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The Department of Labor and Industries is looking for about 500 employers willing to participate in a new way for workers to file workplace injury and occupational disease claims.

The state Legislature this year approved a two-year pilot…MORE

The Higher Education Coordinating Board has voted to approve South Seattle Community College's Bachelor of Applied Science in Hospitality Management, moving the college closer for the program to begin in fall 2007.

The Legislature granted…MORE

Since July, all 643 taxicabs licensed to operate in Seattle provide printed receipts to all paying passengers.

The receipt will indicate the taxicab name and number, date, starting and ending time of the trip, distance traveled, taximeter…MORE

Settlement of the concrete workers strike Friday means work can begin soon on the repaving of 1.5 miles of California Avenue from Edmunds Street to Admiral Way.

Gary Merlino Construction Co. was scheduled to begin preparation of the…MORE

King County officials are in a holding pattern over whether to ask federal permission to change the flight path for incoming airplanes at Boeing Field, which would lessen aircraft noise in Magnolia but turn it up in West Seattle, particularly for…MORE

26 years ago, Weyerhaeuser employees and volunteers began planting, each by hand, 18 million tree seedlings in the rich mantle of ash spewed from Mount Saint Helens.

Those conifer seedlings stand today over 75 feet tall, thanks, ironically…MORE

"This is going to change how people take care of their computers," said Scott LeBorious, a computer systems expert, as he thumbed the keypad on his cell phone in anticipation of a sales call.

LeBorious works for a new Federal Way company…MORE

"We thought there was a need in West Seattle for a custom gift shop," said Kimberly Lim who, with co-owner Jodie Marr, recently opened Moxie Papergoods & Gifts.

The new shop offers custom wedding announcements and baby announcements as…MORE

Education, emergency preparedness and economic development in South King County will benefit from an amendment to the 2006 King County budget.

King County Councilwoman Julia Patterson, D-SeaTac, recently said this is the impact the budget…MORE

Mediterranean Shipping Company, the second largest operator of container ships and one of the fastest-growing maritime transportation companies in the world will begin calling at the Port of Seattle next year.

"We're thrilled that…MORE