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Margaret Toomey, daughter of Denis Toomey of West Seattle has been named to the Grinnell College Dean's List for the 2005 fall semester. Toomey is a theatre major. Toomey is one of 267 students honored for outstanding academic achievement by…MORE

The Washington Legislature was “remarkably productive' for a short session this year, especially on health-care issues, according to Sen.

Tom Weeks of West Seattle has joined the board of directors of People For Puget Sound, a citizens group dedicated to protecting and restoring Puget Sound.

Weeks is the former Monorail board chairman, Seattle City Council member and Seattle…MORE

There’s an old joke that you’ve probably heard that goes, “What do fish and house guests have in common? They both start to stink after two days.'

Be careful if you found yourself laughing at that punch line. It could mean that misery…MORE

The Highline School District's $148 million bond issue has passed on its first try.

With all votes cast at polls in the March 14 election and most of the absentee votes counted, 64.35 percent (11,311) of Highline voters approved the bond…MORE

The city of Seattle plans to build a $4 million, 8,000 square-foot fire station to replace West Seattle's High Point Fire Station 37, an 81-year-old building that's outdated and no longer meets many industry requirements, said Seattle Fire…MORE

An independent expert panel that will be selected by Gov.

A. Brian Davenport, musical director and conductor of the Federal Way Symphony, has a day job. And what he produces there is as refined, delightful and richly textured as the sounds he extracts from his company of musicians.

When he's not…MORE

Mayor Greg Nickels thinks a tunnel could be built faster than a viaduct along the downtown waterfront because legal entanglements would trip-up plans for a new elevated structure.

The mayor thinks there ought to be a public vote on the…MORE

Pacific Ballroom Dance is now ranked among the top youth formation teams in the nation after placing fifth at the United States National Youth Standard Formation Dance Championship March 10 and 11.

The 2006 National Amateur Dancesport…MORE