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Visiting Ugandan students inspired local schools with their recent 2008 Suubi tour of the Seattle area.

The tour consists of song and dance that is a reflection of the African culture.

Sam Green, the state's first poet laureate, has been named Highline Community College's 2008 Distinguished Alumni Award winner.

In December, Gov.

The Ballard Avenue Landmark District Board election is on Thursday, June 19, 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. The polling place is at Lagerquist & Morris, 5135 Ballard Ave. N.W. Absentee voting is currently open through June 19 at noon at the Ballard…MORE

The state has extended the Enhanced Driver License and Identification Card services to the Downtown Seattle Licensing Service Office.

The Department of Licensing began scheduling appointments last month.

It's been two months since…MORE

Due to the possible presence of salmonella in some tomatoes,

Seattle Waste Management and Cedar Grove Composting request that all residential and

business customers put suspect tomatoes and suspect raw tomato products such

as…MORE

Errors were noted in the "Five file for state legislative posts" story in the June 11 print edition.

Leslie Bloss is a female and not a male as the story says; a typographical error was in Rep. Mary Lou Dickersons e-mail address, it should…MORE

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

Due to the possible presence of salmonella in some tomatoes,

Seattle Waste Management and Cedar Grove Composting request that all residential and business customers put suspect tomatoes and suspect raw tomato products such as salsa in the…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