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SR 509 reopens after large Burien house fire caused closures
12/07/2022

SR 509 reopens after large Burien house fire caused closures

BURIEN, Wash. — State Route 509 was fully reopened Tuesday after a large fire at a Burien home caused several lane closures for a few hours. King County Fire District #2 (KCFD) said in a tweet the fire was near 104th and 8th Ave South. Massive plumes of smoke could be...

Puget Sound will see extremely low tides this week
12/07/2022

Puget Sound will see extremely low tides this week

SEATTLE — Editor's note: The above video on Puget Sound seeing its lowest tide in more than a decade originally aired on June 15, 2022. If you missed the low-low tides in June for Puget Sound, you have another chance to witness the low tides this week. Lower...

2 lanes reopen on southbound SR 167 in Sumner following semi-truck rollover
12/07/2022

2 lanes reopen on southbound SR 167 in Sumner following semi-truck rollover

SUMNER, Wash. — Two lanes of southbound state Route 167 have reopened after a semi-truck rolled over on the highway near state Route 410 in Sumner on Tuesday morning, according to transportation officials. However, drivers should be prepared for other closures as crews work to clear debris. Washin...

NFL World Reacts To Major Seahawks Trade Rumor
12/07/2022

NFL World Reacts To Major Seahawks Trade Rumor

Will the Seattle Seahawks be the next NFL team to make a blockbuster move...

Watch Metal Vocalist Slam AEW Wrestler Through a Table at Autograph Signing
12/07/2022

Watch Metal Vocalist Slam AEW Wrestler Through a Table at Autograph Signing

Real or fake, the table was definitely busted when God's Hate frontman and All Elite Wrestling entertainer Brody King picked up fellow AEW wrestler Darby Allin and drove him through it. Figure 4 Online reports King put Allin through the merch table at an autograph signing for Allin at a mall...

Report: Seahawks have 'done their homework' on Jimmy Garoppolo
12/07/2022

Report: Seahawks have 'done their homework' on Jimmy Garoppolo

On Monday morning, it was reported that the "expectation" within the NFL is that "Jimmy G." will be traded by the end of July. The 30-year-old underwent shoulder surgery in March and is currently rehabbing from the injury. Seattle traded longtime franchise quarterback Russell Wilson to the Denver Br...

Washington Restaurant Among The Best Drive-Ins In The U.S.
12/07/2022

Washington Restaurant Among The Best Drive-Ins In The U.S.

America has seen some pretty unique trends, especially in the food scene. There was a time when drive-ins reigned supreme and invited crowds of people at all hours of the day, but their glory days have been behind them for years. Luckily, the COVID-19 pandemic has revived the demand for these unique...

‘Burien Uncorked’ Wine Walk will be Friday, Aug. 5
12/07/2022

‘Burien Uncorked’ Wine Walk will be Friday, Aug. 5

‘Burien Uncorked’ is Discover Burien’s newest wine walk event that will take over the streets of Downtown Burien on Friday, Aug. 5, 2022. Uncorked is a community wine walk that offers the chance to taste wines from a host of great wineries with the option to buy and take home your favorites af...

Fat Smitty's — Where Burgers and Doing Good Go Hand in Hand
12/07/2022

Fat Smitty's — Where Burgers and Doing Good Go Hand in Hand

Fat Smitty’s isn’t your typical burger joint — it’s a place where burgers and dollar bills go a long way for charity. The mom-and-pop shop is located near the Olympic Peninsula’s Discovery Bay and has been serving up burgers and fries since the 1980s....

Gather your clan for the 75th annual Pacific Northwest Scottish Highland Games
11/07/2022

Gather your clan for the 75th annual Pacific Northwest Scottish Highland Games

Experience a wee bit of Scotland at the Pacific Northwest Scottish Highland Games & Clan Gathering, the largest event of its kind in Washington state, set for July 22-24. The 6th oldest Scottish festival in the U.S. went virtual the past two years due to the pandemic. But the beloved festival...

