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The city currently offers funds for the city’s various neighborhoods through its Department of Neighborhoods division, and council members questioned city officials about changes that might affect this funding at the Southwest District Council…MORE

The Value Village thrift store in Ballard will be be relocating a few blocks south after the Crown Hill QFC closes next week.

Value Village is currently located at 8700 15th Ave. N.W. The QFC, which is closing Oct. 17, is located at 8532…MORE

Boeing Employees Credit Union spent part of Oct. 7 filming a commercial in Ballard.

As part of an ad that features real BECU members, crews set up inside Cupcake Royale on Market Street before heading to Golden Gardens for another shot.…MORE

The Samoan community in and around the West Seattle area has been hit hard with tragedy by the recent tsunami that took the lives of some of their loved ones back in their South Pacific homeland.

You can help by contacting Southwest Youth…MORE

Final designs were presented Monday, Oct. 5 to the community for improvements and additions to the existing Greenwood Park, located at 602 N. 87th St.

It was the culmination of work by residents, the Vision Greenwood Park Steering…MORE

Two fare changes will go into effect on Sunday, Oct. 11, according to the Washington State Department of Transportation Ferries Division. On that date, the peak season surcharge ends and a systemwide 2.5 percent fare increase goes into effect.…MORE


The next Southwest District Council meeting will discuss the Community Parking Program, the Neighborhood Matching Fund Program and other topics at its next gathering Wednesday, Oct. 7.

The meeting will take place at its usual location…MORE

After about a year of studying parking in the West Seattle Junction, the Seattle Department of Transportation is making several suggestions to “improve parking management” in the area, which include adding two-hour time limits next to businesses…MORE

The West Seattle Junction Association will host trick-or-treating in the Junction this year, sponsored by area merchants, on Halloween, Oct. 31 from 1 to 3 p.m.

The event includes a movie on the wall, a raffle, a food drive and more.…MORE

Seattle School District officials have unveiled proposed boundary maps as part of its new Student Assignment Plan that splits district elementary, middle and high schools into “attendance area” zones, which students will be assigned to based on…MORE