Advisory board members will be involved in such issues as storm drainage and surface water management; water quality; storm drainage plans; rate structures; capital improvement projects; financing; and annual program goals for the Surface Water Management Utility, a division of Pierce County Public Works and Utilities.
Sumner School District is reminding eligible seventh- and eighth-grade students to apply for Washington state College Bound scholarships by June 30. The mission of the program is to give students from low-income families — and students who are foster children — incentive to achieve academically and live as good citizens.
Sumner School District students will be dismissed early Thursday, Feb. 14, for a half-day teacher furlough.
Students at Enumclaw’s middle schools have a new learning tool this year – a classroom full of computers where students learn how to use a drafting program to design an object, then make it using simple objects.
Enumclaw police officers arrested two suspects in the parking lot the library at about 1 p.m. today, Jan. 6. Reports from witnesses at the scene were the officers had guns drawn on the suspects.
The Sumner School District’s STEM Fair is set for Feb. 9 at Lakeridge Middle School. The 2013 fair is a rebranding of the district’s annual science fair to better reflect the full contributions of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math to children’s education.
Sound Publishing – owner of the Bonney Lake Courier-Herald – announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire the Everett 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.
Sound Publishing – owner of the Enumclaw Courier-Herald – announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire the Everett 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.
Bonney Lake was one of three cities to leave Pierce Transit’s service district on Oct. 1, but the plateau community is seeking community input on alternative public transportation options.
The Washington State Patrol (WSP) will be holding applicant testing for the position of Trooper on February 16, 2013. The testing will be held at the Southwest Washington WSP Headquarters located at 11018 NE 51st Street in Vancouver at 7:00 AM. Applicants with a desire to be a Washington State Trooper should come prepared to complete a physical agility test and written examination.
Pierce County Prosecutor Mark Lindquist charged Christopher Merrick, 27, with Animal Cruelty after Merrick dumped nine severely neglected puppies in the Joint Base Lewis-McChord woods.
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INVOLUNTARY: Police responded the afternoon of Feb. 4 to the vicinity of Warner Avenue and state Route 410 to assist a female who had overdosed on antidepression medication. Aid was summoned and the woman was transported to St. Elizabeth Hospital for an involuntary commitment.