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King County helps women find work in the trades
Friday morning King County representatives volunteered at the 30th Annual Women in Trades event and job fair at the Seattle Center. The unique jobs fair caters to women and young girls to demonstrate that they can succeed in typically male-dominated career fields. Many King County Divisions participated with interactive booths, including the Facilities Management Division, […]
Memorial service for Officer and daughter is set
March 18, 2009
A memorial service for Officer Barbara Nettlebeck and her daughter, Bretta Hawkins, will be held on Tuesday, March 24, 2009, at 11 am at River of Life Fellowship located at 10615 SE 216th Street in Kent. The service is a dual service involving the King County Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention and the Renton […]
Sinkhole filled, Kenmore road reopens
March 12, 2009
Good news for drivers in Kenmore! Crews have fixed a sinkhole that opened Sunday and temporarily closed both lanes of 61st Avenue NE between NE 195th Street and NE 194th Place. The unusual 30-foot-long, 15-foot-deep sinkhole is thought to have been caused by a Brightwater tunnel construction project 150 feet below the surface. The tunnel […]
Answers to rural land use questions
March 11, 2009
We’re getting questions about clearing and grading land in rural areas now that the state Supreme Court has let the Court of Appeals ruling stand for a section of the county’s Critical Areas Ordinances. Here is a Q&A the Department of Development and Environmental Services has posted on its web pages. http://tinyurl.com/alwfaq Carolyn Duncan Exec. […]
Shakespeare and climate change
March 9, 2009
An interesting post on Sound News about a presentation my colleague Jim Lopez gave last week re: climate change. Jim is diector of Strategic Policy and Planning.
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March 27, 2009
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