovered an outstanding felony warrant from California.

Thomas Jefferson High School in Federal Way is in lockdown after a man that sparked a police standoff was seen on the school campus, Kent police say.

According to the report, when police attempted to question the victim about the assault, the victim was too intoxicated to provide any useful information.

Lenore was born on December 5, 1916 in Kent, WA to Burt and Effie Mabel Stevens.

Mark Riley picked up his first guitar when he was 12 and now only a few months shy of 60, has never let go.

A Washington man is in custody in the Ward County Jail following an ICAC investigation.

They are the bluest of flowers and notoriously fickle: Meconopsis, the Himalayan blue poppy.