Archive for June, 2011

Annual business recycling event coming back to Kent

Posted 29 June 2011 | By | Categories: News and Events | No Comments

Submitted by Conor Christofferson, KOMO Communities Reporter Wednesday, June 29th, 11:26am   photo courtesy of the City of Kent The City of Kent recently announced the date for this year’s business recycling event at Russell Road Park. The event, held this year on August 11, gives business owners and residents a place to bring some [...]

Engineers running tests on Howard Hanson Dam

Posted 29 June 2011 | By | Categories: News and Events | No Comments

Submitted by Conor Christofferson, KOMO Communities Reporter Monday, June 27th, 11:23am   Engineers, geologists and various scientists are at the Howard Hanson Dam right now running a battery of tests to see how effective recent drainage improvements will be once next year’s flooding season arrives. Among other tests, the team will gather information about seepage [...]

Howard Hanson Dam reservoir at full summer pool, engineers running tests

Posted 24 June 2011 | By | Categories: News and Events | No Comments

News Room Headlines Contact: Public Affairs Office (206) 764-3750SEATTLE— The reservoir at Howard Hanson Dam has reached an elevation of 1,167 feet above sea level, allowing engineers, geologists and other scientists to run a battery of tests to gather more data on the right abutment drainage improvements that are completed and underway. At the end [...]

Constantine proposes summer-long requirement for wearing life vests on rivers in unincorporated King County

Posted 03 June 2011 | By | Categories: News and Events | No Comments

Today, 11:57 AM A heightened risk to public safety has prompted King County Executive Dow Constantine, with the backing of a wide range of public safety and health officials, to call for a summer-long requirement for the wearing of life vests this summer by anyone swimming, floating, or boating on major rivers running through unincorporated [...]