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Car thefts in the region have been declining so much the Seattle area is no longer on the top-ten list nationwide for highest number of car thefts.

The Seattle metro area was ranked sixth in the nation per capita for car thefts, but a 2007…MORE

Swedish Physician's Ballard Clinic celebrated its 15th anniversary in April with a birthday cake and a noontime staff gathering.

When the office first opened in 1993, there were only three doctors. Now there are seven physicians and 20…MORE

With boxes of bowling pins, shoes and racks of bowling balls marked for auction, a recent sale marked the end of Sunset Bowl, which first opened in Ballard in 1957.

Members of the public were free to roam around the building, poking their…MORE

Eat Local Now 2008, an event held at Ballard High School on April 29 was to help raise awareness about the need to support local farmers and their products.

"Now more than ever, with the global food crisis going on, it's important to have…MORE

Broadview homeowners are angry about the raw sewage that overflowed into their basements in December and vented their frustrations to a city official last week.

During a heavy rainstorm on Dec.

Wegger Christian Strommen, Norway's ambassador to the United States, stopped by the Norse Home and Leif Erickson Hall last Friday before viewing a nearby fishing vessel.

Norway's honorary consul general in Seattle, Kim Nesselquist, and…MORE

Highline students selected as state aerospace scholars.

Westside Baby benefit sets a raffle record.

CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. Gladys Kochalki celebrated her 100th birthday last month at the El Dorado West retirement community in…MORE

State legislators' generosity in granting larger than anticipated raises to teachers has contributed to the possible elimination of 30 district positions.

"These are positions, not people," district spokeswoman Catherine Carbone Rogers…MORE

Tukwila, the first city in the state to be certified as an official Community Wildlife Habitat by the National Wildlife Federation, will host the eighth annual Backyard Wildlife Festival on May 10.

The festival will feature a day full of…MORE

Highline School Board members focused on ways to get more students participating in athletics--especially in middle school, at an April 28 work-study session.

Athletic coordinator John Melver reported about 40 percent of the district's…MORE