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Des Moines faces a 1.4 percent decline in revenue in 2009 compared to the current budget year, city council members have been informed.

"The [city's] revenue forecast for 2009 reflects the economic slowdown," with Washington revenue…MORE

Why don't you spice up your life with a visit to the Burien Art Gallery? It's that little house nestled in the woods across from the Burien library on S.W. 146th Street.

The main floor houses the works of Doris Jew Conrath and Mark Eaton…MORE

Get a good chuckle watching wiener dogs race, a new event at the family-friendly Boo in Burien on Saturday, Oct. 25.

The frightful festivities run from noon to 5 p.m. and include trick or treating, kids costume contest, haunted house,…MORE

In response to an impending $90 million budget shortfall, the King County Prosecutor announced that he has raised the limits on property and drug crimes that will be tried in superior court, passing the burden of court and jail costs to the…MORE

When Federal Way Mayor Jack Dovey took this year's Mayor's Day of Concern and turned it into a month-long call for community food donations, he never could have imagined the literally tons of food that would be donated and the outpouring of…MORE

Are pawn shops a good place to get a short-term loan and buy inexpensive items in this tight economy or a magnet for criminals?

SeaTac lawmakers grappled with the questions on Oct. 14 as they discussed allowing a pawn shop to set up…MORE

It was a big day for Sal's Deli in Burien last week. A group of students from Highline High School chose to employ their artistic talents and decorate the windows of several area businesses to announce their big Homecoming celebration. Jim Hughes…MORE

Nov. 30, 1993 I got the call. "They're in the culvert!" whispered the voice on the other end, as if it might not be true if she said it out loud.

It was Nancy Malmgren. Members of the Carkeek Watershed Community Action Project had been…MORE

The city-appointed board that reviews major mixed-use projects in the area was happier with the massing of a six-story 234-unit apartment building set to replace the Sunset Bowl at the second meeting to review the project, but they had some…MORE

The Ballard Historical Society has unearthed photographs of Ballard fashions from the community's early years and compiled them into the 2009 Ballard Historical Society calendar.

Laura Cooper, vice-president of the society, said they came…MORE