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The Seattle City Council last week voted unanimously to place a six-year, $145 million Parks and Green Spaces Levy on November's ballot.

The Council voted in favor of a levy package that would fund acquiring parks and green belts;…MORE

Mayor Greg Nickels has announced new proposed regulations for building townhomes, spurring concern from builders worried about the impact on future developments.

Covering 10 percent of the city, newer townhomes have been an ongoing sore…MORE

In 2006 Tryg Littlefield and his three band mates quit their jobs. Littlefield gave up the home he'd purchased in West Seattle seven years earlier for a life of couch-surfing and Top Ramen dining. All this for the chance to tour and play his…MORE

Plans to install a suicide-prevention barrier on the Aurora Bridge are moving forward as a citizen advisory committee continues to meet and discuss proposed designs.

The Aurora Bridge, officially named the George Washington Memorial Bridge…MORE

Tomorrow, July 29, Lander St , from 1st Ave S to 4th Ave S, will be closed to through-traffic from 5 a.m. to 3 p.m. The closure is necessary in order for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad to make emergency repairs on the westerly tracks…MORE

Upset that the School District went forward with the Chief Sealth High School and Denny Middle School project without getting much community involvement, residents at a Westwood Neighborhood Council meeting said they still found the design for…MORE

Proximity to downtown Seattle and Sea-Tac International Airport, affordable land, and cooperative municipal leaders; those were the key attributes of Southwest King County touted to developers and real estate investors at a recent economic forum…MORE

Approximately 650 miles of Seattle city streets are without sidewalks.

According to the Seattle Department of Transportation, to replace each of the block faces would cost an estimated $19.9 million annually for 50 years.

While the…MORE

Dressed in a sleek, black jogging suit and a pair of Nike shoes, Arbor Heights Principal Dr. Carol Coram is ready to run.

And bike. And swim.

Coram is planning to participate in the Danskin Women's Triathlon on Sunday, Aug. 17,…MORE

These days, most folks don't know that South 320th Street used to be called Webb Center, or that State Route 99 used to be called the Seattle-Tacoma Road.

A new program to add historical names to local streets signs will hopefully connect…MORE