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Mayor Greg Nickels today announced the release of the city’s draft Pedestrian Master Plan, the first citywide action plan aimed at making walking safer and easier in Seattle.

Launched by the mayor’s 2005 Pedestrian Safety Initiative,…MORE

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According to the King County Medical Examiner's office, the lady found dead just outside the White Center Safeway on Roxbury has been identified as Teresa A. Fernen,…MORE

A new Fremont P-Patch, the Hazel Heights community garden, opens Monday with a celebration with supporters, neighbors and elected officials.

The event will take place at Hazel Heights, 4200 Baker Avenue Northwest (corner of Baker and…MORE

The Seattle School District presented to the public a preliminary draft of its new Student Assignment Plan that is scheduled for implementation this fall, but some local parents are petitioning against it out of concern the new system could force…MORE

The Southwest District Council met Wednesday evening and discussed the Seattle Department of Transportation's (SDOT) proposed Restricted Parking Zone (RPZ) legislation with MaryCatherine Snyder, a strategic advisor for the transportation…MORE

After hearing that RapidRide had received a federal grant, King County Council member Larry Phillips has decided to ask Metro Transit to prioritize RapidRide services when balancing the agency’s projected $100 million annual budget shortfall in…MORE

While the 2008 Parks and Green Spaces Levy will fund nine different projects in West Seattle, more funding could still be used toward additional projects in the neighborhood.

The levy includes a $15 million opportunity fund, which will be…MORE

The King County Water Taxi's first full month in April, despite the rain, was deemed successful by the county with a total of 20,361 passengers riding the West Seattle-to-downtown passenger ferry.

“This answers the question of whether the…MORE

Skillet Street Food, the popular mobile kitchen, will be serving West Seattle for the next four weeks at Seattle Lutheran High School's parking lot on 41st Avenue Southwest and Southwest Genesee Street said executive chef Josh Henderson.

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Greenwood resident Narda Curlee had been a dance instructor for nearly five decades. Since a car accident in 2007 injured her leg and ended her instructing career, Curlee has had trouble entering and leaving her home.

She can no longer use…MORE