The nonprofit Emergency Feeding Program of Seattle and King County says requests for emergency grocery bags is up over 25 percent over last year, while donations to the program have remained essentially static.
As the holiday season…MORE
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Finally... third runway to open
Mon, 11/17/08
After more than two decades of controversy and construction, the third runway at Sea-Tac International Airport is set to open for commercial airline flights on Thursday, Nov. 20.
With the delays, costs for the 150-ft-wide, 17-inch thick, 8…MORE
Third runway at Sea-Tac set to open November 20
Mon, 11/17/08
After more than two decades of controversy and construction, the third runway at Sea-Tac International Airport is set to open for commercial airline flights on Thursday, Nov. 20.
With the delays, costs for the 150-ft-wide, 17-inch thick, 8…MORE
WASL must be less complicated says new state schools chief
Mon, 11/17/08
West Seattle students could see some major changes in the Washington's standardized student assessment testing with the recent election of Randy Dorn as the state's superintendent of public instruction.
Dorn, a former state lawmaker,…MORE
Federal Way volunteers needed to help kids learn to read
Mon, 11/17/08
More than half of all kindergartners in our state are entering school without the social, emotional, physical and cognitive skills they need to be successful.
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Mount volunteers make sandwiches for homeless at Union Gospel Mission
Mon, 11/17/08
As the first of what might become a monthly event, six residents of Providence Mount St. Vincent made sandwiches for Seattle's Union Gospel Mission that serves the needs of the greater Seattle community, especially the homeless.
The idea…MORE
Magnolia critical of BAT lanes
Mon, 11/17/08
The Magnolia Community Club is taking issue with the Business Access and Transit lanes installed on 15th Avenue West and Elliott Avenue West over the summer because it believes the lanes present safety and congestion issues for commuters using…MORE
Patsy Cline... always a national treasure
Mon, 11/17/08
Patsy Cline is one of the most revered and most admired singers in the history of country music, in any genre for that matter. Her legacy is her subtle style of melding blues, country and heartache into beautiful music.
In the play Always…MORE
Local publisher seeks only the finest talent imaginable
Mon, 11/17/08
Kristen Morris is looking for the finest literary talent imaginable.
The West Seattle book publisher/packager is quite simply able to offer the kind of creative outlet which authors usually only dream about. Through Tigress Publishing,…MORE
Greenwood Food Bank benefit this weekend
Mon, 11/17/08
See local music for the price of a can of soup and help out the Greenwood Food Bank at a benefit concert this Friday when the owner of the Ballard Sip and Ship will host a concert at the Greenwood location, featuring Seattle indie band Ivan and…MORE
