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Teenagers who love to tango or to swing and ballroom dance?

"It's a nice change from the normal dancing we do," says West Seattle High senior Sophia Sandvig.

With four high schools left to go, the Seattle Public School District is making their final transition from using yellow buses to using King County Metro to transport students next year.

The program will cost less and will allow students…MORE

The Des Moines Waterfront Farmers Market - the only farmers market in the state dedicated to environmental farming practices -- opens on Saturday, June 7, at the South Marina Park.

The Des Moines market is one of three in the Highline area…MORE

Dog owners who walk their critters in the Fauntleroy Watershed have been caught by some kids in primary school with letting Fido walk without a leash where a leash is required.

Those kids at KapKa Primary School on Phinney Ridge became…MORE

Last Oct. 10 Maria Cantwell headlined the grand opening of Propel Biofuels' fuel station at Bernie's Automotive in Ballard, its first of 15 planned. The senator praised the $3.59 per gallon biodiesel for its renewability, minimal discharge of CO2…MORE

Nikolas Maryan (3) of Federal Way is already a good driver. He motored down the sidewalk recently in his electric tractor with dad Tony Maryan not far behind. Nikolas is getting a good start. He's been in driver training since he was nine months…MORE

Yes, it's a landmark, but go ahead and knock it down.

After voting to protect the Ballard diner as a city landmark in February, the Seattle Landmark Preservation Board voted reluctantly, but unanimously, last Wednesday not to impose any…MORE

The Hi-Liners non-profit youth theatre organization has hired Esther Margaret O'Farrell as its first marketing director.

O'Farrell developed her management and marketing skills at Microsoft.

She has worked in the non-profit sector…MORE

Karma Kreizenbeck has been selected as the new executive director of New Futures.

New Futures is a Burien-based nonprofit that operates programs to assist low-income children and their parents in several Highline apartment complexes.

John Lowe is a man on a mission--His 14th, to be exact.

On April 10, 1945, Lowe was on that 14th mission as a 19-year-old waist gunner aboard a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" over Brandenburg, Germany.

Suddenly, bullets from a…MORE