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UPDATE July 26 The Benchview Neighborhood Association has won a major battle in their quest to limit the adjustment of property lines allowing the development of three homes on land that previously only had one. David Allen, the Blockwatch…MORE

Hicklin Lake in Lakewood Park of White Center is two steps closer to cleaning up its act.

During the week of July 15 – 19 King County’s Water and Land Resources Division installed two of four floating islands that are designed to grow…MORE

The City of Des Moines has placed on the August 6 Primary Election ballot a scheme to collect, according to the City, "approximately $1,100,000 per year for City street pavement improvements". Called Proposition 1, the scheme is to "increase the…MORE

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Current Trustee and past chair of the Highline Community College board, Dan Altmayer of Federal Way has been elected to serve as the president of the Trustees Association of Community and Technical Colleges (TACTC).

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If it seems like everything you could ever do on a summer weekend is crammed into the next two days you are not that far off. The weekend of July 20-21 is completely packed with activities so, it means allow extra time to get around, park and…MORE

Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn spent part of his July 13 weekend touring the Southwest Precinct, covering West Seattle and South Park, and talked about his experience alongside Precinct Captain Joseph Kessler on July 15.

Before meeting with…MORE

Seattle Public Schools issued an update on next year’s schedule, known as “Option B.”

Here are the details from SPS: Now that the Washington State Board of Education has denied Seattle Public Schools’ request to waive the 180-school-day…MORE

There was a time, long before preservatives and a highly-coordinated food shipment system in the United States, when people could simply swing by a local farmer’s field, find his or her stand, and buy the freshest produce imaginable. Looking…MORE

Bertha, the world’s largest tunnel boring machine, will be set in motion by the end of July on a 14-month voyage through the earth of downtown Seattle’s waterfront, creating a 57-foot diameter tunnel for an underground SR 99 that will replace the…MORE

UPDATE:Alaska Airlines and the Washington Restaurant Association failed Friday, July 19 to convince a King County Superior Court judge to halt the SeaTac council from placing the measure on the Nov. 5 ballot.

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