The Port of Seattle Commission has adopted the Northwest Ports Clean Air Strategy, a joint effort to reduce seaport-related air emissions with the Port of Tacoma and the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority.
The pact, initially released last…MORE
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Problems remain for Morgan park
Tue, 04/15/08
People living around the Morgan Junction met again recently and mused over various real and perceived problems.
The former monorail property, a ProParks Levy site, incorporated popular aspects of three designs for its 'final approved…MORE
City to provide free trees to residents
Tue, 04/15/08
This fall, the Department of Neighborhoods will be providing free trees for planting on residential streets in Seattle neighborhoods.
Applications are accepted from groups of neighbors and are due on Friday, August 15, 2008.
This is…MORE
Raising 'pennies for penguins'
Tue, 04/15/08
Humboldt penguins at the Woodland Park Zoo have outlived their 60-year-old home, and plans are underway to build them a state-of-the-art natural exhibit area.
The zoo is conducting their "Pennies for Penguins Community Coin Drive",…MORE
Frustrated novelists, apply here
Tue, 04/15/08
Have you always wanted to write a book?
Ballard writer Robert J. Ray is ready to help get your story in print.
Ray is holding a workshop "Start Your Novel Today!" that will be more structured than Ray's "Writing Practice" sessions…MORE
No legislative bid for Scheckler
Tue, 04/15/08
Des Moines Mayor Bob Sheckler publicly announced on April 10 that he will not run for a vacant legislative seat in the 33rd District.
Sheckler said last month he was exploring the possibility of running for the seat in the House of…MORE
Cruise season now underway
Tue, 04/15/08
The 2008 cruise season got underway April 1 and will bring new ships and more economic benefits to the region, says the Port of Seattle.
The cruise business has grown exponentially since 1999, when just six ships and 6,600 passengers…MORE
Two Des Moines residents named as heroes
Tue, 04/15/08
Des Moines residents Daniel Castillo and Justin Moser were honored recently by the American Red Cross Serving King & Kitsap Counties as three of its 2008 "Everyday Heroes."
Castillo, Moser and 16 other "Everyday People, Everyday Heroes…MORE
Beauty on wheels, not heels
Tue, 04/15/08
It's not your typical pageant. No evening gown competition, no swimsuit challenge, these contestants strut their stuff on wheels, not heels. This pageant is Ms. Wheelchair Washington, where beauty lies in the heart and soul of each contestant.…MORE
St. Alphonsus school held first health fair
Tue, 04/15/08
St. Alphonsus Parish School held its first health fair, a four-day event celebrating good nutrition, exercise, hand washing, vision care, germ avoidance, and "blood and guts."
That ear-catching theme boasted interactive anatomical exhibits…MORE
