The City of Mercer Island’s Proposition 1 (Levy lid lift) failed at the November 6 General Election. Over the course of the next six years, this measure would have generated sufficient funding to maintain current levels of service across a wide range of City programs, including police and emergency services, mental health counseling, safety net services, maintenance of parks, trails, playgrounds and ball fields, and recreation services.
- PUB DATE: 11/19/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Mercer Island, WA

The City of Mercer Island’s Proposition 1 (Levy lid lift) failed at the November 6 General Election. Over the course of the next six years, this measure would have generated sufficient funding to maintain current levels of service across a wide range of City programs, including police and emergency services, mental health counseling, safety net services, maintenance of parks, trails, playgrounds and ball fields, and recreation services.
- PUB DATE: 11/18/2018 7:31:54 PM - SOURCE: Mercer Island, WA

It was a remarkable escape by a mother and her two children when fire broke out inside their apartment unit at Cambridge Apartments in Puyallup early Sunday morning. The mom lowered her kids out the window using blankets before jumping out. 7-year-old Jonathan and his 15-month-old brother Julian are lucky to be alive thanks to the actions of their quick-thinking mother.
- PUB DATE: 11/18/2018 6:49:29 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

Benton County Fire District #1 will greet some of their firefighters coming home from California on Monday. The Washington Strike Team 2 was demobilized on Sunday, allowing them to head back home. Firefighters started their journey to California on November 10. They were assigned to the deadly Woolsey Fire.
- PUB DATE: 11/18/2018 11:37:06 AM - SOURCE: YakTriNews