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The White Center Food Bank won't run out of at least one staple anytime soon after 5,0000 pounds of potatoes are delivered there Wednesday.

35,000 pounds of potatoes are travelling to Western Washington all the…MORE

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Amid a record number of people using Metro Transit, the King County Council voted on Monday to increase bus fare under a two-step schedule.

Executive Ron Sims proposed a 50 cent fare increase as part of his 2009…MORE

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Amid a record number of people using Metro Transit, the King County Council voted on Monday to increase bus fare under a two-step schedule.

Executive Ron Sims proposed a 50 cent fare increase as part of his 2009…MORE

The Seattle City Council on Monday voted to increase parking meter rates in Ballard by 50-cents, bringing the hourly rate to $2.

The Council also increased rates downtown by $1, increasing the hourly rate to $2.50.

This increase is…MORE

The Ballard High School drama department is taking a risk on a new, never-staged work by a young playwright for their fall play.

"Even the title alone I though was a little risque for high school," said Jennifer Delaney, head of the drama…MORE

The King County Ferry District is looking at a number of possible new routes for water taxis, including one that would run from Shilshole in Ballard to downtown, for trial runs in the next two years.

The goal is to have the Ballard route…MORE

When visitors drive across the bridge and enter West Seattle, one of the first things they see is a collection of vacant lots.

But around the triangular block of Southwest Alaska Street, Fauntleroy Way Southwest and 38th Avenue Southwest…MORE

The Seattle Families and Education Levy provides many school-based, extended-day academic and enrichment opportunities for students.

For example, every afternoon at Denny Middle School the extended-day activities allow students to…MORE

After the Alaskan Way Viaduct has been replaced, West Seattle commuters may see their commute times to downtown double, making it as efficient to take the bus as drive.

Travel times - one measure of how well each of the eight proposed…MORE

After presenting an updated design of the Aurora Bridge suicide-prevention barrier, the Architect Review Committee favored the fence.

Still, the frame's size for the barrier was still seen as a possible obstruction to the bridge's view and…MORE