You’re here because you’re invested and you want to see a community that is healthier,” said a Valley Improvement Projects ...

These real-life animal politicians held mayoral titles, raised money, and even stirred international controversy.

Voter information and a guide to key races appearing on August 2025 primary election ballots in Washington state.

The King County Executive Climate Office just launched a new tool to help community groups and agencies understand the areas most impacted by extreme heat.

The King County Executive position is kind of like being the mayor of the entire county. The role oversees nearly 17,000 public employees providing public services like sanitation, public health, ...

The Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office first reported the blaze at around 1:50 p.m. as an active structure fire and wildfire in the area of the Mountain View Estates, in the Morrison Creek area.

King County will keep its regional animal shelter in Kent, but at a new location scheduled to open in 2027. The county purchased a building and property in the north end of the Valley at 5920 S. 194th ...

A Stage 1 burn ban for unincorporated King County has been in effect since Monday. The ban prohibits yard debris fires and fires set to clear land but does allow cooking or recreational fires for now.

Firefighters responded to a fire burning within the All Saints Lutheran Church along Military Road South in Auburn Sunday night.

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Wash. – As the 4th of July approaches, residents in unincorporated Franklin County are reminded that all fireworks, including ground spinners and aerial rockets, are banned.

This map shows the areas of Unincorporated Ada County where fireworks are prohibited. "Ada County has a higher potential for large fires due to abundant grasses from the last two wet winters, coupled ...