Federal Way News

The race to become Federal Way's first full-time separately elected mayor is at its genesis.

Invasive species are choking Federal Way's forests. The city is home to roughly 660 acres of city-owned forestland and 333 acres of publicly or privately-owned forestland, said Chris Carrel, Friends of the Hylebos executive director.

Is it a scam, or an anxious young woman seeking a home for her baby? That's the question Federal Way, Wash., police are trying to answer as they trace the person who posted an ad on Craigslist offering an unborn child for adoption.

A bar fight at closing time Nov. 12 led to the death of one man. A second victim was taken to Harborview with stabs wounds.

On November 18, the Federal Way Kiwanis Club today awarded three local civic groups with grant funding to support their programs.

Some have suggested that my columns have been all negative without any suggestions on how to improve education in Federal Way.

Federal Way staff is asking the city council to consider a code amendment that could allow for larger health clubs in the city's neighborhood business zones.

Now that it seems clear Federal Way voters have approved switching to a strong elected mayor form of government, the speculation about who will run has begun.

American charities have weathered a significant drop in giving this year, and while they're hoping for a holiday miracle, a recent survey shows they will probably see a decrease in year-end generosity.In light of the economic downturn, only 38 percent of Americans say they are more likely to give a charitable gift as a holiday present this year, ...

It's beginning to look a lot like...well not quite Christmas, but at least the holiday season.

Federal Way hopes its offer of conditional U.S. residential status in exchange for economic capital will catch the attention of foreign investors.

AUBURN, Wash. State troopers believe an Idaho man may have been drunk when he collided head-on with a car on State Route 18, sending that driver to the hospital early Thursday morning.

Variation in the way Washington teachers and other school staff are paid does not pose a constitutional problem, the Washington Supreme Court ruled on Thursday.

Federal Way is the seventh Washington State city to earn a a oeregional centera designation for its City Center area.

Federal Way Symphony will hold its December concert, a oeThe Color of Coloraturaa at 2 p.m. Dec.

A SeaTac man whose sudden disappearance last year sparked a law-enforcement search and widespread Internet speculation, is "alive and well" and living in another state under a new name, according to the King County Sheriff's Office.

A a oemissinga SeaTac man has been found alive and well, living in another state.

The sign affixed to the tea-kettle shaped building in Twin Lakes reads "Lindy Lou's 'Too': Espresso and..." And what? Bikini baristas? That's what some Federal Way folks are now wondering.

He spit on the sidewalk and wound up in handcuffs. It was a trivial infraction, but the young man who committed it is now banned from the Federal Way Transit Center for previous bad behavior.

Amid the hot debate over Proposition 1 and an elected mayor, both sides of the fence were relatively calm on election night.