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Highline cities continued their economic development plans in 2007 while Burien dealt with affordable-housing advocates who opposed demolition of the Lora Lake Apartments.

Burien and Seattle's dispute over North Highline annexation was not…MORE

It's not difficult to see how incredibly impressed Mary Faber is with the new Federal Way Community Center.

After a wait of more than three years, she now helps administrate one of the state's largest community facilities.

The…MORE

Mayor Greg Nickels was unanimously elected chair of the Sound Transit board.

Nickels is a long-time advocate for a regional light rail system, first as a King County councilman and later as Seattle's mayor, where he lead effort to get…MORE

Evan Renwick is not your normal 14 year old.

While most of his peers spend their idle moments basking in video games and text messaging, Evan dons a brightly-colored spandex outfit, slips into a pair of biking shoes and takes off like a…MORE

Starting in March, the city will repave and repair much of a major route to Seattle Center and points north.

The repaving project will include Denny from First Avenue, Elliott and Western, 15th Avenue to the south end of the Ballard Bridge…MORE

Federal help is on the way for King County residents recovering from damage caused by the mid-December storm and flooding.

Major damage in the Highline area was in Shorewood, where about 20 homes were damaged or destroyed by a mudslide.…MORE

The Seattle City Council's 2008 budget, which was passed last month, includes almost $350,000 to fund rental and relocation assistance to help displaced renters.

Residents pushed out of their homes due to high rent increases or who have…MORE

Recognizing its busiest year ever, Sea-Tac International Airport honored in December a Seattle family's 3-month old baby boy as its "30 Millionth Passenger" for 2007.

This marked the first time that more than 30 million passengers have…MORE

King County Councilman Dow Constantine was recently recognized for his heritage preservation work with 2007 Landmark Deeds Awards for Public Service from the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation.

The awards are presented to public…MORE

The paving contractor that did the work on California Avenue Southwest ending last August, will be "correcting minor deficiencies and remaining restoration" during the next few weeks, the Seattle Department of Transportation says.

Some…MORE