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Gov. Christine Gregoire praised 34th Legislative District Democrats last week for electing state Sen. Eric Poulsen and Reps.

Travelers will not see any relief in their wallet this year with overall vacation costs increasing by 5.4 percent from last year, according to AAA's nationwide Annual Vacation Costs survey.

"Rate increases for lodgings are mostly a result…MORE

Imagination Toys owner David Swanson said his business has faced stiff competition from the Targets and the Wal-marts, but it was a 40 percent hike in the rent that finally forced him to close his business after 10 years in Ballard.

It was…MORE

The Federal Way city council announced they have selected Neal Beets as the new city manager, to start work on August 1st.

Until July 21, Beets is the city manager of Roseville, Minnesota. A city of nearly 34,000, it borders the…MORE

In August, Bonnie Stenberg will remove her business license from where it has hung for 45 years.

The framed document, now faded and streaked with brown tinges, was issued to Stenberg in 1961.

The owner/operator of Bonnie's Dash…MORE

Uncommonly dry weather this early in the summer means having a water conservation plan in mind. Maintaining an attractive garden requires about one inch of rain or other watering per week. As we head into our typically dry summer, the case for…MORE

U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert, R-Auburn, encouraged fellow Republicans attending a party fundraiser in Normandy Park on July 2 "to get a vision for America.

"That vision is freedom," declared Reichert, the former King County sheriff who now…MORE

Some of the spending reductions under consideration to balance the Highline School District's 2006-2007 budget include eliminating school resource officers, closing the teen parent program and reducing the school building budget.

The…MORE

The proposal to move the Pathfinder K-8 alternative program to the Boren building has been taken off the latest list of Seattle Public Schools closure recommendations.

Superintendent Raj Manhas announced his final recommendations last…MORE

Take a walk on the wild side when fire dancers, acrobats and entertainers of every stripe transform Olde Burien into a one-of-a-kind summer block party on Saturday, July 15.

From noon to midnight, the Southwest 152nd Street Block Party…MORE