Old Dog Haven Festival at Cromwell Park Saturday
11/07/2022

Old Dog Haven Festival at Cromwell Park Saturday

Please join us in Shoreline’s Cromwell Park for a fun day of all things dog!. We’ll have music, food trucks, games for you and your dogs, a fun pageant contest and lots of terrific auction items to bid on. All proceeds from this event will go to...

Emerald Downs: Trainer Frank Lucarelli scores his 2,000th career win
11/07/2022

Emerald Downs: Trainer Frank Lucarelli scores his 2,000th career win

(Auburn, WA) Longtime Northwest Trainer Frank Lucarelli who is also Emerald’s all-time leading trainer scored his 2,000th win on Sunday, unfortunately it wasn’t at Emerald Downs but in Texas at Lonestar Park. And for good measure added #2,001 in the following race. Lucarelli had 6 chances betwee...

Rantz: School district foundation signals it won’t allow white men to volunteer
11/07/2022

Rantz: School district foundation signals it won’t allow white men to volunteer

A foundation meant to support students is signaling to volunteers that if they’re white men, they probably shouldn’t apply for its Board of Trustees. In fact, they won’t even confirm they’ll consider white male applicants. The Olympia School District Education Foundation (OSDEF) is appointin...

Hidden Oases of I-5: Explore 6 State Parks We Usually Speed Right Past
11/07/2022

Hidden Oases of I-5: Explore 6 State Parks We Usually Speed Right Past

I was on a return trip from Seattle, flying down Interstate 5 at 70 mph as one does, when one of those brown state park signs reached out and grabbed me. Nothing bothers me more than passing up the possibility of a little outdoor discovery. And I had no particular reason...

Threatened wild bees get help from Washington researchers
11/07/2022

Threatened wild bees get help from Washington researchers

OKANOGAN-WENATCHEE NATIONAL FOREST, Wash. (AP) — Few creatures exist closer to the front lines of climate change than wild, native bees. And few are more important, or as irreplaceable. They’ve always been subjected to a long list of existential threats: habitat loss through agriculture, constru...

Duane Brown arrested: Former Seahawks star and current free agent facing gun charge, per reports
11/07/2022

Duane Brown arrested: Former Seahawks star and current free agent facing gun charge, per reports

Former Seattle Seahawks left tackle and current free agent Duane Brown was arrested this weekend on weapons charges, Los Angeles International Airport officials confirmed to ABC News. Brown was taken out of the airport in handcuffs after he allegedly tried to go through airport security with a...

Tacoma restaurants team up with The Peace Bus to fight child hunger
11/07/2022

Tacoma restaurants team up with The Peace Bus to fight child hunger

The Peace Bus is teaming up with Tacoma restaurants to provide free meals to kids 18 and under. From...

Emerald Downs: Cruz returns to Dominate Friday Night also takes Feature on Mamacallmeboo
11/07/2022

Emerald Downs: Cruz returns to Dominate Friday Night also takes Feature on Mamacallmeboo

(Auburn, WA) “Mr. Friday Night” Alex Cruz was back with 3 wins last night after winning only 1 the Friday before. Out of 5 Friday nights Cruz won 5, 2, 5, 3,1 and now 3. That’s 19 wins from 42 races or he has won 45% of the races on Friday...

I took a 35-hour train ride from Los Angeles to Seattle in a roomette. Here are 11 things that surprised me most.
10/07/2022

I took a 35-hour train ride from Los Angeles to Seattle in a roomette. Here are 11 things that surprised me most.

I took Amtrak's Coast Starlight train from Los Angeles to Seattle, which was a 35-hour journey. The time passed by quickly, even though there was no Wi-Fi onboard. The roomette felt small for two people, but the views of the Pacific Ocean made the trip worth it.

Seahawks mourn loss of former Special Teams Captain Jimmy Williams
10/07/2022

Seahawks mourn loss of former Special Teams Captain Jimmy Williams

The Seattle Seahawks are mourning the passing of a former teammate, Jimmy Williams. The team issued the following statement via Twitter on Friday. Williams was just 43. “The Seahawks are devastated by the loss of former Special Teams Captain Jimmy Williams,” the statement read. “Williams playe...

