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Church honors King's legacy | Religion Notes

Monday, Jan. 16 at 1 p.m., St. Augustine's-in-the Woods Episcopal church in Freeland will host the seventh annual Whidbey Island Martin Luther King, Jr. "Blessed be the Peace Makers" event. St. Augustine's is located at 5217 Honey Moon Bay Road, Freeland.

Obama honors Martin Luther King at Washington...

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama celebrated the legacy of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. with his family on Sunday, clapping and swaying to the boisterous strains of "Amazing Grace" at a historic Washington D.C. Baptist church. On the eve of the holiday marking King's birthday, the president, First Lady Michelle Obama and their daughters, Sasha and Malia, attended ...

King County Council supports gay marriage

The King County Council voted Monday to support gay marriage -- with the caveat that no religious entity would be required to perform or recognize same-sex marriage.

Seattle police officer arrested in drug case

SEATTLE - The King County prosecutor's office says it's aware that a Seattle police officer was arrested early Thursday in a drug case.Spokesman Dan Donohoe says Richard F. Nelson was booked into jail and released without bail. He says the case has not yet been referred to prosecutors.

53 King County WA deputies to get defibrillators

The King County sheriff's office says 53 deputies are being trained and equipped with portable heart defibrillators so they can be dispatched to cardiac arrest calls along with medics.

Four backpackers on Mount Rainier were warned via...

As news media outlets almost instantly spread word around the world Sunday that a killer was loose in Mount Rainier National Park, four backpackers celebrating the new year were oblivious to the danger they could have faced.</p>The King County residents arrived for their three-day snowshoe trip on New Year’s Eve, and after a 1.5-mile hike, they set up camp near Reflection Lakes. They rang in 2012 with a midnight toast, then headed out for a day hike after a lazy Monday...

Boys basketball: King's Way Christian 66, Trout...

Christian Bukant scored 17 points, and King's Way dominated on defense to improve to 6-0.

Girls basketball: King's Way Christian 53, Trout...

Harper Christian scored 24 points and had nine steals, and Callie Crawford had 19 points and nine rebounds in the victory for King's Way.

Girls basketball: King's Way Christian 59, WSD 25

Jessica Roy scored 18 points, Callie Crawford added 14, and Harper Christian had a solid all-around performance in a 34-point victory.Christian had 15 rebounds and seven assists to go with her five points.

Police says they'll stop harassing pot supporters...

The King County Sheriff's Office and the Washington State Public Stadium Authority have agreed to stop harassing people collecting signatures outside the Seahawks football stadium for an initiative that would legalize and tax recreational marijuana in the state.

Sheriff Sue Rahr

Disgraceful:The King County Sheriff's Office and the Washington State Public Stadium Authority have agreed to stop harassing people collecting signatures outside the Seahawks football stadium for an initiative that would legalize and tax recreational marijuana in the state.One of the signature gatherers, Benjamin Schroeter, was arrested last month after he refused an order to stop collecting signatures for Initiative 502 in a public area outside the stadium. Another gatherer, campaign staffer...

Deputies to stop harassing I-502 proponents

The King County Sheriff's Office and the Washington State Public Stadium Authority have agreed to stop harassing people collecting signatures outside the Seahawks football stadium for an initiative that would legalize and tax recreational marijuana in the state.

NFL Notes: Seahawks' Brock charged with DUI - Thu,...

Seattle Seahawks defensive end Raheem Brock was charged with drunken driving, more than a year after he was pulled over and accused of driving 85 to 90 mph on Interstate 5. The King County prosecutor's office charged the 33-year-old in district court, where he is due to be arraigned Dec. 21.

Seahawks defensive end Brock charged with DUI

SEATTLE - Seattle Seahawks defensive end Raheem Brock has been charged with drunken driving, more than a year after he was pulled over and accused of driving 85 to 90 mph on Interstate 5.The King County prosecutor's office charged the 33-year-old in district court, where he is due to be arraigned Dec. 21.

Girls basketball: King's Way Christian 50, Chief...

Jessica Roy scored 16 points and Callie Crawford added 10 as King's Way won a non-league game in Puyallup.

Boys basketball: King's Way 59, Lyle 56

King's Way 59, Lyle 56 - Christian Bukant made 3 of 4 free throws late to help King's Way ice the game and take its opener.

Time is Stephen King's new monster

Stephen King opens his novel "1½2/63" - billed as an alternate universe reimagining of the John F. Kennedy assassination - with an epigraph from Norman Mailer's "Oswald's Tale." "It is virtually not assimilable to our reason that a small lonely man felled a giant in the midst of his limousines, his legions, his throng, and his security," Mailer writes. "If such a non-entity destroyed the leader of the most powerful nation on earth, then a world of disproportion engulfs us, and we live in a...

Kirton injured in King's girls loss to Lynden

LYNDEN -- A fast start by Lynden and an injury to a key King's player were too much for the Knights to overcome as they fell 57-51 to Lynden Friday...

King guides Odessa-Harrington into State 1B...

Making its first state appearance since 2007, the Odessa-Harrington football team clearly wasn't interested in a one-and-done showing. The Titans' offense never stopped producing in a 76-36 win over King's Way in the first round of the State 1B playoffs Saturday in Centralia, Wash.

King's upended by Montesano in 1A state...

ABERDEEN -- Their offense scarcely saw the field for the opening 15 minutes, but Montesano's Bulldogs never lost sight of a long-awaited return to...

Volleyball roundup: King's Way wins district title

McKenzie Davis had 14 kills and 10 digs, and Sarah Landstrom added 39 assists as King’s Way Christian rallied past Seton Catholic to capture the 1B district championship.

Prep football: King's Way Christian 14, Lyle 12

A fourth-quarter touchdown pass, and an interception with second to play sealed the victory for King's Way Christian.

Gang violence: South King County enters long fight

Gangs are associated with making money through illegal activities.To address gang violence in the area, King County Councilman Pete von Reichbauer hosted a town hall forum Oct. 10 at Thomas Jefferson High School.According to the King County Sheriff's Office, 87 of those gangs are active in South King County and 46 have at least 15 members each.Top gang members who make all the money tend to fly under law enforcement's radar, said King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg, a panelist at Monday's...

King County's Growing Latino Gang Problem

The homies used to call him Mr. Buzzard. During his first shooting, when he was a teenager living in East L.A., the OG's in his gang sent him back around the block to make sure the wounded target in their drive-by had indeed met his maker. He got stuck with the nickname when they...

King's scores four times in first half to beat...