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The Seattle City Council voted on Monday to appropriate $12 million to the Spokane Street Viaduct improvement project, but a gap in financing still remains.

Construction could start this summer and would widen the Spokane Street Viaduct…MORE

The Friends of the Hylebos recently earned the Land Stewardship Award from the Cascade Land Conservancy.

The regional land trust bestowed the award on the Friends at its annual Conservation Awards breakfast May 1 at the Washington Trade…MORE

Find out more about the replacement to the Alaskan Way Viaduct - and voice your opinion as to what that should be - there are various ways.

One is to attend a meeting in Ballard is from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 15, in the…MORE

West Seattle residents can forget about a streetcar as a means of getting in and out of the neighborhood to downtown Seattle - at least for now.

A West Seattle-downtown route was one of nine potential routes the Seattle Department of…MORE

State Representative Skip Priest announced this week that he will seek his fourth term as 30th District Representative.

The candidate is inviting the public to a campaign kickoff celebration Sunday, May 18, from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. at the…MORE

State Representative Mark Miloscia gripped his steaming cup of Poverty Bay coffee with both hands as he waited his turn to speak.

He had the look of a man in search warmth on one of those chilling, rainy Northwest days that somehow catches…MORE

TACKLING THE MOUNTAIN. Photo of Des Moines nursery owner Lyn Robinson who will climb Mt. Rainier this summer to raise money to combat lung disease.

Des Moines food bank will hold benefit dinner.

North Highline council election set…MORE

The hit TV show "Dancing with the Stars" may satisfy spectators parked in their reclining chairs, but some West Seattle residents are waltzing onto the dance floor and learning to cha cha with their own happy feet. Ballroom and Latin dance…MORE

A streetcar route connecting the heart of Ballard with Fremont and downtown is one of four "promising" trolley routes the Department of Transportation is unveiling this week to spur off the South Lake Union line.

The Ballard/Fremont…MORE

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