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Seattle Public Schools has been awarded a $503,797 grant to help enhance and fortify its readiness and emergency management plans.

Seattle is one of 92 school districts in 34 states to receive an award under the Readiness and Emergency…MORE

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Highline's Step 5 school

By Donna Stefanik

Chinook Middle School in SeaTac may be a Step 5 school in the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) formula-but it won't stay there for long if first-year principal Evie…MORE

The King County Council said on Monday it wants to audit Metro Transit to figure out how they can "best ensure the best allocation of resources in order to maintain levels of service.

?Skyrocketing fuel costs may soon lead the County…MORE

The last stretch of undeveloped shoreline on the Ship Canal was dedicated over the weekend as a safe haven for over 950,000 annually migrating juvenile salmon, including threatened Puget Sound Chinook.

At a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the…MORE

Tiana Woods, an eighth grader at Whitman Middle School, won the Leighton Hilbert Scholarship Award, and $1,000 college scholarship.

The scholarship was part of the Mayor's Scholars Awards, given this year to 19 students from Seattle…MORE

June 6, 4:05 PM Responding to a report last week in the Post-Intelligencer, Seattle Parks and Recreation Superintendent Tim Gallagher clarified that Parks does not intend to take any action this year.

A scheduled briefing is an…MORE

On Wednesday, June 4, the tide was Seattle's lowest in 92 years, at minus 4.3 feet, and cause for quiet celebration and exploration as the surface under Luna/Anchor Park exposed a spongy world.

Three brave chaperones including two teachers and a parent took nine excited students from St. Bernadette Elementary School in Burien to Safeco Field to watch the June 4 Mariners game against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

The…MORE

General Motors is serious about spreading the word about what it is doing help people deal with rising fuel costs. So serious that they sent Dave Barthmuss, Group Manager for their Western Region, Environment and Energy Communications Team to…MORE

Construction of a new plaza and pedestal for the Alki Statue of Liberty is on schedule for a ribbon-cutting ceremony Sept. 6 with groundbreaking possibly in mid-July.

Despite attracting almost $100,000 over target, the project has been…MORE