[ July 31, 2008; 11:00 am; ] Last Thursday, Burien Towing’s Mark Storer, 51, and his son Brian, 24, were killed in a floatplane crash near Shelton, WA.

A memorial service for both has been scheduled for this coming Thursday, July 31st at 11am at the Church by the Side of the Road, which is located at 3455 S 148th Street in [...]

[ July 26, 2008; ] Big Brothers and Sisters of Puget Sound are sponsoring a very unusual and BIG event this Saturday, July 26th at Boeing Field – it’s the BIG Plane Pull, where teams compete to actually pull a 767 jet aircraft!

Teams of 20 people or less donate a collective $5,000 in support of Big Brothers Big Sister [...]

TUKWILA – In a scene that sounds like something out of a twisted erotic thriller, a man stabbed a woman with the stiletto heel of her own shoe, causing an infection that required emergency surgery.
A 40-year-old Tukwila woman underwent a procedure Saturday after contracting an “aggressive” bacterial infection, according to Seattle police.
According to a police [...]

Sound Transit thought it’d be smart to park one of their new trains next to I-5 in Tukwila, as a way to show off to the public their new link rail system.
Trouble is, some vandals thought the same thing so they went ahead and tagged it.
Hey, trains get tagged in New York City all the [...]

[ July 4, 2008; ]
Lots of fun celebrations planned around the area for the 4th of July (which just happens to fall on Friday, July 4th this year):
TUKWILA:

2pm+: celebrate Independence Day AND Tuwkila’s Centennial at Tukwila’s “Family 4th at the Fort” at Fort Dent Park, located at 6800 Fort Dent Park Way.

Events include children’s fun, with inflatable bouncers, slides, [...]

[ July 25, 2008; ] Come July 25th, shoppers and diners will be able to admire Mt. Rainier through a 90-foot glass facade while eating inside the $240 million remodeled Westfield Southcenter mall.

The addition brings the mall to 1.7 million square feet, making Tukwila the home of the largest indoor shopping center in Washington and Oregon, according to the Westfield [...]