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Mayor-elect McGinn will be hosting three town halls during the transition The town halls will continue the mayor-elect's work to hear from community members and will be an opportunity for members of the public to share ideas with the mayor-elect.…MORE

Mayor Greg Nickels today announced that city employees have raised more than $1.1 million for local charities as part of the annual Combined Charities Campaign. The effort also drew pledges for 17,500 volunteer hours.

“In this time of…MORE

Crown Hill resident Drexie Malone spent five months, from June to October, picking weeds, trimming plants and removing cigarette butts in the gardens around the Ballard Public Library. She was a volunteer, but she was also an outlaw.

The…MORE

The City of Federal Way Police Department is announcing the installation of new School Zone Speed Cameras and additional Red Light Safety Cameras.

The speed cameras are located near the Twin Lakes Elementary School and the Saghalie…MORE

It was a busy morning in West Seattle and White Center for Attorney Tricia Lapitan Tuesday, Nov. 24. She woke Rafael at 7:15 am. Ten minutes later she got Rich out of his deep slumber. Another 15 minutes passed, and she woke up 13 young people…MORE

Tuesday’s swearing-in of County Executive Dow Constantine means there is now a vacancy in Council District 8. The Metropolitan King County Council received 11 applications from individuals who are seeking to replace Constantine on the County…MORE

King County Metro Transit will operate with a Sunday schedule on Thanksgiving, Thursday, Nov. 26, and will have a reduced weekday schedule on Friday, Nov. 27. Metro reminds bus riders that it will be operating on a reduced weekday schedule on…MORE

The Ballard NW Senior Center needs the help of neighborhood theater-lovers.

The Dec. 1 showing of Taproot Theatre's "It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play," was meant to be a fundraiser for the senior center. But, after an Oct. 23 arson…MORE

Gov. Chris Gregoire and the state Department of Ecology approved clean water projects in Ballard, as well as Spokane and Olympia, worth a total of $5.6 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding Nov. 24.

Project proponents…MORE

The Seattle Department of Transportation will nearly double the number of cameras providing real-time information to the city and the public by adding 57 traffic cameras this year.

“Crews are installing traffic cameras in Ballard, City…MORE