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For at least three years, a couple in the town of Pacific ran a smuggling operation that brought illegal immigrants from Mexico to be housed in the garage of their home, where the immigrants lived as indentured servants while paying off their smuggling debt, according to court documents.

Pacific Partnerships is holding its third annual Holiday Tree Lighting ceremony at 5 p.m., Friday, Nov.

Hidden in the middle of the city, the 320-acre wetland nature park has claimed another award.

The National Weather Service says another strong Pacific storm will hit Washington tonight and Thursday.

The Valley Regional Fire Authority responded to 194 calls for service between Nov.

Surrounded by family and friends inside the busy Pacific Community Center, Melissa Monroe sat quietly, clutching a precious month-old girl.

When we build the 520 bridge we should make sure that we build it so that if in the future we decide we want to add light rail it wont cost crazy amounts of money to do so.

Share + Nov 14, 2009 11:23 am US/Pacific WASHINGTON Click to enlarge 1 of 2 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is seen in an undated 2001 file photo, left; and he appears in detention in this March 3, 2003 photo.

The one-year anniversary of the fatal shooting of a 21-year-old Pacific man will be marked Monday with fundraising basketball games in the center where he was killed.

Share + Nov 13, 2009 5:30 pm US/Pacific WASHINGTON 1 of 2 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is seen in an undated 2001 file photo, left; and he appears in detention in this March 3, 2003 photo.

Share + Nov 13, 2009 4:44 am US/Pacific WASHINGTON 1 of 1 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, arrested al Qaeda leader and mastermind of September 11 terrorist attacks, is seen on March 1, 2003, after capture during a raid in Pakistan.

Steve Harlan knows the importance of being prepared. His son's home near Sumner's Rivergrove Drive was struck by January's major flooding and Harlan wants to make sure that the situation doesn't repeat itself this winter.

A woman in her mid-30s sustained serious injuries and was transported to Harborview Medical Center following a two car accident Sunday evening.

Puget Sound Energy on Friday completed a $46.4 million natural gas system upgrade to improve reliability and increase capacity in the South King County area, specifically Auburn, Kent, Federal Way and Vashon Island.

Everything Else An unbalanced attempt to address everything under the sun as well as everything else.

South King County lawmakers are working with businesses to address the flood insurance crisis in the Green River Valley.

John Calkins: What Buford Pusser might look like had he been born in Washington.

During a heavy rainstorm this winter, the waters of the Green and White rivers could rise earlier and remain high longer than in the past, but river watchers shouldn't panic.

Share + Oct 20, 2009 10:07 am US/Pacific WASHINGTON 1 of 1 U.S. President Barack Obama, right, speaks with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, left, during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on Oct.

Sound Transit plans what it calls a "classic style" bridge to carry a commuter rail line over Pacific Avenue.