The public is invited to attend a Washington State Transportation Commission meeting in Olympia next week, Feb. 20-21.
The 2013 property tax bills will be mailed to King County residents on Thursday, Feb. 14.
Nestle Prepared Foods Company has issued a voluntary recall for packages of it’s Lean Cuisine Culinary Collection mushroom mezzaluna ravioli after glass fragments were found in the ravioli portion of the meal.
Sound Transit set all-time annual ridership records in 2012 for boardings on its commuter trains, buses and light rail. Sound Transit had an estimated 28 million boardings last year. Average weekday boardings topped 93,000 for the year.
In an email to Islanders who have contacted the city about tolling I-90, Assistant City Manager Noel Treat offered an update on what the City Council plans to do regarding the issue.
The Albertsons pharmacy was robbed at 10:25 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 3, when a man passed a threatening note to a pharmacist, demanding drugs.
The United States Postal Service announced last week that beginning in August, mail service will be cut to five days a week.
The City of Mercer Island is putting its property on First Hill up for sale.
The Mercer Island School District Board of Directors will meet on Thursday, Feb. 14 for a regular meeting.
Mary Wayte Pool was closed for two days last week after a pipe in the pool’s main filtration system broke.
The number of homeless students in Washington state schools has topped 27,000, according to a new study done by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction’s office.
Regulated electric and natural gas companies had the most consumer complaints filed against them in Washington state last year, while telecommunications companies came in a close second, according to state regulators, who recently announced their annual list of industries that bring in the most consumer complaints.
Sound Publishing, Inc. announced Wednesday, Feb. 6 that it has signed an agreement with the Washington Post Company to acquire the Everett (WA) Daily Herald, a 46,000 circulation daily and Sunday newspaper and its other print and online products. The transaction is expected to close in early March.