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press release: The contractor working on the Spokane Street Viaduct Widening Project for the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has been able to reduce the number of overnight closures due to favorable progress on construction, and thus…MORE

The Seattle Police Department has posted their 2010 Use of Force report and it notes that it was up only slightly, 2.6% but that complaints rose 30%. That number is lower than the national average, by "nearly one third" for metropolitan police…MORE

The Sound Transit Board of Directors adopted their 2012 budget on Thursday, Dec 15, which includes $2 million for the study of a high-capacity Ballard-to-Downtown streetcar line.

Seattle's elected leaders welcomed the Sound Transit board'…MORE

The published agenda for the Highline School District’s Dec. 14 board meeting set aside 20 minutes for comments regarding outgoing board president Sili Savusa.

But after more than an hour, the tributes to Savusa were still pouring in from…MORE

The Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs is accepting project applications for its Youth Arts program. The program supports arts training opportunities for Seattle’s middle and high school youth outside of school hours in a variety of…MORE

On Friday Drs. Ron Young and Ryder Gwinn, surgeons from the Swedish Neuroscience Institute, hosted a livestream on the affects of Essential Tremor (ET), the Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) surgical procedure used to treat ET and the other innovative…MORE

press release: The majority of high schools in Seattle Public Schools showed strong academic growth during the 2010‐2011 school year, Interim Superintendent Dr. Susan Enfield reported today, thanks to great principals, great teachers and involved…MORE

King County Public Health released their report of retailers caught selling tobacco to minors in 2011 on Dec. 15. 70 sales were made to 63 retailers in Seattle, six of them in West Seattle. Tobacco retailers sold tobacco to minors 15 percent of…MORE

Just months after Ballardite Mhairi Voelsgen launched her company, BroVo Spirits, she has run into a major hurdle - the ratification of Initiative 1183.

The new law privatizing liquor sales could drive craft distilleries out of business…MORE

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The traditional song calls for people to dream of a white Christmas, but for the conscientious consumer, it can also be a green holiday season.

No matter what holiday you celebrate, you can take steps to reduce the…MORE