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The new Seattle School District superintendent, Dr. Maria Goodloe-Johnson, spent her first day on the job attending classes.

On July 9, her first official day in the job, the superintendent toured West Seattle High School, where she sat in…MORE

Highline Medical Center has been recognized by the Premier healthcare alliance as a top performer nationwide in hip and knee replacement procedures.

One of only six hospitals to receive the 2007 Premier Award for Quality for excellence in…MORE

Ballard's Kvichak Marine and Nichols Brothers Boat Builders of Whidbey Island have joined forces to build two149-passenger ferries that will be 85 percent cleaner than the 2007 Environmental Protection Agency regulations require.

The…MORE

A pair of rulings by the Central Puget Sound Growth Management Hearings Board last week rejected complaints filed by Seattle and Burien, each against the other, over potential annexation of the North Highline unincorporated area.

"This…MORE

In last week's issue, Russell Simmons was incorrectly identified. Simmons is the co-founder of the Def Jam record label and an author. He was not a member of the hip-hop group Run DMC.

King County's sewer utility crews responded early Saturday morning to a small wastewater overflow at the Murray Avenue pump station after a power failure shut down pumping equipment about 4:30 a.m.

A backup power generator came on about 10…MORE

The Metropolitan King County Council last week unanimously confirmed Sherril Huff as director of the King County's Records, Elections and Licensing Services Division, with praise for her leadership in implementing the council's recommendations…MORE

The last vestige of the former Park Lake-now Greenbridge neighborhood is the Jim Wiley Community Center, which officially reopened Friday after a $5 million remodeling job.

The pyramid-like 1980 building is the only structure in the…MORE

Alki's new bronze Statue of Liberty is cast and paid for, but there's not enough money yet to build the plaza around it.

A fundraising campaign for the project ran out of steam after the organization Northwest Programs for the Arts had…MORE

Summer will sizzle with diversions both quirky and wonderful, from jugglers to a sausage-eating contest, during the Olde Burien Block Party on Saturday, July 14.

Among the amusements planned from noon to midnight are performers of every…MORE