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The Seattle City Council welcomed Mayor Mike McGinn and City Attorney Pete Holmes, and new Councilmembers Sally Bagshaw and Mike O’Brien at today’s swearing in ceremony. Newly-elected and returning Councilmembers Richard Conlin and Nick Licata…MORE

Seattle Public Schools will adopt instructional reading materials for core Language Arts courses in grades 9-11. If you are a parent of community member who would like to provide feedback on the lists, Seattle Public Schools would like to hear…MORE

Art Burien Arts Gallery - Regular hours, Thurs., Fri., Sat., Sun., noon- 4 p.m. 421 S.W. 146th St. 206-244-7808. www.burienarts.org.

Evergreen Fine Art Gallery - Tuesday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. 17700 1st Ave. S., Normandy Park.

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Highline Public Schools has refinanced 2002 bonds, resulting in a savings to taxpayers of more than $8 million over the next five years.

The savings flow directly to taxpayers through reduced tax levies. The dollars cannot be used for…MORE

He only started his job on Nov. 1, but Steve Gilbert glows with optimism at the prospect of working in Burien.

The self-proclaimed optimist was hired as the new executive director for Discover Burien, an organization that works with the…MORE

At the 2009 Washington State School Director's Association annual conference, six Tukwila School District students, five from Foster High School and one from Showalter Middle School, shared their stories with conference attendees.

The…MORE

Conventional wisdom leads us to pity the person who chooses to open a business in the midst of the current recession, but there are small retailers who thrive in a risky economic climate — traditionally bars, repair shops, education and other…MORE

The Three Tree Point Polar Bear Plunge brought in a new decade of brave but crazy souls who chose to swim in Puget Sound on January 1st.

They were competing for the right to display the drift wood trophy, complete with polar bear…MORE

With New Years Eve just 10 hours behind them, over 50 revelers doused themselves into the not-so-warm waters off Alki Beach Jan. 1. They took the occasion, the 10th annual Alki Polar Bear Swim, to celebrate not just the new year, but the…MORE

Swedish’s first baby of the new year and the first baby born in the medical center’s centennial year was born at 6:41 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2010. Grace Weber, the new daughter of Courtney and Dave Weber of West Seattle made her early morning arrival at…MORE