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Editors Note: News year's day was pretty frantic at Burien's Three Tree Point this year. As we headed for the annual Polar bear New Year's day plunge we noted a lot of commotion on the beach where we discovered a beached 25 foot sail boat…MORE

The Polar Bare Plunge at Three Tree Point went off with only a few stiches for the sixth time on New Year's Day. All 26 of the brave souls survived the shivery dip and were rewarded with wild cheering. No casualties have been reported but one…MORE

Mayor Greg Nickels has asked the City Council to provide free bus passes to all city employees by 2009, part of an effort to get more people our of their cars and reduce global warming pollution.

As a first step, the city would double the…MORE

Ground has been broken on a new $3 million Learning Center to serve women and families at the redeveloped Greenbridge public housing community.

The YWCA Learning Center will feature classrooms, state-of-the-art communications and computer…MORE

On a recent mid-morning, and the Admiral Way Metropolitan Market was bustling with activity. In addition to it being the day before Thanksgiving - a consistently busy day for the retail food industry - the store was launching its new "REbag," a…MORE

Vehicle owners in our state have a new option for having fun with their license plates and supporting worthwhile causes.

The Department of Licensing is now allowing our state's recently expanded selection of specialty license plates to be…MORE

The latest biennial survey measuring residents attitudes about interactions with Seattle Police and crime are generally positive, though there are still areas for improvement, say city officials.

This year's survey of 1,205 Seattle…MORE

Alissa, Skot, Jesse, Wilf and Mimi Pierson are just one family of the many thousands who are suffering this year.

Nine month old Mimi Pierson was diagnosed with liver cancer at three months old. Mimi received a liver transplant but now…MORE

In 2003, the concept of the "Grow Your Own Teacher" program was born from a desire to reach out and extend the Highline School District's recruiting arms to find dedicated professionals in local communities who want to be educators.

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Seattle will lobby the Legislature for tax breaks should it annex the North Highline unincorporated area.

Both Burien and Seattle have designated North Highline as a potential annexation area.

SeaTac recently targeted the Boulevard…MORE