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Five people filed last week for two positions in the Washington Legislature representing the Ballard area.

Up for election is the seat being vacated by long-serving State Rep. Helen Sommers, a Democrat, and the House seat now held by State…MORE

A new pizza restaurant in a quiet Sunset Hill neighborhood has been stirring up opposition recently with fears of amplified music.

Pizzeria Picolino, 6415 32nd Ave. N.W., now under construction in a row of storefronts, has applied for a…MORE

The Corner Inn is now closed, and many in the community feel they lost their most reliable friend.

Situated on the northwest corner of California Avenue and Fauntleroy Way, the Inn had a restaurant and bar, but its soul was the dance floor…MORE

Seattle City Light repair crews were responding to several scattered power outages throughout the utility's service territory June 9 after steady winds approached 35 mph.

By 8:30 p.m. about 12,000 customers were affected by the outages.…MORE

Princess-Nyosha McWilliams, an eighth grader at Pathfinder K-8 School, won the Mayor's Leadership Award and a $2,500 college scholarship.

The scholarship was the culmination of the Mayor's Scholars Awards, given this year to 19 students…MORE

Tiana Woods, an eighth grader at Whitman Middle School, won the Leighton Hilbert Scholarship Award, and $1,000 college scholarship.

The scholarship was part of the Mayor's Scholars Awards, given this year to 19 students from Seattle…MORE

Commuters along the 348th Street corridor will have to endure longer wait times and tolerate more backups as the city works to complete its remedy for Federal Way's growing pains.

During a lunch-break rush last week, drivers occasionally…MORE

While a new skate park at Lower Woodland opened last weekend and work has started on a million dollar renovation of the old tennis courts that are one of the busiest in the Seattle parks system.

The skatepark is 17,000 square feet and is…MORE

Interested in doing something good for the environment and your community now that school's out?

Summer is coming, and the Friends of the Hylebos has new restoration and habitat enhancement events planned. If you would like tobe involved…MORE

A false alarm went off last week when Seattle Parks and Recreation considered limiting bonfires this year and banning them next year in order to help prevent global warming, the wish of Mayor Greg Nickels stated in a memo referring to carbon…MORE