Spring Salon Fundraiser
April 11 @ 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Join Key to Change virtually for a 30 minute virtual presentation to raise scholarship funds for middle and high school music students, who live in South King County and study violin and viola in our string studio. Meet Founder and Executive Director, Dr. Quinton Morris and listen to student performances and interviews with parents and community members who have supported Key to Change.
Four years ago, Key to Change opened its string studio to provide violin and viola lessons to middle and high school students living in South King County. In a community that is heavily underserved, Key to Change removes the barrier to entry for low-income students and students of color with an inclusive approach that builds not only talented musicians, but strong characteristics in leadership and accountability. While challenges brought by COVID-19 forced Key to Change to test a more widely adopted online approach, their student enrollment grew
Washington state businesses call on Gov. Inslee to pause plans to roll back some counties to Phase 2
By Q13 News Staff and AP News Staff
Published
Groups ask Gov. Inslee for 3 week pause in rollback risk
A group of 70 organizations sent a letter to Gov. Inslee to pause any plans to roll back counties to Phase 2 for an additional 3 weeks.
SEATTLE - Nearly 70 state business organizations are urging Gov. Jay Inslee to delay for three weeks any decision to return some counties to more restrictive coronavirus standards, which would hurt businesses.
Inslee has said he will announce Monday if any counties have to move backward because of rising COVID-19 cases. Currently, all counties in the state are in Phase 3.
South King County spared from reopening rollback
South King County spared from reopening rollback
Local businesses and residents are hopeful they will stay in Phase 3 as some counties are at risk of rolling back to Phase 2 per Inslee s updated state reopening guidelines.
FEDERAL WAY, Wash. - On Thursday, communities across Puget Sound were bracing to hear if they would have to roll back into Phase 2 restrictions as hospitalization and new COVID-19 infection rates continued to rise.
But a rollback did not happen. Instead, Governor Jay Inslee altered the criteria, meaning a reverse in reopening Phases would require counties to fail two metrics instead of only one.
Placing six girders at a time, work on Sound Transit’s Federal Way Link Extension hits high gear
April 09, 2021
The girders being installed on the Federal Way Link Extension typically weigh up to 130,000 lb.
Sound Transit
The first elevated light-rail structures for the Federal Way Link Extension are now in place.
Workers began installing the girders this week to support the elevated station platform of the future Kent/Des Moines station. Girders supporting the elevated rail line will be installed throughout the alignment in the coming months.
“Our work to bring light rail to Federal Way continues to move forward rapidly,” said Sound Transit CEO Peter Rogoff. “By 2024, the track structures that South King County residents are watching go up will carry thousands of riders each day on a 62-mile rail network, compared to the 22-mile segment we have today. While greatly expa
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