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
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School police on budget chopping block
Tue, 06/20/06
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
Gas plan hard sell on Crown Hill
Tue, 06/20/06
A spokesperson for Safeway characterized a proposed discount gas station in Crown Hill as uncontroversial.
MORESeattle Christian School closed
Tue, 06/20/06
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
Polluted runoff studied
Tue, 06/20/06
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, Tukwila receive poor health checkup
Tue, 06/20/06
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
Skateboard parks eyed by city
Tue, 06/20/06
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
Contract not renewed
Tue, 06/20/06
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
City aims to get a grip on graffiti
Wed, 06/14/06
The City of Federal Way's Graffiti Removal Incentive Program (GRIP) addresses the issue of graffiti removal through community involvement, offering graffiti cleanup/removal kits and graffiti prevention tips.
The GRIP program began last…MORE
Australian vintner honors Friends of the Hylebos with wetlands restoration grant
Wed, 06/14/06
Federal Way-based conservation organization Friends of the Hylebos received a national honor last week, thanks to a grant from one of the world's leading environmentally conscious wine brands, Banrock Station Wines of Australia, in cooperation…MORE