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What do you put in a time capsule?

"What will people, 50 years from now, want to know?" Andrea Mercado, director of the Log House Museum asks.

In collaboration with the Seattle Statue of Liberty Plaza Project, Mercado is collecting…MORE

The Ballard Homes for All Coalition is preparing to create car camps in neighborhood parking lots this fall for homeless people living out of their vehicles.

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Billing Revolution, a recently stealth-mode mobile commerce company, just launched its "single-click," a mobile billing and payments service designed to make it easy once and for all for retailers to sell products to on-the-go consumers without…MORE

According to the National Wildlife Federation, loss of habitat is the biggest threat to wildlife in America today.

To address this it established the Backyard Habitat Certification Program to encourage development and maintenance of…MORE

Nearby residents opposed to the proposed Emerald Pointe condominiums overlooking Seahurst Park got what they wanted from the Highline School Board on Sept. 10 but the developer's consultant said the project will go forward.

Board members…MORE

At the time the Denny party landed on Alki Point in 1851, the Duwamish Tribe lived in over 90 longhouses on 54,000 acres in what is now Seattle, Renton and other suburbs.

While Duwamish members assert historic claims, buttressed by 4,000…MORE

SeaTac Mayor Ralph Shape called it "the biggest thing to hit not just SeaTac, but all of South King County" following a groundbreaking ceremony for a new 48,000 square foot YMCA at South 188th Street and 37th Avenue South.

The new YMCA…MORE

The Board of Trustees of the Seattle Community Colleges last week named Dr. Jill Wakefield the next chancellor of the multi-campus district.

Wakefield, currently president of South Seattle Community College, will assume responsibilities on…MORE

Anticipation is building in the Waterland community as volunteers continue to plan a year of festivities that will celebrate Des Moines' 50th anniversary as an incorporated city in 2009.

A full calendar of activities promises to involve…MORE

A slate of transportation projects - from construction on Spokane Street this week, to replacing the Alaskan Way Viaduct starting in 2012 - will disrupt traffic and business in West Seattle and several transit programs hope to alleviate the mess…MORE