News

With more than 150 great gift ideas to choose from - including many affordable options - King County's Waste Free Holidays program could be a solution for holiday shopping budgets.

Now in its thirteenth year, Waste Free Holidays encourages…MORE

Industry leaders are upset over the approval by the Seattle City Council to increase height limitations in the West Dravus and 15th Avenue area because they believe the change endangers the industrial base of the area.

"We said if they…MORE

As the Seattle Department of Transportation determines whether the city's 2009 budget will allow for the repaving of Fauntleroy Way Southwest, the department is exploring the idea of restriping the road to better accommodate bicyclists and…MORE

For those baby-boomers who grew up watching "KING's Klubhouse" with Stan Boreson, nostalgia abounds in this year's ChoralSounds Northwest Christmas concert.

Boreson will perform some of his Scandinavian-flavored parodies of Christmas…MORE

Metro bus fares are going up next year and again the year after.

The Metropolitan King County Council adopted an ordinance Nov. 17 that will raise the cost of Metro fares to cope with a projected $90 million budget shortfall.

The…MORE

Feeling the economic crunch? Worried about the rising costs of energy bills? Low-income families in Seattle may qualify to receive a 50 percent reduction on their utility bills through the Seattle Human Services Department's Utility Discount…MORE

SPECIAL TO THE TIMES/NEWS

SeaTac Finance director Michael McCarty says the city's fiscal restraint has put them in a good position to withstand the financial difficulties the nation is experiencing.

At the Nov. 25 SeaTac City…MORE

Phase 1 of the construction on Ballard Corners Park at 17th Avenue Northwest and Northwest 63rd Street is completed and Phase 2 construction could start as early as December, though with some possible changes due to a lack of funds.

Due to…MORE

The city paved 41 lane-miles, making $24.3 million in improvements to the Denny-Western-Elliott-15th Avenue corridor, Fifth Avenue through the heart of the business district, the Boren-Madison corridor and First Avenue South in south downtown.…MORE

As part of a county-wide movement to encourage local, sustainable holiday celebrations this year, SoCoCulture.org, the South King County Cultural Coalition, has joined King County Executive Ron Sims and the mayors of several south county cities…MORE