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Moshier Community Art Center Potters have teamed up with the Highline Food Bank and Discover Burien to sponsor Empty Bowls 2009 on Jan. 30.

Lunch will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., while dinner will be served from 4 to 8 p.m. at…MORE

A prayer was made. The sun came out. And with the snip of a bright red ribbon the Duwamish Longhouse and Cultural Center opened its doors for business, pleasure, and a cold lesson in the realities of a tribe being placed back onto a map by those…MORE

Developers of a proposed 179-room hotel next to Angle Lake Park want the hotel to share the park's access road.

The existing site for the planned Residence Inn on the park's south side is right-in and right-out only, preventing guests from…MORE

At the Southwest District Council meeting on Jan. 7, King County Metro Transportation Planner Jack Lattemann said West Seattle could see Rapid Ride service by 2011.

Rapid Ride was first introduced in 2007 and was designed to improve travel…MORE

The 2009 Des Moines budget, which included major cuts and increased taxes to fill a $2.7 million shortfall, was barely passed by the Des Moines City Council on Dec. 22.

After a lengthy discussion, Mayor Pro-tem Dan Sherman as well…MORE

A damaged BMW in the Seacrest Pier parking lot became further mangled when booby-trapped and ignited Saturday. No worries.

Funding for the Mt. Rainier Pool generated the most conversation at the Jan. 8 Des Moines City Council meeting.

The main question regarding the pool was whether or not it had the support of the citizens of Des Moines and Normandy Park.…MORE

Elected leaders have decided to replace the ailing Alaskan Way Viaduct with a deep bore tunnel, ending years of debate between city, county and state officials.

Most funding would have to come from the state, with some help from the county…MORE

State Rep. Zack Hudgins (D-Tukwila) has been appointed by the House Democratic Caucus to serve as Majority Floor Leader throughout the 2009-10 legislative biennium.

This is Hudgins' fourth two-year term in the House of Representatives,…MORE

After our article "A Half-Century of Happiness for the Olsens," appeared in our West Seattle Herald 12-29-08 issue, an Olsen family member contacted us to point out the following inaccuracies.

Jerry Olsen, Ken and Donna's son, is an…MORE