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Every day Seattleites hop in their cars ready to start another day. For a lucky few, the commute is easy.

Taproot Theatre's Road Company is taking its social-issues plays to elementary and secondary schools throughout Western Washington and the Yakima Valley through mid-May to teach students how to recognize bullying, inform them how to react and…MORE

Authorizing public works board projects. _By a vote of 97 to 0 the House of Representatives approved HB 2437, authorizing public works projects around the State. Of the 52 authorized projects: 10 are domestic water projects totalling $48.8…MORE

For the third year, HomeStreet Bank's Ballard branch has presented a "Great Neighbor, Great Business Award" to two Ballard-area businesses.

This year's winners are Martha Rose Construction and Origin Records.

Martha Rose has been…MORE

King County Metro Transit bus ridership increased a record-setting 7 percent last year with an estimated 110 million passenger boardings in 2007, surpassing the 103.2-million mark set in 2006.

Preliminary estimates will be finalized in…MORE

King County Metro will hold a hearing tomorrow evening on a proposal to split bus Route 17 during midday and evening so that it serves both 32nd and Seaview avenues.

Some people are concerned that change is cutting off-peak rider service…MORE

Seattle Public Utilities has been installing a lid atop the Myrtle Street Reservoir to protect the water supply, which opens up an opportunity for a new park atop the city's highest hill.

About 70 people met at the High Point Community…MORE

The print editions of the (Ballard News-Trubune) (West Seattle

Herald) (White Center News) (Highline Times) (DesMoines News) (Sea-

Tac News) (Federal Way News) will be home delivered and mailed one

day late this week due to…MORE

As you walk down Market Street in Ballard there are coffee shops, bakeries, gift stores - and Live Girls! Theater.

Wait a minute! What is a theater devoted to live girls doing in an area as wholesome as downtown Ballard? Well, it is…MORE

City Council members are considering leveraging the success of the South Lake Union Streetcar to build trolleys across the city, including a line that would link West Seattle, downtown and Ballard.

Chair of the council's transportation…MORE