King County News

King County Superior Court Judge Chris Washington ruled Friday that Seattle does not have to do an environmental review before July Fourth fireworks displays at Gas Works Park on Lake Union.

While King County prepares to shut its animal shelters in Kent and Bellevue, looks for someone else to maintain its last urban parks and withdraws support from dozens of social-service agencies, some county officials are happy to see only modest cuts in their budgets.

Seattle's Swedish Medical Center says it might stop accepting Regence BlueShield - the region's biggest health insurer - as a provider because its reimbursement rates are too low.

King County prosecutors have filed charges against a Newcastle laser eye surgeon accused of plotting to kill his business partner.

The results are in from the Nighttime Click it or Ticket patrols conducted by local law enforcement between Oct.

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.

A man who killed two teens and an elderly couple in the south Seattle suburb of Des Moines eight years ago has been sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty.

It appears a foot ferry will not be coming to Des Moines soon after the King County Ferry District Board of Supervisors voted unanimously last week to reduce the ferry district levy for 2010, limiting King County Water Taxi service to the two existing routes serving West Seattle and Vashon Island from downtown Seattle.

Prosecutors say they expect to file charges against a King County laser eye surgeon accused of trying to have two colleagues killed.

Yes, King County is indeed a county of diversity, where not only have illegals voted, but also dead people, convicted felons and people who had left the county years earlier.

King County Public Health is making H1N1 flu vaccine available for persons at high risk for H1N1 influenza at certain area pharmacies.

Just in from James Apa at King County Public Health , at the end of a week in which people lined up to get H1N1 vaccine wherever it was available : We wanted to give you a quick update on vaccine availability in King County.

Fitch Ratings assigns an 'AA+' rating to King County, Washington's $32.4 million limited tax general obligation refunding bonds, 2009, series C and $9 million LTGO refunding bonds, 2009, series D. Also, Fitch assigns an 'AAA' rating to the county's $18.5 million unlimited tax general obligation refunding bonds, 2009, series A. In addition, Fitch ...

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.

One man has been killed and another seriously injured in a stabbing at a Burien bar.

Ballots from a vandalized drop box will be counted, the King County Canvass Board decided Tuesday.

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.

King County will close its animal shelters by January 31, 2010 and end offering animal control services to cities within the county by June 30, 2010, according to a new legislation adopted by the King County Council on Monday.

A former Burien couple have pleaded not guilty to charges that they streamed their sexual abuse of a 4-year-old girl over the Internet.

King County Executive Elect Dow Constantine announced today that his former primary rival, State Sen.