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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

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

West Seattle's newly appointed state senator, Joe McDermott, has been named to three Senate committees.

McDermott will serve on the Early Learning and K-12 Education, Governmental Operations and Elections and Judiciary committees.

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The very sad shooting of a man on I-5 near 320th on Christmas Day is still being investigated by the Washington State Patrol and Federal Way Police.

The tragic incident involving 11-year veteran State Patrolman S.

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

The Washington State Patrol says it plans to "vigorously enforce the state's new law against sending text messages while driving," now that the law is in effect.

"Texting while driving was always a bad idea," said State Patrol Chief John R…MORE

Burien City Council members voted 4-2 on Dec. 17 to approve comprehensive plan amendments that place no restrictions on the size of retail businesses in the Northeast Redevelopment Area.

The action followed a lengthy discussion about…MORE

From a new face to downtown, complete with the transformation of a 4-acre abandoned movie theater into a state-of-the-art high rise center with residential and retail space, to a state-of-the-art community center that will certainly emerge as a…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