Housing advocates are celebrating the approval of legislation passed by the Washington Legislature that strengthens protections for tenants displaced by apartment-to-condominium conversions.
The Senate passed the legislation on March 6 and was later approved by the House on March 8.
The new law will increase the ability of local jurisdictions to help low-income renters with the costs of moving.
One step at a time, members of Calvary Lutheran carried their worship items to Our Redeemer's Lutheran during a Sunday morning march to officially begin a merger between the two churches.
Members of both churches had been discussing the merger since early last year.
"As Ballard has changed, the church attendance waned," said Our Redeemer's Lutheran Church head pastor Kathy Hawks.
Over the years, declining attendance at Calvary had its members looking for another church to join.
Calvary members were looking at four churches in the Ballard and Phinney
Boaters and liveaboards at the Shilshole Bay Marina finally have a place to store and park their bicycles.
There are now 30 bike lockers in five locations throughout the marina that are leased to boaters for $12 a month.
There are films that draw their audience based on the strength of a single actor. Tom Cruise rises and falls on the marquee power of his name - and often not much else.
The magical road to a 4A State Championship may have come to an end for the Federal Way Eagles, but the journey - not the destination - will leave this young team with a lifetime of memories of one of the greatest underdog stories in Federal Way sports history.
Click here for a photo gallery by Federal Way News photographer Seth Bynum from the semi-final and championship games.
Who are the responsible parties for the dismal state of our children's education?
Moving on from teachers we need to take a look at the teacher's association/union.
In a recent article in Education Week detailing some of the reasons for the excellence of Finnish education, considered the best in the world by many, one of the major differences noted between teachers in Finland and here was the level of academic achievement and concentration of training that Finnish teachers have attained.
All were in the top 10 percent of their class in University and had master
Don't expect the first meet of the season to produce any record-setting times or distances.
Not only were the Eagles limited by a limited number of days of practice, a steady downpour that lasted the entire meet last Thursday kept the fields muddy and the track slick.
Federal Way hosted Kentwood at Memorial Stadium March 13, marking the first contest for both schools during the three-month track and field season.
Meet Ron Brown:
I was perusing the new Fred Meyer store in Midway during the recent Grand Opening, waiting and wandering while Elsbeth was checking out the huge women's wear section where she actually did get lost.
She tried to find her way out but kept going in circles.
She is so short she can't see so I will probably tie a helium balloon to her hat next time.
Then I was greeted by Ron Brown.
He was by the front entry so I asked if he was a Greeter.
The Law and Justice Student Association at CWU - Des Moines is sponsoring a screening of the film "Execution" at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 1 in Building 7 (Turtle Building) on the CWU Des Moines/Highline Community College campus.
Following the screening, director Steven Scaffidi and star of the film William Neal "Billy" Moore will discuss the film.
CWU Law and Justice Alumni who are currently working in the criminal justice field will also participate in the panel.
Darrel Belvin of Federal Way served as a legislative page the week of March 3. Darrel is 15 years-old and is home-schooled.
He was hosted by Rep. Skip Priest, R-Federal Way.
Pages are exposed to the Legislature in action and are responsible for delivering messages and documents to legislators in their offices, in committee meetings and in the House chambers during floor sessions.
