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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

2006 supplemental budget. By a vote of 55 to 43 in the House and 29 to 19 in the Senate on March 8, the legislature approved SB 6386. The finalized 2006 supplemental budget adds $522 million in spending, raising the total 2005-07 biennium budget…MORE

Two Irish transplants, Mick Purdy and Adrian Kelly, are gearing up to introduce Burien to a bona fide St. Patrick's Day celebration.

Co-sponsored by Discover Burien Association and Mick Kelly's Irish pub, co-owned by Purdy and Kelly, the…MORE

Some elementary schools in West Seattle use a time-out method that many administrators believe is useful for children who misbehave. But a few parents question the validity of the consequence.

Part of the Seattle School District…MORE

The Des Moines City Council agreed March 2 to establish a police department substation in the Redondo Square Shopping Center.

Lawmakers unanimously approved a five-year lease with the Joshua Green Corp., owner of the shopping center, for…MORE

Some see graffiti and tagging as an urban blight and eyesore; others view as it as post-modern public art.

Whatever side of the fence your allegiance stands, residents of Federal Way have seen an explosion of graffiti around the city in…MORE

Plainly visible from West Seattle, thousands of shipping containers come and go daily from Terminal 18 on Harbor Island, where they are scanned with gamma rays, scoped with radiation detectors and analyzed by computer.

The security system…MORE

Four community residents were honored at Discover Burien’s Annual Dinner, Silent Auction and the City of Burien Anniversary and 2006 Citizen Awards Recognition on March 3.

This year the Burien City Council presented awards to Rochelle…MORE

A diverse group of more than 60 advocates for youth-from sports coaches to city prosecutors-filled council chambers last Monday, each with the goal of protecting children affected by domestic violence.

Although each of them came from…MORE