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Peace activists met at Ballard's Trinity United Methodist Church on Monday, March 20, to read aloud grim, often-contradictory descriptions of the war with Iraq. The meeting was one of 42 held in cities around the world to coincide with the third…MORE

The 15-member Community Advisory Committee began the complex task of recommending which K-8, alternative and elementary schools to close, consolidate or relocate at their first meeting last week.

Some members feared their May 26 deadline…MORE

Alki's miniature Statue of Liberty - weather-worn, cracked and vandalized - might soon be recast and re-enshrined with commemorative pavers and a new plaza at Alki Beach.

Northwest Programs for the Arts, which stages the Seattle Music…MORE

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

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

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

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 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8,000 square-foot fire station to replace West Seattle's High Point Fire Station 37, an 81-year-old building that's outdated and no longer meets many industry requirements, said Seattle Fire…MORE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.

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