Des Moines — Thumbnail History

The City of Des Moines, located 15 miles south of Seattle along the shores of Puget Sound, has never been a large center of industry like other Seattle suburbs. Although it incorporated as recently as 1959, it has been a Northwest community for more than 100 years. Europeans first saw the high bluffs of Des

Moscow-Pullman Daily News July, 11 1996: Activists propose new ‘Puget Sound County’

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SEATTLE - Cedar Caunt;y. Casade County. Enumclaw County. Sll)l1coml&h County. Pioneer Counl)'. WhlLehorse Counl)'. A lla ofu............rul proposals ror now countJea in Wuhington atal.c migltt well cxoood lhe 89 counties now in eJnL A aunJ>4lilln boi"!18Jinounced today would C..rve l'uget Sound County out or tlle Kin& County, from the wburt>e a:ound SeattJe. 'lllooma lutemational AiJ1>ort to the Plcrco Count;y line. 'The people or South King County have !tad It up to here with theM powo"' that bo: oaid Peter'Townsend, a Federal Way accountant and member of the Puget Sound County Steerlng Committee. Bad

SEATTLE - Cedar Caunt;y. Casade County. Enumclaw County. Sll)l1coml&h County. Pioneer Counl)'. WhlLehorse Counl)'. A lla ofu............rul proposals ror now countJea in ...

HB1293 – 1995

This legislation, sponsored by 33rd Rep. Julia Patterson,did not make it as far as committee. The digest reads “Declares that agreements requiring property ...

Sea-Tac’s Turbulent History

Stephen Clutter, Paul J. Lim The latest controversy at Sea-Tac, over a possible third runway, is one more chapter in a long, turbulent history of airport expansion. Planes started using the site in 1944 and in five decades, it has become the 16th-busiest airport in the nation. ———————————- If you’re upset about the possibility of