News

At the second meeting for the Ninth Avenue Northwest park, more than 30 residents were presented with four designs culled from neighborhood input at the November meeting. Amazingly, everyone seemed to gravitate toward the same design.

The…MORE

The Ballard Food Bank, currently located at 7001 24th Ave. N.W., is moving out of its residential location into a new building in Ballard's industrial area south of Market Street.

Nancy McKinney, executive director of the food bank, made…MORE

The Market Street Singers helped raise $780 to benefit the Ballard Northwest Senior Center by performing in “Sister's Christmas Catechism” at ACT Theatre Dec. 6 and Dec. 13.

Donations were collected from the audience following the show in…MORE

With the light-rail train doors scheduled to pop open at the new SeaTac/Airport station about 10 a.m. on Saturday for the public, Sound Transit officials gave the media a preview ride between Tukwila and the airport on Thursday morning.

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Almost two dozen neighbors stopped by the East Ballard Community Association's planter project kickoff event Dec. 16 at Nervous Nellie's to learn about the project, eat the free food and share their optimism about the future of 14th Avenue…MORE

The Burien Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Services Department has been awarded a $750,000 grant from the state Salmon Recovery Funding Board to return the northern shoreline of Seahurst Park to a restored, more accessible, and more natural…MORE

West Seattle vandal Ryan Cox was arrested this morning by Southwest Precinct detectives near the intersection of 44th Avenue SW and West Alaska Street. Cox was taken into custody without incident at around 8:30 a.m. He will be booked into King…MORE

Art

Burien Arts Gallery -- Regular hours, Thurs., Fri., Sun., noon- 4 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m.- 5 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.,…MORE

The atmosphere in council chambers on Dec. 7 was best described as electric. Present were representatives from state, county and municipal government, including Senator Joe McDermott from the 34th legislative district and Deputy King County…MORE

During one of the hardest budget sessions Des Moines has faced in recent years, the Des Moines Police Guild cried foul over the council's decision to cut five police officers from the budget next year.

The city says the money is not there…MORE