Recycling made easy with King County's Wastemobile Keep household hazardous material out of landfills simply by dropping it off at the King County Wastemobile, March 3-5 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Fred Meyer store, 10201 SE 240th St. in Kent
Feb. 22
King County accepting public input through March 6 King County, a nationally recognized leader in floodplain management,
is accepting public comment through March 6 on its draft 2006 Flood
Hazard Management Plan
High winds damage pier at Dockton Park February 2006 - King County has closed public access to the pier at Dockton Park on Maury Island after the pier sustained damage during strong winds earlier this month.
Feb. 17
Sims announces improved countywide bike map Ron Sims today announced a new and improved King County Bicycling Guidemap will make its debut this weekend at the Group Health Seattle International Bicycling Expo.
Feb. 16
King County honors 'green building' achievements February 2006 - Nearly two dozen King County employees whose exceptional efforts have helped King County become a nationally recognized leader in green, sustainable building were honored for their work Feb. 15 at the first-annual Green Building Summit in Tukwila.
Cell phone recycling made easy in King County Last May, King County partnered with an
outside retailer who agreed to collect and recycle employee cell phones
that are old or broken at no cost. Since then, employees have recycled
384 cellular phones
Feb. 13
Arson at Big Finn playground continues park vandalism trend The toddler slide at King County's Big Finn Park in Kirkland was reduced to a blackened heap of melted plastic two weeks ago in the second incident of arson within the past year at the park.
