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City officials are always struggling to find volunteers for citizen advisory boards.

Burien City Manager Mike Martin suggested Feb. 4 to his council members that they might forgo interviews to fill 20 advisory board positions since only 19…MORE

In SeaTac, among nondescript government buildings, the history of Highline is being collected.

One day, the collections will be open to the public in a beautiful new building on the southwest corner of Southwest 152nd Street and Ambaum…MORE

Four families are waiting to donate 9.4 acres of wooded land with a stream that will be added to Burien’s second largest park.

But there’s a glitch-- the city does not have an ordinance that sets forth the procedure to formally accept…MORE

Sound Transit is beginning their Ballard transit expansion study soon to figure out whether Ballard is a candidate for high capacity transit (HCT), e.g., light rail or street car.

For Ballard, which is tucked away in the northwest corner…MORE

On Wednesday, Feb. 13, get ready for another Ballard District Council meeting. It will feature the introduction of a Ballard-to-Downtown high capacity transit study (which could mean light rail for Ballard); the Ballard District Council's much…MORE

On Sunday, Feb. 17, people from Ballard and beyond will be protesting the proposed coal train terminal near Bellingham. The proposed terminal would bring about 18 one-mile-and-one-half trains through Seattle and the Ballard neighborhood on their…MORE

By Elizabeth Wang

While 18 staff members of Ballard High School (Update: the number is now 43) have joined the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) boycott, Ballard parents have exhibited a different spread of opinions.

As the father…MORE

A few more details have emerged in the Jan. 31 estate sale robbery in West Seattle that resulted in a police manhunt for the suspect.

According to the police report released in the robbery, the man hired to execute an estate sale for a…MORE

A mini-van and First Student school bus with one student and a driver on board collided at the intersection of 26th Ave. S.W. and S.W. Roxbury St. shortly after noon on Feb. 11, but there were no reported injuries.

There were four vehicles…MORE

West Seattle Artwalk Thursday, Feb. 14 6 to 9 pm From Alki to Endolyne, the West Seattle Art Walk is brought to you by your local West Seattle merchants. Dozens of merchants in the West Seattle Junction, Alki Beach, Admiral District, Morgan…MORE