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Six acres of ridge-top property in the West Duwamish greenbelt - once slated for surplus sale by the city for private condo development - are on their way to preservation as public open space.

The Seattle City Council's committee on parks…MORE

Noting an increase in gang activity in several King County communities, members of the King County Council last week proposed the creation of a gang suppression unit in the King County Sheriff's Office.

JoAn Cox, mother of slain King…MORE

Dozens of people wore surgical masks to a Port of Seattle meeting to protest diesel tractor trailers being parked in residential sections of Georgetown, South Park and White Center.

The protest was staged by the Washington Association of…MORE

River City, Iowa, in 1912 has always been synonymous with "trouble."

You know, the kind of trouble that starts with the presence of a new pool table in the River City billiard hall, a development sure to bring about the moral decline of…MORE

Sen. Erik Poulsen, who's represented West Seattle, White Center, Burien and Vashon Island in the Washington Legislature for 13 years, is quitting to become a lobbyist for public utility districts.

Public utility districts provide…MORE

The Burien/Normandy Park Fire Department will hold its annual open house on Saturday, September 15, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

During the event at the main station at 15100 Eighth Ave. S. in Burien, firefighters will demonstrate their skills…MORE

By mid-October the coho salmon should be swimming upstream again in Fauntleroy Creek.

The salmon have avoided taking the journey from the Sound up the creek, located south of the Fauntleroy ferry dock, because the creek's headwaters, just…MORE

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Mayor Greg Nickels announced last week his 2008 proposed budget includes $3.5 million to help fund 84 permanent supportive housing studio apartments for chronically homeless people.

Half the units at the Plymouth Housing Group's First and…MORE

The Federal Way Arts Commission is accepting applications for the 2008 Art Gallery Program.

Visual artists are invited to submit a resume and photo samples of their work. The Commission will review all entries and select artists to…MORE