The Greater West Seattle "Neighbors in Business" Open House is set for Tuesday, June 5, from 5 to 8 p.m. in the Brockey Conference Center at South Seattle Community College in West Seattle. Businesses from throughout West Seattle and White Center…MORE
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State offers cancer vaccine for 11- and 12-year-old girls
Tue, 05/29/07
The human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine and a vaccine that protects young children against rotavirus are now available at no cost to children in our state. The two new vaccines give parents the ability to protect their children against two…MORE
Congressman McDermott wants overhaul of unemployment insurance system
Tue, 05/29/07
U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott has introduced the Unemployment Insurance Modernization bill.
The proposed law would transform the unemployment insurance program to meet the growing needs of a workforce that's changed dramatically since the…MORE
Financing for Des Moines foot ferries
Tue, 05/29/07
The Elliott Bay Water Taxi and Metro shuttles from the dock to Alki, Admiral Way and the West Seattle Junction will be permanent year around under the King County Ferry District approved recently by the King County Council.
A newly revised…MORE
Seattle-based opportunists met to chart the future of Ballard
Tue, 05/29/07
The summer of 1887 stands as a turning point in the early history of Ballard for that was when a number of parties joined forces to form the West Coast Improvement Company - the enterprise that "sold Gilman Park" that, in turn, directly led to…MORE
New principals appointed for West Seattle High and Roxhill Elementary schools
Tue, 05/29/07
Superintendent Raj Manhas and Chief Academic Officer Carla Santono have announced principal appointments for the 2007-2008 school year. The appointments are a result of a "rigorous, three-phase process" that began in fall 2006.
"As we see…MORE
Ferry district created to increase water taxi options for Des Moines
Tue, 05/29/07
The King County Council recently expanded potential transportation options for county residents by creating a King County Ferry District.
Passenger-only ferry service to South Puget Sound and Vashon Island, or across Lake Washington to the…MORE
Ballard got its name by coin toss
Tue, 05/29/07
Ballard acquired its name as a matter of chance.
Indeed, the name was literally the result of a flip of a coin along with a 1880s nickname for a train stop. Before it became Ballard, the little community on Salmon Bay was known for about a…MORE
Metro orders hundreds of new buses
Tue, 05/29/07
King County plans to purchase up to 500 new buses that will help deliver one of the biggest bus service expansions in Metro history.
Most of the buses will be articulated hybrids manufactured under a contract believed to be the largest of…MORE
SeaTac garage project pending
Tue, 05/29/07
A planned retail development and parking garage at the old Airport Plaza Hotel location in SeaTac is set to go ahead, although light rail will take a greater chunk of the site than expected.
Sound Transit plans to purchase about 50,000…MORE