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Friends of the Sunset Hill Substation will try appealing to the "green" side of political leaders to save a small parcel of surplus city property for community use that could otherwise be sold to developers.

Residents began organizing this…MORE

Federal help is on the way for King County residents recovering from damage caused by the mid-December storm and flooding.

Major damage in the Highline area was in Shorewood, where about 20 homes were damaged or destroyed by a mudslide.…MORE

On December 25, at approximately 2:30 p.m., Washington State Patrol received numerous 9-1-1 calls from motorists regarding a disturbed individual on the interstate interfering with traffic.

Witnesses described a white male running from the…MORE

Starting in March, the repaving - from the foot of the Ballard Bridge, on 15th Avenue, Elliott and Western, to First and Denny - is planned to be "minimally disruptive."

The Seattle Department of Transportation intends to keep all lanes…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

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

Gerry Kingen, owner of Salty's on Alki, is considering building a "boutique hotel" in the parking lot south of his Harbor Avenue restaurant.

Boutique hotels are usually more intimate and more expensive than hotel chains, so Kingen plans to…MORE

Dr. Larry King likes animals, and he likes medicine.

He decided that becoming a veterinarian would be a "good combination" of these two passions, and so upon graduating from Colorado State University, King joined the Lien Animal Clinic in…MORE

King County Councilmember Julia Patterson, D-SeaTac, was unanimously elected last week as chairwoman of the council for 2008.

_Councilman Dow Constantine, D-West Seattle, was named Council Vice-Chairman for Policy and Chairman of the…MORE