The city of Carnation is claiming the Tolt River Dam's early warning sirens, operated by the city of Seattle, have been out of commission for more than a year, endangering the small King County city ...

Following another false alarm, Carnation leaders are preparing to sue the city of Seattle and call on federal regulators to decommission the Tolt River Dam.

People from Carnation appeared before the Seattle City Council on Tuesday to demand a fix for what they call a faulty warning system on the Tolt River Dam.

The conference came 24 hours after the historically faulty system set off the eighth false Tolt Dam failure alarm since 2020 at 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 27.

CARNATION, Wash. — Carnation residents who live downstream of the Tolt River Dam say they are fed up with false alarms from the dam's emergency system. A group of those impacted took a trip to ...

The City of Carnation said it plans to take legal action against the City of Seattle after Carnation heard its eighth false alarm about a possible dam break in the past several years.

Carnation residents, officials frustrated after another false alarm from Tolt River Dam emergency system Residents claim this is the eighth false alarm in four years—a problem that first started ...

If the Tolt River Dam failed, it would be catastrophic for the roughly 2,000 people that live in Carnation. Fortunately, the city has an alarm system that would alert residents of a dam failure so ...

Carnation residents came face to face with Seattle Public Utilities to air their grievances over panic-inducing false alarms they’ve experienced over the last few years. The alarms should signal ...

Seattle Public Utilities controls the Tolt Dam. The reservoir provides drinking water to 500,000 people in Seattle and its surrounding areas but not Carnation.