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The annual Friends of the College dinner for South Seattle Community College was held Thursday May 5 to honor students who have been awarded scholarships, faculty members who have earned awards in excellence in education and to recognize and…MORE

Seattle Department of Transportation engineers will close the northbound, right-hand lane at the south end of the Ballard Bridge from 10 a.m to noon on May 7.

The closure will enable them to complete the inspection from the fire that…MORE

Furnishing Peaceful Homes: Shalom Bayit, a front line agency that provides furniture to women and children escaping domestic violence situations, and Seattle-based TrashBusters junk removal, are partnering to furnish three to five homes for those…MORE

A fire that caused $100,000 worth of damage under the south end of the Ballard Bridge late on May 5 was ruled to have been accidentally caused by the cooking fire of transients, Seattle Fire Department spokesperson Helen Fitzpatrick said.

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Grocery Outlet is now open in the former location of the Crown Hill Value Village at 8700 15th Ave. N.W.. The store, which offers savings of up to 50 percent on brand name foods and merchandise, will have its grand opening celebration May 8.…MORE

For the second year in a row, the City of Federal Way earned the Association of Washington Cities’ WellCity Award of Achievement for its outstanding workplace wellness program.

The City won the award in 2009 and also in 2001.

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Volunteers will build free wheelchair ramps for the 17th Annual ‘Rampathon’ on May 15. Rampathon, a program of the Master Builders Care Foundation and the Remodelors Council, will organize 300 volunteers who have already signed up into teams of…MORE

King County Department of Transportation's Linda Dougherty and Tim Lane, she of the Road Services Division, he, an engineer and guru of bridge maintenance, officially declared on a media tour May 5 that the South Park Bridge will be laid to…MORE

The Seattle Public Schools board in their meeting Wednesday, May 5, voted to approve the lease of E.C. Hughes Elementary by Westside School. Operating at 10015 28th Ave. S.W. since 1993 and sharing space with Explorer West, Westside has been in…MORE

Adam Burden, the former assistant chief of police in Miami and one of 10 semifinalists to become Seattle Police Chief, has withdrawn from consideration.

Burden informed Mayor Mike McGinn's Police Chief Search Committee today that due to…MORE