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West Seattleites nominated Fauntleroy Way, 16th Avenue and the Spokane Street Viaduct for Mayor Greg Nickels' "dirty dozen" list of city streets in greatest need of repair.

The mayor received 700 nominations for the list of Seattle's worst…MORE

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An article in the June 28 edition about the proposed intermodal garbage transfer facility attributed the wrong job title to Tim Croll. He is director of the solid waste program at Seattle Public Utilities. Chuck Clarke is…MORE

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The following West Seattle and North Highline students at Washington State University were selected for the Spring 2006 President's Honor Roll. They are, Laura Cathryn Barry, Megan Jean Bowman, Gretchen Jane Brown, Christine…MORE

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Students at Cooper Elementary School were "surprised and happy" to receive a gift of about 340 books from the Society for Children's Book Writers and Illustrators of Western Washington.

"The parents are not that…MORE

On July 11, depending on the weather, the Seattle Department of Transportation street maintenance crews will begin resealing approximately 38 miles of surface streets in the West Seattle, Northgate and Northeast Seattle neighborhoods with a…MORE

King County Elections is hiring translation service providers to translate election materials including the local voters' pamphlets. A translation corps of 25 translators will be needed to work for 15-consecutive-day segments from July to October…MORE

If Georgetown residents and business owners succeed in their lobbying effort to get Georgetown off the list as a possible site for the city's future garbage transfer facility, planners could reconsider putting it near the West Seattle Bridge.…MORE

The fee for kids to play organized football at the Southwest Recreation Complex this fall will be 25 times higher than just two years ago.

That's a tall crossbeam to clear for the Southwest Athletic Club, a football league for West Seattle…MORE

Though many drivers seem to be helpless in the fight against rising gas prices, one local tax advisor is helping create a company that could bring some change at the pumps.

Ian Briscoe, who owns a tax preparation business in Burien, is the…MORE

It should be quieter and less dangerous in SeaTac and Des Moines this Fourth of July.

This will be the first Independence Day that a complete ban on fireworks goes into effect in the two cities.