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Despite rising fuel costs, the King County Ferry District Board of Supervisors have voted to hold the line on fares for passenger-only ferry service between Vashon Island and downtown Seattle.

They say you must learn to crawl before you can walk, but sometimes you must fly before you can drive.

That's because the batteries used in certain popular radio-controlled model helicopters may soon find their way under the hoods of our…MORE

To be in the company of Stu Hennessey of Alki Bike and Board is to be with the kind of guy you might hear on the radio, talking about life as it is, and could be. Nearly everything Hennessey says is worth writing down, whether he's talking about…MORE

It's "books over beach" for more than 100 area high school students taking part in on-campus summer programs designed to help them improve their academic skills and success.

The free summer sessions at South Seattle Community College also…MORE

It is one of the most painful art forms available, yet the permanent body art of tattooing is no longer just for bikers or sailors. Today, tattoos have fully entered the mainstream and their clientele is much more diverse.

Gone from the…MORE

All too often, by the time police are called to search for a missing child, it's too late.

After yet another attempt by community members to prevent the combination of Denny Middle School and Sealth High School, a recent ruling has kept the project on track.

On June 2 the Seattle Committee to Save Our Schools, a community group…MORE

A coalition of community organizations and the Family Resource Center are sponsoring a back to school resource fair for SeaTac families on Aug. 22.

The event is supported by businesses, community members, and service groups.

The…MORE

In an alarming new trend the National Institute on Drug Abuse has determined that while the majority of drug use is down, prescription drug and medicine abuse is rising and the statistics are particularly alarming for young people, 20 percent of…MORE

In February, Robinson Newspapers reporter Tim St. Clair died at age 57 of pancreatic cancer.

Called "a legend in West Seattle journalism," St. Clair worked nearly 20 years for the West Seattle Herald/White Center News.

Now, Sheila…MORE