Winners and losers of the 2022 NHL draft: Seattle Kraken, Slovakia, Bruce Boudreau
10/07/2022

Winners and losers of the 2022 NHL draft: Seattle Kraken, Slovakia, Bruce Boudreau

MONTREAL -- The 2022 NHL draft is in the books, as 225 players were selected over the course of seven rounds and two days. Before getting to the annual list of draft winners and draft losers, let's focus on the event's biggest leader: holding the draft in person again, and in...

Thanks to a regular, Bumpy’s Tavern in Puyallup got a facelift. Here’s what’s new
10/07/2022

Thanks to a regular, Bumpy’s Tavern in Puyallup got a facelift. Here’s what’s new

A well-known and well-loved watering hole in Puyallup received a facelift this summer with the help of the local main street association. The exterior of Bumpy’s Tavern at 116 E. Main Ave. got a fresh coat of black paint in May. Owner Heather Gelston said one of their regulars told her about the P...

Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival is coming August 6
10/07/2022

Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival is coming August 6

JOYCE, WASH. – The Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival is back again this summer. It will be held on Saturday, August 6, and everything you love about the small-town festival is happening. They’ll still be serving...

Browns Point Elementary School / TCF Architecture
10/07/2022

Browns Point Elementary School / TCF Architecture

Photographs :LightCatcher Imagery, Eckert and Eckert Photography. Manufacturers : HUFCOR, James Hardie, Mutual Materials, Tandus Centiva, VT Industries, Armstrong, Cornell, Fleetwood , Forbo, Fsorb. Structural Engineering Company : AHBL, Inc: Structural Engineer. Landscape Design : Cascade Design Co...

Teddy Bear’s Picnic Returns in 2022
10/07/2022

Teddy Bear’s Picnic Returns in 2022

City of University Place announcement. Come to the Curran Apple Orchard Park on Sunday, July 17 from 1-4 p.m. and join in the fun for the seventh University Place Teddy Bear’s Picnic. “For every bear that ever there...

Camp Invention’s Fun STEM Program Coming to Cascade Christian McAlder Campus
10/07/2022

Camp Invention’s Fun STEM Program Coming to Cascade Christian McAlder Campus

PUYALLUP, Wash. – Camp Invention, a nationally recognized, nonprofit summer enrichment program, is coming to Cascade Christian McAlder Campus (15502 96th St E, Puyallup, WA 98372) the week of July 18-22, 2022. Camp Invention challenges children in grades...

Instant Reaction Podcast: Jayden Wayne commits as Miami is collecting 5-star linemen
10/07/2022

Instant Reaction Podcast: Jayden Wayne commits as Miami is collecting 5-star linemen

Another five-star has committed to the Miami Hurricanes!. Defensive lineman Jayden Wayne, who hails from Tacoma, Washington and will be playing his senior season at IMG Academy gave his pledge to UM on Saturday afternoon. According...

Simulation shows 42ft tsunami waves could hit land minutes after Seattle-fault earthquake
09/07/2022

Simulation shows 42ft tsunami waves could hit land minutes after Seattle-fault earthquake

Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has released a worst-case scenario simulation that shows the impact of a Seattle-fault earthquake. Scientists found that if a magnitude 7.5 earthquake were to occur on the Seattle Fault, tsunami waves over 40 feet tall could reach the Seattle ar...

Create an abstracted landscape using colored paper at Sunday’s online art class
09/07/2022

Create an abstracted landscape using colored paper at Sunday’s online art class

This Sunday, July 10, participants in Burien Arts Association’s free online art class will be constructing an abstracted landscape using torn colored paper. There are an endless number of styles we can dive into at this session. Jeanne Salter will be driving on this fun, colorful, and sticky adven...

Andre Jordan commits to Oregon State Football
09/07/2022

Andre Jordan commits to Oregon State Football

Andre Jordan is a 6-foot-1, 165-pound defensive back from Federal Way, Washington. The 2023 recruit is super talented and also held offers from Oregon, Arizona, Hawaii, Virginia Tech and others. He announced his decision on Twitter today. Oregon...

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