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With sweat on their foreheads and smiles of relief on their faces six Sealth High School students and an 80-pound fourth-grader from Gatewood completed their 5492-mile bicycle ride on Earth Day, April 22. They rolled into the high school right on…MORE

The city of Des Moines has carried over $309,712 less from 2007 than planned, city council members were told April 24.

City Manager Tony Piasecki said he has to sit down with Finance Director Paula Henderson to figure out how, or if, this…MORE

Bureaucracy continues to delay the Charlestown Street Cafe's reopening.

The popular dining spot closed when struck by fire Feb. 4 and had planned to be reopened by May 1. The grand opening has been backburnered until sometime in June,…MORE

On Wednesday evening, May 14th, those seated in the historic Des Moines IOOF Hall will be taken back in time with a screening of rare memorabilia from the 1909 Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition.

The world's fair in Seattle marked the tenth…MORE

A citizen committee appointed by the Seattle City Council to

advise the Council on whether to place a parks levy on the fall 2008

ballot will hold three community meetings throughout Seattle during the

month of May. These…MORE

Seattle City Council member Richard McIver's proposed changes to a tax exemption plan aimed to increase the amount of affordable housing in the city would reach lower income earners than the version released by Mayor Greg Nickels last year.

Do you own an old home in Ballard and want to learn more about its history? The Ballard Historical Society's spring lecture "Ballard Residential Architecture from 1880 to 1930," is coming up on May 8.

Caroline T. Swope, PhD and…MORE

The Elliott Bay Water Taxi kicked off its seasonal commuter service Sunday morning from Pier 55 to Seacrest Dock on Alki.

Capacity is 250 on the Argosy's MV Sightseer, but only five embarked at Pier 55 for its first 12-minute or so…MORE

Seattle City Council member Richard McIver's proposed changes to a tax exemption plan aimed to increase the amount of affordable housing in the city would reach lower income earners than the version released by Mayor Greg Nickels last year.

A new mid-day hourly shuttle service from Golden Gardens to Fremont is slated to begin in the fall and Metropolitan King County Council member Larry Phillips is eager to take the credit.

After an abortive hearing last winter in which over…MORE