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Today's high-tech cons have become efficient at using the Internet to trick unsuspecting consumers into divulging personal information that can be used to steal your money or your identity. "Vishing" (abbreviated from voice-mail phishing) uses…MORE

Many residents have already received their 2006 Voters' Pamphlet, a catalogue of the upcoming general election.

On Nov. 7 voters will cast ballots on three initiatives and a Constitutional Amendment. Voters will also decide on a U.S.

Chief Sealth High School Principal John Boyd has received a prestigious leadership award which includes a $25,000 grant to support the learning success of all students at the school.

Every year, the Alliance for Education presents the…MORE

In a move that is being questioned by some fire district taxpayers, the North Highline Fire commissioners raised long-time Chief Russ Pritchard's salary to $198,000 per year at their Sept. 7 meeting.

Pritchard will receive the 57 percent…MORE

The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission approved its first general fee increase for camping, overnight facilities and watercraft launch services since 2003.

The increases, intended to catch the agency up to market rates and to…MORE

The Seattle City Council has placed a series of amendments to the City Charter on the November ballot.

A key amendment will allow the council to reconfirm the appointments of city department heads every four years, including Parks and…MORE

This school year West Seattle is home to five high schools, including South Lake High School, which will occupy the old E. C.

Robert Preston Pheasant was the best man she ever knew, says Julie Pheasant-Albright of her father who died Sept. 22 at his home in Sunset Hill.

"I never heard him swear, raise his voice or say an unkind word," says Julie Pheasant-Albright…MORE

Any plan to tear down the Alaskan Way Viaduct to make way for a tunnel or a new viaduct will be a big undertaking, as Washington State's construction projects go.

In terms of costs, the completion of the I-90 floating bridge linking Mercer…MORE

The start of construction on Burien's Town Square was celebrated Oct. 10 with a groundbreaking ceremony at Southwest 152nd Street and Fourth Avenue Southwest.

U.S. Sen. Patty Murray and Rep. Jim McDermott, who together with the rest of…MORE