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The sun had begun to set. As the sky darkened from deep blue to black, little lights began to glow around the track. Like candles floating on a pond, the white bags cast a glow over the people moving in a circle. As more of the lights sprang to…MORE

Seattle is making it easier for people to garden the natural way by offering discounts on compost bins.

Residents can save more than $100 on high-quality compost bins while building healthy soils and helping their plants to thrive.

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With dad's buns on the line, West Seattle resident Gayle Dunham, 56, and her three kids couldn't pass up the chance to finally get dad to run the 2008 Ironman Race in Coeur d'Alene, ID.

It was a life goal of Gayle's eldest son Todd to run…MORE

The city plans to begin implementing Surveyor, a power management software, for about 10,000 of its laptop and desktop computers.

Once installed the software will monitor personal computer use patterns and turn off machines when they are…MORE

The city and Seattle Climate Action Now have launched a pilot program called Car Free Days to encourage Seattle drivers to leave their vehicles at home to aid the city's battle in its fight against global warming.

On Sept. 7 from 6 p.m.,…MORE

Trading in her corporate job and laptop for a sewing machine in 1999, Heidi Fish knew that creating a fresh new look for swimwear was her calling.

Sewing ever since she was three years old, her grandmother Henrietta Staving-Baumann, a…MORE

While most of us were still in bed at 5 a.m., Lauren Kisser was standing on top of 14,410-foot Mt. Rainier on July 8th.

Kisser raised $5,459 for breast cancer research during the Climb to Fight Breast Cancer effort. She did it to honor her…MORE

On July 25 while Julie Robinson-Jasper was visiting her neighbor she noticed some unfamiliar faces at the vacant house next door.

When she introduced herself, Jasper learned that these were two employees from Sound Mental Health who had…MORE

Union workers at Swedish Medical Center ratified new contracts for registered nurses, service employees and technical staff. The agreement was reached after 14 bargaining sessions with SEIU 1199NW and includes across-the-board pay raises as well…MORE

Seattle Parks and Recreation has opened the Delridge Playfield wading pool, 4458 Delridge Way S.W., on Sundays until August 31, the last day of the season.

The wading pool will operate on the normal schedule and will be open and staffed…MORE