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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

King County Councilman Dow Constantine was recently recognized for his heritage preservation work with 2007 Landmark Deeds Awards for Public Service from the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation.

The awards are presented to public…MORE

Recognizing its busiest year ever, Sea-Tac International Airport honored in December a Seattle family's 3-month old baby boy as its "30 Millionth Passenger" for 2007.

This marked the first time that more than 30 million passengers have…MORE

The paving contractor that did the work on California Avenue Southwest ending last August, will be "correcting minor deficiencies and remaining restoration" during the next few weeks, the Seattle Department of Transportation says.

Some…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