The King County Housing Authority (KCHA) has won a national award honoring superior assisted housing and community development programs for the design of the Nia Apartments in White Center.
The 2009 Award of Excellence comes from the…MORE
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White Center Square takes shape
Mon, 09/21/09
White Center Square, the $11 million, acre-plus development at 15th Avenue Southwest and Southwest 100th Street is quickly rising since construction began in mid-July, thanks in part to government funding and dry summer weather.
It will…MORE
Pinwheels for peace at Explorer West
Mon, 09/21/09
On Monday, Sept. 21 Explorer West Middle School took part in an international art and literacy project, Pinwheels for Peace by “planting” pinwheels with messages of peace. This was the third year the school has participated. Sept. 21 is also…MORE
Ballard student competes for National Merit Scholarship
Mon, 09/21/09
Ballard High's Jesse V. Chugani is one of several Seattle Public School students who was announced as a semifinalists in the 55th annual National Merit Scholarship Program.
The Seattle students are among 16,000 students nationwide who…MORE
Teacher who 'knows how to reach kids' honored
Mon, 09/21/09
Ted Nutting, a 12-year veteran math teacher at Ballard High School, was presented the first ever PI Award for excellence in math education during a Sept. 17 Ballard PTSA meeting.
The award was given to Nutting by Where's the Math?, a non-…MORE
Knox trial resumes
Mon, 09/21/09
After a two-month summer break for the prosecutors, defenders, judge and jurors, the Perugia, Italy murder trial of West Seattle resident and University of Washington student Amanda Knox has resumed.
Knox, who turned 22 on July 9, has…MORE
Sophia Sandvig will vie for Miss Teen Seattle crown
Mon, 09/21/09
West Seattle High graduate Sophia Sandvig will represent the community in a teen pageant Oct. 11 at the University of Washington.
If she wins Sandvig will get an all-expense paid trip to represent Seattle at the Cities of America National…MORE
Shooting rips through Transit Center
Mon, 09/21/09
On September 17, at approximately 3:22 p.m., Federal Way officers were dispatched to a shooting at the King County Metro Transit Center located at 31621 23rd Avenue.
When officers arrived, a 19-year-old male victim of Federal Way was…MORE
Southwest Pool closed through Oct. 4
Mon, 09/21/09
The Southwest Pool, 2801 S.W. Thistle St., is now expected to remain closed at least through Oct. 4, according to the Seattle Parks and Recreation Department.
All swim programs are canceled through that date. Current lesson participants…MORE
Update: Finishing touches put on first runway project
Mon, 09/21/09
Painters on Monday, Sept. 21 completed one of the most visible elements of the first runway reconstruction project at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport as the sixty-foot designator marking "34R" was painted on the south end of the runway.…MORE
