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Mayor Greg Nickels has announced new proposed regulations for building townhomes, spurring concern from builders worried about the impact on future developments.

Covering 10 percent of the city, newer townhomes have been an ongoing sore…MORE

In 2006 Tryg Littlefield and his three band mates quit their jobs. Littlefield gave up the home he'd purchased in West Seattle seven years earlier for a life of couch-surfing and Top Ramen dining. All this for the chance to tour and play his…MORE

Plans to install a suicide-prevention barrier on the Aurora Bridge are moving forward as a citizen advisory committee continues to meet and discuss proposed designs.

The Aurora Bridge, officially named the George Washington Memorial Bridge…MORE

Tomorrow, July 29, Lander St , from 1st Ave S to 4th Ave S, will be closed to through-traffic from 5 a.m. to 3 p.m. The closure is necessary in order for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad to make emergency repairs on the westerly tracks…MORE

Upset that the School District went forward with the Chief Sealth High School and Denny Middle School project without getting much community involvement, residents at a Westwood Neighborhood Council meeting said they still found the design for…MORE

Proximity to downtown Seattle and Sea-Tac International Airport, affordable land, and cooperative municipal leaders; those were the key attributes of Southwest King County touted to developers and real estate investors at a recent economic forum…MORE

With a grand reopening on July 25, Westfield Southcenter in Tukwila celebrated a $240 million expansion that makes it the largest indoor mall in Washington and Oregon.

Gov. Chris Gregoire and Tukwila Mayor Jim Haggerton were among the…MORE

"She was David in a Goliath story" is how Kathryn Fairchild described Elda Behm, a friend and a stand-in-grandmother to her, during a memorial service for Behm on July 19.

Behm, "Paradise Garden" creator, died July 13. Behm created the…MORE

Last year at Des Moines Beach Park, Gov. Chris Gregoire signed legislation creating the Puget Sound Partnership tasked with the job of cleaning up Puget Sound.

On July 24, Gregoire returned to the park, as part of a two-day, seven-stop…MORE

According Washington State University's Center for Real Estate Research, the average rent for a one-bedroom apartment in King County is $900 a month.

The yearly salary for a first-year teacher in the Highline School District is $32,000.