[ 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, [...]

As part of its ongoing Centennial celebration, a time capsule buried 30 years ago was opened in Tukwila yesterday in front of an audience of 50.
The time capsule was made of a galvanized trash can sealed with duct tape.
In order to get into the garbage can capsule, the tape had to be cut off.
And what [...]

[ June 27, 2008; 7:00 pm; ] TUKWILA – Gordon’s On The Green will be celebrating one year of comedy with a special Anniversary Show this Friday, June 17th, at 8pm starring Gabriel Rutledge and featuring Key Lewis:

From their website:
This is Big City Comedy’s 1 Year Anniversary show at the amazing Gordons on the Green.  Coupled with great food and drinks, Gordons [...]

TUKWILA – Two shootings in Tukwila within a mile of each other over the weekend left one man dead.
An 18-year-old man was fatally shot Sunday morning on I-5 near the Boeing Access Road, Tukwila police reported. The shooting occurred around 2:30am when the man was driving northbound with friends, who were not injured.
His friends rushed [...]

[ June 17, 2008 to June 22, 2008. ] The All Nations Cup is in semi-finals week this week, with the finals next, so be sure to head on down to Starfire Sports to see the only soccer tournament to unite members of over 35 immigrant communities in the Puget Sound return for a sixth year of cultural celebration and competition.

The festivities surrounding the [...]

[ June 23, 2008; ] Tukwila officially turns 100 years old on Monday June 23rd, so get set to blow out the Centennial candles (be sure to take a deep breath though) as the celebration begins at 11am to 1pm at the Tukwila Costco.

You’re also invited to attend the City Council meeting at City Hall at 7pm and continue the [...]

Flickr slideshow (by Brian Bundridge) shows Soundtransit’s moving of a train to the Tukwila station:
Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.