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The Ballard Chamber of Commerce gave out its 2006 annual awards last week during an evening reception at the Nordic Heritage Museum.

The King Salmon Award went to Sterling Savings Bank in recognition of its outstanding contributions to…MORE

Pro Parks Levy dollars won't run out until the end of 2008 but the Seattle Parks and Recreation department is planning now for how to absorb programs, staffing and maintenance now funded through the levy since city officials have made it clear it…MORE

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HB 1057

Requesting information on the use of alternative fuels.

By a vote of 94 to 3 on Jan. 29, 2007, the House approved HB 1057, which would require certain information…MORE

White Center has had various summer festivals over the years that offered a numbing array of events and competitions.

The first was a one-time event called the Great Fair held in early August 1923. It featured a carnival, a sideshow, a…MORE

After nearly three and a half hours of debate, the Seattle School Board formally adopted a set of 10 qualifications for a new superintendent last Wednesday, opening the door for a national search process.

Among other qualities, the next…MORE

White Center's eight-decade run of summer festivals will be broken this year due to volunteer burnout.

A group of five stalwarts, who've been instrumental in keeping July Jubilee Days going for the past 20 years, reluctantly voted to…MORE

Paul Ishii, of Federal Way, was elected to a second term as Secretary of 4Culture's Board.

As General Manager of the Mayflower Park Hotel, Mr.

Four Seattle Board of Parks Commissioners resigned last month after the Seattle City Council passed an ordinance that gives the council the authority to appoint half of the seven-member advisory board and creates one new position.

The…MORE

Seattle City Council members urged Seattle School Board members to ensure surplus school buildings are used as community assets rather than sold to the highest bidder at a joint city-schools meeting last week.

The district is currently…MORE

One might call outgoing Assistant City Manager Derek Matheson the strong, silent type.

Silent in the sense that the 31-year-old stays out of the limelight, quietly but assuredly helping operate the controls of Washington's seventh largest…MORE