That darn water. For thousands of years we mostly upright humans have prayed to it, started wars over it, killed people in it and with it, built fancy huts to be close to it and tried to figure out ways to get out of it or get in more of it.
That darn water. For thousands of years we mostly upright humans have prayed to it, started wars over it, killed people in it and with it, built fancy huts to be close to it and tried to figure out ways to get out of it or get in more of it.
Sunny skies, high temperatures and the Fourth of July brought family gatherings, barbecues and a rash of fires. King County Fire District No. 28 Fire Chief Randy Fehr wrote Monday in an email that over the Independence Day weekend district crews were, “dispatched to 13 fires. All of these were fireworks related; 12 of the 13 calls were brush/vegetation fires.”
The state Legislature appears to have reached an agreement on the two-year operating budget, according to majority floor leader Sen. Joe Fain, 47th District. The race to the budget finish line has taken two special session and the beginning of a third. Gov. Jay Inslee had to sign the bill by midnight Tuesday for the government to continue operating, which is past the press deadline. Check online, www.courierherald.com, for an update.
The search for 28-year-old Nicole Elizabeth White ended Saturday when Pierce County Sheriff’s Department investigators found her body in wooded area near Kapowsin.
The Buckley Junior Log Show was June 20.
Pierce County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Detective Ed Troyer replied in a email at 6:15 p.m. a warrant was served today, June 10, on a person of interest in the suspicious disappearance of Nicole Elizabeth White.
A high-speed pursuit that occurred at about 3:30 p.m. today, June 4, ending in a crash at 400th Street Southeast and 192th Avenue Southeast north of Enumclaw.
The Enumclaw High duo of Kylie Rademacher and Mariah Bone made the trip to the Tri-Cities and the Class 3A state tennis tournament, taking fifth place by winning three matches and losing one.
The Bonney Lake boys and girls track and field teams placed at the 3A state meet at Mount Tahoma High School. The Spartan boys and girls track and field team finished the 3A state meet scoring well both as a team and individually.
The Enumclaw High girls track and field team brought home an armload of medals and smiles Saturday after the last race was run at the three-day state meet. The Hornet girls finished fifth with 30 points in the 3A girls team division at Tacoma’s Mount Tahoma High.
The Enumclaw High track and field team finished fifth at the 3A state track and field team May 28-30 at Mount Tahoma High.
King County Fire District 28 firefighters responded to a 911 call of an explosion at 4:26 p.m. in the 24900 block of Southeast 433rd Street.
