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Des Moines' combination of waterfront and a traditional Main Street is the "perfect recipe for creating a positive downtown core" lawmakers were told July 17.

Des Moines City Council members praised the work of University of Washington…MORE

With a grand reopening on July 25, Westfield Southcenter in Tukwila celebrated a $240 million expansion that makes it the largest indoor mall in Washington and Oregon.

Gov. Chris Gregoire and Tukwila Mayor Jim Haggerton were among the…MORE

"She was David in a Goliath story" is how Kathryn Fairchild described Elda Behm, a friend and a stand-in-grandmother to her, during a memorial service for Behm on July 19.

Behm, "Paradise Garden" creator, died July 13. Behm created the…MORE

Last year at Des Moines Beach Park, Gov. Chris Gregoire signed legislation creating the Puget Sound Partnership tasked with the job of cleaning up Puget Sound.

On July 24, Gregoire returned to the park, as part of a two-day, seven-stop…MORE

The duplex of Dr. Paula Azoulay, at 2508 56th Avenue SW, caught on fire Thursday night shortly after 8 pm. She was out of town. However a tenant, who asked not to be identified, rented a basement apartment in the building. She appeared unharmed…MORE

Elizabeth gazed across the harbor to the war ships as they sailed into Elliot Bay. She held her mother's hand.

Teddy Roosevelt's Great White Fleet, on a world tour, arrived in Seattle. It was May 23, 1908. More than 400,000 citizens…MORE

Last Wednesday night more than 50 Hotwire Coffee customers and employees crowded into a shallow room at the Ginomai arts center to watch one of their own compete on Bravo's popular television show "Project Runway."

Richard "Blayne" Walsh,…MORE

With the ball already rolling on construction of a new Denny Middle School, Westwood Neighborhood Council members hope they can make their voices heard regarding future plans for the old school site.

The eventual use of the Denny property…MORE

On Saturday, Aug. 23, a number of hearty souls will swim from Des Moines Beach Park across Puget Sound to Point Robinson on Maury Island.

Funds raised by the third annual Brent Rice Memorial Swim will go toward a foundation that helps low…MORE

If you live within a few blocks of 53rd and Alki avenues Southwest, the beautiful sites and sounds of sunsets and waves have yielded to a crescendo of nasty sounds and smells of construction due to "that pump station's" upgrade.

The 22-…MORE