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The Seattle School District will use days intended for staff professional development and summer break to make up four of the five school days missed due to snow and a windstorm in December.

While the last day for students will be Friday,…MORE

Ballard High School junior Jayson Luu may have lost the election for Associated Student Body president last year, but he has been busy getting his fellow students involved in charity.

After the election loss, the school's Parent Teacher…MORE

Legislation aimed at according Washington's same-sex couples legal rights and protections enjoyed by married couples was introduced in the state Senate and House of Representatives.

"If it's in the interest of the state of Washington to…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

An underground sewage pump station at Alki is scheduled to be expanded and will include two new ventilation stacks that nearby residents worry will spoil their view of Puget Sound.

The King County Wastewater Treatment Division plans to…MORE

One book at a time, 55 students at Loyal Heights Elementary School are now competing in the Global Reading Challenge with the hope of making the city championships.

Two other Ballard schools, Adams and Whittier Elementary are also taking…MORE

The next Seattle Schools' superintendent must work to rebuild trust within the community as well as prepare a plan to increase academic achievement equitably, parents told the national search firm hired to look for a new district chief.

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Former salesmen at Huling Bros. Auto Center, one of West Seattle's largest businesses, were charged last week with breaking into a customer's apartment last summer, stealing $70,000 in cash and laundering the money to cover up the crime.

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The Ballard News-Tribune would like to clarify the opening paragraph of the article titled, "School bon-levy debated," that was published Jan. 17, 2007.

While Ballard area schools would not receive any major construction projects from the…MORE

Seattle set a new record for recycling rates, with 52.1 percent of residential garbage heading to recycling bins instead of the landfills.

The residential recycling rate climbed by 2.7 percentage points compared to 2004 and was 2.2…MORE