Tickets for the spectacular 25th Anniversary Bayside Ball – coming Saturday, June 8, 2024 and hosted by the Des Moines Legacy Foundation – are still available. The Des Moines… Read More

EDITOR’S NOTE: South King Media Founder/Publisher Scott Schaefer has been a member of the Directors Guild of America since 1988. On Friday, Mar. 15, 2024, Laborers’ Local 24… Read More

Des Moines Mayor Traci Buxton this week was elected the 2024 Vice President of the Sound Cities Association (SCA). SCA represents 38 King County cities and provides a regional voice for… Read More

By McKenna SweetUW News Lab On Feb. 27, 2024, the Port of Seattle held a regular Commissioner meeting both remotely via Microsoft Teams and in-person at Sea-Tac International Airport. The… Read More

By Mellow DeTray Here’s our recap of the Des Moines City Council meeting held on Thursday night, Feb. 9, 2024: According to Mayor Traci Buxton, this meeting had a lighter agenda than n… Read More

By Mellow DeTray Here’s our recap of the Des Moines City Council Study Session held on Thursday night, Feb. 1, 2024: As this was a Study Session for the Council, no formal action was t… Read More

By Mellow DeTray Here’s our recap of the Des Moines City Council meeting held on Thursday night, Jan. 11, 2024: Public Comments One commenter said she thought a remark at a previous me… Read More

Bettina Carey invites the community to an inspiring Empowerment Gathering on Saturday, January 13, 2024, from 9 a.m. to Noon at the North Hill Community Club in Des Moines. The event aims t… Read More

[EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is a Letter to the Editor, submitted by a verified resident. It does not necessarily reflect the opinions of South King Media, nor its staff:] “When… Read More

By Mellow DeTray Here’s our recap of the Des Moines City Council meeting held on Thursday night, Nov. 16, 2023: Public Comments One community member asked council to reconsider the cre… Read More

EDITOR’S NOTE: The “big news” from Thursday night’s Des Moines City Council meeting was the termination of City Manager Michael Matthias, which was a big enough story… Read More

By Mellow DeTray Here’s our recap of the Des Moines City Council meeting held on Thursday night, Oct. 26, 2023: Public Comments One commenter who said he represented the Redondo Commun… Read More

By Mellow DeTray Here’s our recap of the Des Moines City Council meeting held Thursday night, Sept. 14, 2023: Burning Boat Festival Returns Last New Year’s Eve, Des Moines celebr… Read More

By Mellow DeTray Here’s our recap of the Des Moines City Council meeting held on Thursday night, Aug. 3, 2023: Water District Update Councilmember Vic Pennington updated council on the… Read More

By Mellow DeTray Here’s our recap of the Des Moines City Council meeting held on Thursday night, July 13, 2023: The Hat Stays On To begin the meeting, Mayor Matt Mahoney requested that… Read More

On Tuesday, April 25, 2023, Des Moines Mayor Matt Mahoney released a statement criticizing the Washington State legislature on the Blake Bill (Senate Bill 5536), which was rejected by lawmak… Read More

By Mellow DeTray Here’s our recap of the regular Des Moines City Council meeting held on Thursday, May 4, 2023: Blake Decision: City Ordinance on Hold In a recent legislative… Read More

By Mellow DeTray Here’s our recap of the Des Moines City Council meeting held on Thursday, April 13, 2023: Praisealujah Receives Hearts & Minds Support The meeting began w… Read More

By Mellow Detray Here’s our recap of the Des Moines City Council Study Session held on Thursday, April 6, 2023: Employee Recognition To begin the meeting, City Manager Michael… Read More

By Mellow DeTray The highly anticipated Des Moines City Council Study Session held on Thursday night, Jan. 26, 2023 was well-attended by members of the community, anxious to hear about Ma… Read More

Photo courtesy David Rosen/SlickPix Photography. Dozens of families and kids of all ages – including Santa and Mrs. Claus – gathered Friday night, Dec. 2, 2022 at Big Catch… Read More

By Sarah Brusig The Des Moines City Council meeting on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022 was called to order at approximately 6 p.m. In attendance were Des Moines Mayor Matt Mahoney, Deputy Mayor Traci… Read More

By Scott Schaefer Founder/Publisher The Des Moines City Council at its June 23 meeting voted 5-2 to approve a 60-day pilot project starting Aug. 10, 2022 using a 63-passenger whale watc… Read More

By Nicholas Johnson The Des Moines City Council returned Vic Pennington to the dais Thursday night (March 3, 2022) after the former councilmember and three recent city council candidates app… Read More

By Nicholas Johnson Four Des Moines residents have applied to fill a vacancy on the city council created in January when Anthony Martinelli resigned his Position No. 6 seat amid allegations… Read More

By Nicholas Johnson The Des Moines City Council signed off Thursday evening (Dec. 16, 2021) on a 5 percent raise for City Manager Michael Matthias, bringing his base salary up to $235,824 fr… Read More

The City of Des Moines has finished its distribution of the Grant Relief Opportunity (GRO) Program to its business community, and over $500,000 was award to assist local businesses during th… Read More

The Des Moines City Council videotaped a ‘Congratulation Video’ to the Class of 2020, which was posted on Facebook by the city on Thursday, June 4, 2020. Councilmembers Matt Maho… Read More

In 1969, an earnest and forthright 1st grade student named Karen Smith was selected to speak at the grand opening of her new school – Valley View Elementary: 50 years later, a double… Read More

By Jack Mayne The Des Moines City Council at study session Thursday (June 7) approved a two year pilot program to replace the retiring head of Senior Services with a contract with managemen… Read More

By Jack Mayne The first Des Moines City Council meeting of the new year was largely framed around newly elected and reelected members. At the regular Thursday, Jan. 11 Des Moines City Co… Read More