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Having been on the Des Moines City Council in 1994-1995 and now again starting in January of 2012, I see big differences in the funding available to provide city services.

The city of Des Moines has cut back on parks and police a little,…MORE

Byron Smith, national correspondent

If you go by the displays covering hundreds of thousands of square feet at the Las Vegas Convention Center and The Venetian Hotel, you will soon be able to make your own children’s toys at home…MORE

Update for Jan. 12

Det. Jeff Kappel with the Seattle Police Department released an in-depth description on a wild chase that began at Don Armeni Boat Ramp in West Seattle and ended with the suspect jumping from Hwy 99 onto a rooftop in a…MORE

The search for a new executive director for the Ballard Chamber of Commerce has ended, with a choice right underneath our noses.

The Board of Directors chose Mike Stewart, who took the reins of the Chamber after long-time Director Beth…MORE

Highline Schools Superintendent Susan Enfield and staff met Jan. 10 with the top law enforcement officials of the five municipalities in Highline to discuss possible changes to the district’s security plan.

At the meeting, Burien Chief…MORE

It's an un-serious spin which makes a serious matter more palatable. In the wake of a series of recent disasters -- of hurricanes, tsunamis and earthquakes in such places as New Orleans, Japan, Haiti and more -- a group of Ballard residents are…MORE

The timing couldn't have been worse.

Two days before a gunman killed 20 students and six adults at a Connecticut elementary school, the Highline School Board held a work/study session to review a new security plan that could include…MORE

According to Seattle Public Shools officials, we can blame the overcrowding of West Seattle schools today on a combination of demographic trends five years ago, the recession, and an anomalous number of five year olds being signed up for…MORE

Thanks to a $122 million library levy passed by Seattle voters in 2012, all Seattle Public Library branches will be open on Sunday this year.

To celebrate their new found hours, the High Point Library (at 3411 S.W. Raymond St. in West…MORE

The Seattle Department of Neighborhoods set up the Neighborhood Matching Fund to get small, simple projects done in your part of the city. Things like traffic circles, certain kinds of plantings, drain improvements and more can all be…MORE