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Macy's essay contest

Madison Middle School sixth grade student Alia Paddock recently won the Macy's "Follow a Leader" essay contest.

The competition involved writing a letter to one of 26 Seattle business leaders. Alia chose to…MORE

Mayor Greg Nickels has nominated Julie Nelson as the new director of the Seattle Office for Civil Rights.

Nickels selected Nelson after an extensive nationwide search, headed by a committee made up of community representatives and…MORE

Seattle City Light is urging its customers to be on guard against telephone con artists posing as utility bill collectors.

A City Light customer reportedly received a phone call from people claiming to be a City Light employee.

Battle scarred Highline veterans of the war against construction of the third runway at Sea-Tac International Airport are not surprised by an audit critical of the Port of Seattle.

The state audit released late last month charged the port…MORE

Is 30 too many? Is 30 enough?

Thirty is the number of people appointed to the new Alaskan Way Viaduct Stakeholder Advisory Committee, chosen to represent commercial, community and civic interests surrounding what will replace the center…MORE

Politics takes center stage later this month in Breeders Theater's 13th production, Crazy/Naked, at E.B. Foote Winery, 127-B S.W. 153rd St., Burien.

Written by Highline playwright T.M. Sell, Crazy/Naked is directed by Doug Knoop with music…MORE

At least one prominent corner in Ballard might be sans condo since a city board decided last week to consider the 43-year-old Manning's/Denny's building for landmark status, potentially halting a planned eight-story development there.

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Fred Ashbaugh was pictured standing on the balcony of his home in the Dec. 12 Times/News. During the Dec. 3 storm, dirt from his front yard collapsed and slid into Cove Point Road and a home below.

Ashbaugh was misidentified in the cutline…MORE

New state Rep. Sharon Nelson has been appointed to legislative committees. She will serve on Agriculture and Natural Resources, the Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government and Audit Review, and Local Government committees.

"I…MORE

Seattle Public Schools have hired Don Kennedy as the district's new chief financial and operations officer.

In the newly configured position, Kennedy assumes the responsibilities of former Chief Operations Officer Mark Green and former…MORE