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The Coast Guard has become aware that some fishermen engage in the practice of working all day and, then in the evening, allowing their vessels to drift while the entire crew sleeps.

This practice is dangerous and is a violation of basic…MORE

The South Park Bridge, which spans over troubled water, is in trouble itself.

While the Duwamish River needs to be cleaned, the bridge above may need to go. The 78-year-old bridge cannot yet be retired, and must continue to carry 18,000…MORE

On a gray Saturday, June 7, men and women gathered at the Des Monies Marina parking lot to compete, not for money or endorsement money but for pride, glory and the chance to test themselves in the Strongman Nationals in Utah later this year.…MORE

Ask the hardy nine and ten-year old kids at the Marine Hills Pool last weekend if the weather was too cold for swimming and you would probably be splashed in reply.

"It's not cold!

Errors were noted in the "Five file for state legislative posts" story in the June 11 issue.

Leslie Bloss is a female and not a male as the story says; a typographical error was in Rep.

Despite dreary spring weather, the Elliott Bay Water Taxi is off to a strong start, registering a 17 percent increase in riders over last years record-setting pace.

The downtown-to-Seacrest Park run served a total of 29,340 riders since…MORE

Highline Community College awarded local businessman and former college trustee Jerry Robinson an honorary degree at its 2008 commencement ceremony on June 12.

Robinson, 88, who served as a trustee from 1989-99, built the Robinson…MORE

Metro already has put six new articulated hybrids buses into service and the remaining new hybrid coaches are in the process of being serviced and will be deployed within the next few weeks.

Other hybrid buses already in the fleet will be…MORE

Advocates for elementary school counselors, special education social workers, and middle school soccer coaches made their cases June 11 before Highline Public Schools board members facing a $3.5 million budget shortfall.

Teacher Zoe Asprey…MORE

Interest rates are not the only thing growing at one local bank, vegetables are too.

Maggie McKelvy, the branch manager at HomeStreet Bank, came up with the idea of turning landscaping into a garden when she found a link to a New York Time…MORE