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Burien City Council members voted July 21 to adjust the assessed added value of the only residential property within the First Avenue South renovation project.

The lawmakers voted 4-2 to reduce the assessed value of Harold and Sheila Dunn'…MORE

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

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

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

The Seattle City Council has unanimously voted to place a six-year, $73 million levy for improvements to the Pike Place Market on November's ballot.

The last major renovations to the market were made in the early 1980s with $50 million in…MORE

On July 10, the Des Moines City Council approved a draft resolution to the South Transit board of directors endorsing a South Transit 2 plan for light rail.

Council supported the extension of light rail to South 272nd Street and encouraged…MORE

Mayor Greg Nickels signed an executive order in March to end the city's practice of buying bottled water for city employees and for public events because he said Seattle's water is reported to be "amongst the best in any major city in North…MORE

A city, just like a person, gets to celebrate its 50th birthday only once.

And Des Moines community leaders came up with dozens of ideas at a recent "summit" to make the Waterland city's 50th anniversary a special year-long occasion.