SEATTLE NEWS ARCHIVES & FEATURES
Dec 5, 2010, 4:37 PM | Updated: Mar 28, 2011, 3:46 pm
Call it a quirk, or an endearing geek trait – I just can’t get enough of flash mobs. I know it’s pathetic, still, I love ’em.
This flash mob happened at Welland Seaway Mall almost a month ago. It’s had more than 10 million views on YouTube (three of them were mine).
State troopers say a Tacoma man is likely facing vehicular assault charges after a rear-end crash that left a woman in critical condition and injured a nine-year-old girl.
13 days ago
TUKWILA, Wash. (AP) — Residents near a breached levee in Washington state were told to evacuate early Tuesday, just hours after an evacuation alert was lifted for residents near another broken levee in the same county. Police in the city of Pacific, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) south of Seattle, urged people in the evacuation […]
24 days ago
SEATTLE (AP) — Officials ordered immediate evacuations in three south Seattle suburbs Monday after a levee failed following a week of heavy rains. The evacuation order from King County covered homes and businesses east of the Green River in parts of Kent, Auburn and Tukwila. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning covering […]
25 days ago
BURLINGTON, Wash. (AP) — When Eddie Wicks and his wife went to bed in their house next to the Snoqualmie River on a Washington state farm known for its sunflower mazes and Christmas trees, they weren’t too worried about the flooding heading their way. After 30 years living in the city of Duvall northeast of […]
27 days ago
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — Days of torrential rain in Washington state has caused historic floods that have stranded families on rooftops, washed over bridges and ripped at least two homes from their foundations, and experts warned that even more flooding expected Friday could be catastrophic. Washington is under a state of emergency and evacuation […]
28 days ago
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — Tens of thousands of residents in western Washington could face evacuation orders when another round of heavy rain drops on the region Thursday, threatening to bring catastrophic flooding as rivers near historic levels. Days of seemingly unrelenting heavy rain had already triggered rescues and road closures, and by Wednesday, Gov. […]
29 days ago
Chrystal Ortega's tireless dedication recently earned her the WSECU Community Champions Award and a $1,000 grant to further the mission.
When Shawn Tibbitts opened Tibbitts FernHill, he was just trying to survive. The small Tacoma restaurant has since earned culinary awards and praise.
Wilcox Family Farms is continuing its cherished holiday tradition of giving back by donating nearly one million eggs to food banks across the South Sound region this season.
Matthew Ballantyne has transformed that early awareness into action, embodying the organization's mission: "No Kid Sleeps On The Floor In Our Town."
Dwight, along with his wife and partner-in-service, Shelley, received a record number of nominations for Washington’s Community Champions.
Kitsap County is full of wonderfully weird, authentically artsy, and unexpectedly magical corners that make visitors become locals and locals never want to leave.
