Follow the yellow brick road to popular Movies@Marymoor series opener, July 13 The ever-popular Movies@Marymoor outdoor cinema series at King County’s Marymoor Park kicks off its seventh summer season July 13 with one of the most-beloved Hollywood classics ever made, “The Wizard of Oz,” and continues with weekly features, trivia and interactive games through Aug. 31.
State funding secured for recreation improvement projects in King County Improved public access to recreational areas and habitat preservation are two key benefits of conservation work that will move forward in King County, thanks to efforts this week by the Washington Recreation and Wildlife Coalition (WWRC) to secure state funding for numerous projects here and elsewhere.
King County removes logjam, but segment of Cedar River remains closed to recreation King County has removed and relocated a river-spanning logjam on the Cedar River near the Cavanaugh Pond Natural Area, but the removal project does not mean the closed river section about five miles east of Renton will reopen to recreational use right away.
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Power surge leads to small overflow at Bellevue Pump Station Sewer utility crews responded in just five minutes to an overflow at King County’s Bellevue Pump Station around noon on Thursday following a power surge that caused three pumps to temporarily shut down.
USA Diving Team begins 1-year countdown to Olympic Trials at King County Aquatic Center Some of the world’s top divers will make a splash at the Weyerhauser-King County Aquatic Center (WKCAC) this Friday to celebrate the one-year countdown to the 2012 US Olympic Team Dive Trials, set June 17-24, 2012, at King County Parks’ world-class swimming and diving facility in Federal Way.
