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Assistant city attorney Ed McKenna deals with crime on a regular basis but describes himself as rabid about one in particular - graffiti.

McKenna came to Ballard last week to talk about a trend that some residents worry is on the rise.…MORE

The West Seattle Senior Center is inviting clientele over for lunch at its newly renovated digs on Southwest Oregon Street. The center's lunch program provides nutritious meals for people over 60 at a suggested confidential donation of $3 a meal…MORE

Police officers could be pulled out of three Highline high schools in January if the school district cannot reach agreement with Burien, SeaTac and King County on funding.

Superintendent John Welch has recommended that funding for school…MORE

A spokesperson for Safeway characterized a proposed discount gas station in Crown Hill as uncontroversial.

Students from West Seattle Christian School said goodbye for the last time to their teachers and classmates last Friday. The K-8 private school is closing because of declining enrollment and hundreds of thousands in budget shortfalls.

"We'…MORE

People in the Seaview neighborhood are wondering why signs have been installed in front of their houses instructing them not to park at the curb on certain Tuesdays this summer.

It's all part of a yearlong experiment scheduled to begin…MORE

SeaTac and Tukwila received disturbing health news from Dr. Jim Krieger of Seattle-King County Public Health at the SeaTac City Council meeting June 13.

Krieger reported the two communities rank first in King County in several areas that…MORE

There are an estimated 4,000 skateboarders in West Seattle yet there are no skate parks here.

The paucity of skate parks isn't confined to West Seattle. There are only two public skate parks in all of Seattle. That's the same number of…MORE

Water District 49 commissioners voted 2-1 on June 14 against renewing the contract of district manager Dale Cap when it expires this fall.

Cap, who has been at the center of two recent controversies involving district policies, will remain…MORE

At least 439 Highline 10th-graders can breathe a little easier about graduation, while another 725 sophomores face an additional hurdle following the release of preliminary Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) scores.

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