by Scott Schaefer
Just after 9pm Wednesday evening (4/29), King County Public Health Department announced that three probable cases of swine flu (H1N1) have been identified in the county.
All three were reported to be in Seattle, with none reported as being specific to the Tukwila area, but keep in mind that no associated zip codes of [...]

Monday afternoon (4/27), the King County Council held a special session on the swine flu with public health experts, who reassured councilmembers that despite heightened monitoring, the swine flu that recently originated in Mexico has not yet spread to the area.
No cases of swine flu have yet to be reported in Tukwila, let alone King [...]

[ May 9, 2009; ]

Tukwila’s annual Backyard Wildlife Festival is a free all-day event on Saturday, May 9th, to educate and inspire people to welcome wildlife – such as birds, butterflies, and other wildlife – into their backyards, gardens and communities.

Appropriately, coming up on Mother (Earth)’s Day weekend, and it’s a free, all-day event to educate [...]

The boys from The Tukwila Blog couldn’t resist the assignment earlier this week: Go do a story on trim, athletic, beautiful and scantily clad women running loose upon a field of grass.
Okay, so it was actually artificial turf, at the Starfire Sports Complex here in Tukwila, anyway, but who’s counting?
Tough assignment.
It was a combo [...]

[ April 22, 2009; 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. ]

For all you (ahem) hardcore football fans out there, this Wednesday, April 22nd will be a big day in Tukwila – because our own Lingerie Football League team the Seattle Mist is holding a free Mini-Camp!

No, the term “Mini” in this case is related not to skirt length, nor trendy cars – it’s an actual [...]

On Thursday, April 16th, Tukwila Police arrested a man who refused to identify himself. Unable to verify the man’s identity, the Tukwila officer fingerprinted the suspect using a high-tech device called “Livescan” and the man’s prints were immediately sent to the AFIS Section’s Tenprint Unit, operated by the King County Sheriff’s Office.
By using King County’s [...]

[ July 18, 2009; ] Sound Transit announced Monday (4/20) that the opening day for the Link light rail service from Tukwila to downtown Seattle will be Saturday, July 18th.

Transit Board Chair and Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels made the announcement Monday at a press conference.

Fares are free for the first weekend, but after that will go to $2.50 each way [...]