Kindergarten through 8th Grade registration is at the Ptarmigan Ridge office every Thursday from 3-7pm until school begins in September. When you register your student please bring legal documentation, birth certificate and proof of immunization.

Partnership School enrollment information contact, Beth Veltri at 893-7047 ext. 0 or ...

Five volunteer recruits have successfully completed fire academy and were honored at the August 4 District 18 Fire Commission meeting.

Christopher Martos and Jackie McCall were selected as part of the "Chief's Company," chosen as recruits the fire chief would most like to have on his team at an ...

The annual Fall Prime Rib Dinner is scheduled for Saturday, September 19, 4:30-7 p.m., at the Orting Eagles. This year we are foregoing an auction - we acknowledge that most businesses are pretty much done with donating to auctions, especially in these tough economic times. Instead, we would like to ...

Police chief William Drake reported that while the city was unsuccessful in vying for a federal stimulus grant that would pay for another police officer, nearby jurisdictions had received the grant money and Orting may soon lose one of its officers in a lateral hire out of Orting.

However, ...

URGENT WEATHER MESSAGE. EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING AND AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT FRIDAY.

HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY. TEMPERATURES WILL START OFF QUITE WARM...WITH SOME SPOTS REMAINING IN THE LOWER 70S AND OTHER SPOTS ONLY FALLING INTO THE 60S FOR ...

1999 OHS Graduate, Valkerie Martin-Beck is in the news for her efforts to bring the 2009 Tribal Paddle Journey to Brinnon, Washington where she operates McKay Shrimp and Crab Gear with her husband Keith.

They were inspired by friend John Smith, a Skokomish woodcarver who thought the experience ...

Orting School Board approved July 16 a budget totaling $27,472,815 for the 2009-2010 school year. The bright spot is that federal stimulus money totaling more than $1.2 million made up for a $974,986 loss of basic apportionment funding in the spring and summer of 2009, and $203,700 in special education ...

Nearly 1,000 Washington residents who lost their homes to foreclosure are a step closer to receiving some money to ease their pain, Attorney General Rob McKenna announced today.

Letters signed by McKenna are being mailed this week to 962 Countrywide Financial borrowers in Washington who lost their homes, ...

The American Western Water Skiing Association held the 50th Peach Arch Open Tournament at Ski Park Lake in Orting the beginning of July. 60 competitors converged at the private lake to enjoy one of the best water ski venues available in Washington. The Pacific NW Water-ski Federation recognized John ...

Big Rigs driving Orville Road got a big surprise by area law enforcement Thursday afternoon. Officers from Fife, Tacoma and Sumner's joint Commercial Vehicle Inspection team converged to pull the vehicles over in a random inspection check point next to Lion's Field.

They made sure that the vehicles ...

Wilkeson's Centennial Committee formed over a year and half ago to prepare for the town's big centennial celebration. Wilkeson was incorporated 100 years ago.

The celebration will be coupled with the Wilkeson Booster Club's Annual Handcar Races Saturday event already in its 34th year.

The committee's ...

Of the 19 alarms District 18 answered July 4, one included an auto accident in which two patients were ejected from their car, a harrowing similarity to the double fatality accident that had occurred only two days earlier on Orville Road.

But happier news comes from the July 4 ...

Tori VanGilder was put on the Dean's List for the Spring Quarter at Eastern Washington University and has been accepted as a member of the Phi Eta Sigma Honors Society. She will be going into her Sophomore year in the fall majoring in dental hygiene.

VanGilder graduated from Orting ...

On August 22, 2009 there will be a benefit horse show held at Frontier Park in Graham. The show is open to anyone who would like to compete and there are classes suitable for all ages of people and horses! A list of classes is available online at ...

The Board of Directors for the PCRRTF has set the agenda for the first of three policy summits this summer. On Wednesday July 8, at the Puyallup Library, sign-in for Policy Summit One will begin at 5:30pm with the first segment beginning at 6pm.

The evening schedule ...