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Update: 5:15 p.m., Tuesday Due to still-icy streets in many areas and the possibility of more snow overnight, Metro will be operating approximately half of its regular weekday service on Wednesday, Dec. 24. 

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Councilmember Sally Nelson was appointed to chair the 2009 Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Advocacy Committee of the National League of Cities (NLC). Councilmember Nelson?s appointment was announced today by NLC President Kathleen…MORE

As the district moves closer to making a final recommendation regarding school closures, parents and staff at West Seattle schools have grown frustrated with the process and are voicing their objections to the school board.

To address a…MORE

It was a tough week in Highline and the Puget Sound area with snow, ice, cold, wind, power outages and more. There were numerous fender-benders on the slippery streets. Highline and Tukwila public schools closed for several days as did area…MORE

Update: 5:15 p.m., Tuesday Due to still-icy streets in many areas and the possibility of more snow overnight, Metro will be operating approximately half of its regular weekday service on Wednesday, Dec. 24.

Construction has officially begun to transform the empty one-fifth-acre lot just south of the Beverage Place at 6413 California Avenue Southwest into a piazza-like park. Once slated for a future monorail station, the site will have green spaces,…MORE

Extra funding beyond the $2.8 billion committed to replacing the viaduct, which will be necessary to pay for a bored tunnel to go with a surface-transit scenario, should come from local taxes or tolling.

Committee members, who fought snow…MORE

Consider falling asleep one night knowing you're only 17 years old, but when you wake up, you're two years older.

To the average person this may be unimaginable, but for Alanna Wong, a former upcoming tennis star at West Seattle High…MORE

Eric Lanzillotta is sitting behind a counter on the wide-open top floor of Resolution Audio Video on Leary Way. He's surrounded by blackness; the walls, floor, ceiling and railing; even the half-filled CD shelves are black.

Lanzillotta's…MORE

After last week's full city council vote, Seattle Parks had been approved for the purchase of both Seattle School District surplus properties Webster Park and Crown Hill Elementary; however they do not expect to close in on any deals until mid-…MORE