Carnation News

Applebee's accused of understating calorie, fat counts

Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Thu Oct 09

A King County woman has sued the Applebee's restaurant chain claiming menus dramatically understate fat and calorie counts.

Sex offender to stay confined after sentence

Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Thu Oct 09

A King County jury has ruled that convicted sex offender Richard Hosier should remain confined until state psychiatrists decide he's no longer a threat to the community.

Jury awards $4.2 million for disabled girl, citing hospital negligence

Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Thu Oct 09

A King County jury awarded $4.2 million Thursday for medical costs and other damages for a 5-year-old Maple Valley girl born with cerebral palsy, deciding that the hospital that delivered her had been negligent ...

Reichert, Burner debate is generally civil

Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Wed Oct 08

Democratic challenger Darcy Burner urged a lunchtime audience to vote for change by electing her to Congress, while Republican Rep.

Baby left at church was delivered outdoors, mother was alone

Bellingham Herald - Wed Oct 08

A 22-year-old woman delivered her baby outdoors by herself, walked nearly three blocks to a downtown Federal Way church and left the girl there because she thought it was a legal and safe place, according to ...

Murder confession made nearly 30 years later

Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Wed Oct 08

Nearly three decades after Kirk Parker was found dead in his Des Moines mobile home his killer has admitted to the February 1980 slaying.

In our opinion: Conserving shoreline

Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber - Wed Oct 08

Talk to the staff at the Vashon-Maury Island Land Trust, and you find that theya TMve been pushing hard for the last few years, working on one small deal after another to take advantage of a remarkable ...

Community council races draw too few candidates for election

North Sound - Wed Oct 08

Only nine Islanders have chosen to run for the nine seats on the Vashon-Maury Island Community Council's executive board, forcing the citizen-run group to cancel this fall's election.

Saving Raaba s Lagoon

North Sound - Wed Oct 08

A decade ago, Annie Roberts bought what her tax preparer jokingly called "a swamp" - the mucky tidelands beneath Raab's Lagoon off the northwestern edge of Maury Island.

Multiple threats Wednesday to Regional Justice Center in Kent

PNW Local News - Wed Oct 01

An array of area fire and police agencies were summoned to two separate threats to Wednesday's activities at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent.