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The head of Highline's teachers union on March 10 ripped into the district's application for a federal grant that could bring up to $2 million a year to reform Chinook and Cascade Middle schools.

Highline Education Association President…MORE

Elizabeth Chen, of Federal Way, has been appointed by Gov. Chris Gregoire as the newest member of the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges.

Chen has served on the Highline Community College (HCC) Board of Trustees…MORE

A frank, sometimes disturbing, demonstration about kidney disease was presented in Linda Bothel’s health class at West Seattle High School Thursday, March 11, to coincide with Word Kidney Day. Dr. Eric Anderson and colleague Dr. Kim Muczynski…MORE

ArtsWest presents Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Tell Me on a Sunday, opening April 28 and running through May 23. This rarely-produced musical from Andrew Lloyd Webber (Phantom of the Opera, Evita, Jesus Christ Superstar) is a one-woman musical tour-de-…MORE

The West Seattle Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the winners for Business of the Year, Community Hero and Westsider of the Year awards.

Each year, the Chamber recognizes one business which best exemplifies West Seattle's high…MORE

Elephant management staff at Woodland Park Zoo and a visiting veterinarian performed an artificial insemination procedure on Chai, the zoo’s 31-year-old Asian elephant, this week.

The procedure was carried out at the recommendation of the…MORE

In a move that could result in a more business-friendly permitting process, SeaTac lawmakers directed Interim City Manager Todd Cutts on March 9 to develop options to combine the planning, public works and economic development departments as well…MORE

Crown Hill's Small Faces Child Development Center and the Phinney Neighborhood Center could receive tax relief if a bill passed by the Washington State Senate March 10 becomes law.

Senate Bill 6855 provides a property tax exemption to…MORE

Seattle City Council member Tom Rasmussen, chair of the council's Transportation Committee, stopped by the March 10 Ballard District Council meeting for a brief question and answer session.

Ballard resident Stephen Lundgren told Rasmussen…MORE

The Ballard District Council, with the help of Mayor Mike McGinn, honored six individuals from the neighborhood with the council's annual Community Service Awards at the March 10 council meeting.

Steve Cohn, a past president of the Ballard…MORE