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This Thursday, Aug. 20, both the large lock and small lock will be closed from approximately about 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. for inspection of the Adult Salmon Exclusion Structure.

There will be divers in the water during the time period,…MORE

Voters have chosen to name Woodland Park Zoo’s male snow leopard cub “Gobi,” evoking the mighty Mongolian desert.

In total, 35,740 votes were cast from all around the world through the zoo’s naming poll.

The poll, held online and…MORE

The Maxmobile was at the Morgan Street Thriftway on Sunday, Aug. 16.

The "Max," a bright, yellow, 33-foot custom-built mobile adoption and education center, visits local stores in neighborhoods six days a week.

The Max has…MORE

A large crowd of friends, neighbors and well-wishers gathered together on a sunny Sunday afternoon to witness the official ribbon cutting of the Crown Hill Center.

The old Crown Hill Elementary building was purchased by Small Faces Child…MORE

At a special Aug. 12 meeting of the Seattle City Council Transportation Committee, Metro Director of Operations Kevin Desmond laid out the budgetary nightmare facing Metro and King County Executive Kurt Triplett's plan to deal with it.

As…MORE

The Seattle Parks and Recreation Department will offer a variety of programming for children and adults at the Alki Community Center and Alki Bathhouse this fall.  CHILDREN’S PUPPET THEATER 
 The area’s best puppet entertainers are coming to Alki…MORE

Well over 100 friends, customers, and family attended a memorial for Phoenecia Restaurant owner Hussein Khazaal Friday night, Aug. 14. Khazaal passed away in his sleep one week prior. (See previous coverage here.)

The tribute took place on…MORE

Three Ballard-area shipyards received federal stimulus funds set apart for shipyards by the Obama administration.

Lake Union Drydock Co., Foss Maritime Company and Kvichak Marine Industries Inc., all members of the North Seattle Industrial…MORE

Since 2002, Girls on the Run of Puget Sound has operated an after-school prevention program for third through fifth grade girls throughout the region and this year it finally comes to West Seattle with two new programs; one at Pathfinder…MORE

According to the Seattle School District, this year marks the first time that Seattle students’ scores were at or above the state averages in 19 out of 20 tested subjects and grades for the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) exam…MORE