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The desire for low-cost housing shouldn't put residents in harm's way, according to Sen.

Four charges of aggravated first-degree murder were re-filed by King County prosecutors last week against Leemah Carneh, who currently is being held at Western State Hospital.

Carneh, 26, is charged with the slaying in March 2001 of four…MORE

The Des Moines City Council approved on Nov.

Sound Transit will provide $120,000 for environmental restoration along the Duwamish River to settle two Department of Ecology penalties for water pollution violations on the Sound Link light-rail construction project.

The penalty will pay…MORE

Increased coyote sightings and the suspected killing of a dog by a coyote in North Seattle were featured in a KING 5 news report on Nov.

The Port of Seattle is beginning the final phase of home buy-outs for its third runway project.

The port, operators of Sea-Tac International Airport, will purchase 29 single-family homes and apartments in the approach transition zone north…MORE

Passenger ferry service from the Des Moines Marina to downtown Seattle is set to begin in 2010.

The King County Council, acting as a ferry district board, authorized on Nov. 13 the Des Moines/South Puget Sound run as one of five…MORE

A handful of West Seattle residents joined homeowners with solar power across the country recently and opened their doors to citizens curious about solar energy.

Participants in the 12th annual National Solar Tour hoped to inspire others…MORE

Mayor Greg Nickels has added $3.5 million to his 2008 proposed budget to help fund 84 permanent supportive housing studio apartments for chronically homeless people.

Half the units at the Plymouth Housing Group's First and Cedar project…MORE

More than 350 volunteers are needed to prepare tax returns throughout King County for United Way of King County's Free Tax Preparation Campaign.

United Way of King County will operate the Free Tax Prep Campaign at 16 sites throughout King…MORE