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Starting July 1st, shoppers will no longer be asked 'paper or plastic' when checking out at a Seattle retail store.

In December of last year Seattle City council approved a plastic bag ordinance, Council Bill 117345, intended to help clean…MORE

Odyssey—The Essential School, a small academy on SeaTac’s Tyee High campus, was among 57 state schools on a list of persistently lowest-achieving schools that was released by State Superintendent Randy Dorn on Dec. 19.

It was singled out…MORE

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Staff at White Center Heights Elementary, community groups, and businesses are rallying around White Center children and families with an outpouring of holiday assistance.

White Center Heights staff and friends…MORE

By Sidney Lenz(Editor’s Note: On Nov. 29, the middle school students at Seattle Christian School in SeaTac participated in a 24-hour famine to raise money for famine relief in East Africa. Sidney Lenz, a seventh-grade student in teacher Matt…MORE

Update for Dec. 20 At the halfway point in S.W. Precinct Officer Scott Luckie's tweetalong day in South Park, he said it had been oddly slow.

"It is normally very busy," he said in an interview during a lull in the low-key action. "In…MORE

Photographer Kurt Howard captured weekend shots of the Jones’ family home on the north side of Angle Lake and Rick and Vicki Johnson’s home in Normandy Park.

Please click the image above for photos from both homes.

Here are some…MORE

KOMO News reports a woman is in jail for investigation of first-degree murder after allegedly running over her friend in the aftermath of an argument over gas money in Tacoma on Dec. 16.

According to the report, the victim was identified…MORE

Many Seattle residents wonder how they can fit all their wrapping paper, boxes, bottles and other recyclables into their cart during the holiday season.

As a reminder, Seattle residents can always recycle as much as they want at no extra…MORE

The Phinney Neighborhood Association (PNA) will launch its latest community program - the PNA Village - in January of 2012. This membership program is designed to help people remain in their homes and neighborhoods while staying active and…MORE

Seattle Fire Department reports that an overnight fire that damaged two homes in the block of 43th and 5th Avenue NW was determined accidental.

Seattle Fire investigators discovered that the fire started when combustibles piled too close…MORE