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Seattle Department of Transportation crews will close a lane on Northwest 80th Street between Third Avenue Northwest and Eighth Avenue Northwest Dec. 11 to allow a contractor to perform pavement maintenance work.

From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. one…MORE

In September, the Seattle Department of Planning and Development proposed a rezone of three industrial areas in Ballard. The Ballard District Council voted Dec. 9 to ask the city to reconsider a zoning change that would allow residential…MORE

On a subfreezing morning at the Woodland Park Zoo this week, the orangutans were huddled in their heated indoor area while a zoo employee broke up the ice that at one point had been a series of rivers and waterfalls.

The elephants, tapirs…MORE

The first fundraiser TEAM TRACY is putting on for the 2010 Breast Cancer 3 Day Walk is Saturday, Dec.12th, 7pm - 9:30pm, Christo's on Alki, 2508 Alki Ave.

So far we have 8 walkers on the Team, and our goal is to raise $60,000 this year...…MORE

Come wash away the challenges of 2009 and bath in the unlimited opportunities that 2010 brings to our lives by joining the West Seattle/White Center Polar Bear Swim this January 1, 2010 at 10:00 on Alki Beach.

Bring a suit, towel,…MORE

Papa John’s Pizza, 5252 California Avenue SW, donated its Dec. 8 & 9 profits to the families of the four Lakewood Police officers murdered at a Pierce County coffee shop.

"I wanted to get in and help out," said Marcy Shadow, school…MORE

The film “Princess Angeline” will premiere at the Duwamish Longhouse & Cultural Center, 4705 W Marginal Way SW, this Saturday, December 12th, at 7pm. A suggested donation of $10 for adults and $5 for students and elders will benefits the…MORE

Victims of domestic violence often are left with few options and around the holidays, women and children in those situations need even more assistance. That's the purpose of the Hickman House. A transitional housing facility that makes it…MORE

Couth Buzzard Used Books, the Greenwood store that closed its doors in September 2008, is hoping to reopen Dec. 16, but the owners need a little volunteer help to get ready.

Owner Theo Dzielak said in an email that they could use help…MORE

For the second year in a row, a gaggle of four-foot snowmen in the Greenwood-Phinney area will raise money for the North Seattle Boys and Girls Club.

Twenty-nine Seattle artists decorated snowmen, which are available for purchase through…MORE