To recognize the effect of condominium conversions on displaced renters, the city council unanimously have passed an ordinance that penalizes developers and property owners who fail to notify eligible renters of tenant relocation assistance.…MORE
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Viaduct to get semi-annual inspections
Tue, 10/09/07
Washington State Department of Transportation maintenance crews will close the Alaskan Way Viaduct for its semiannual inspections this weekend.
Since the 2001 Nisqually earthquake, the department has conducted a full inspection of the…MORE
Port cool on condos near Terminal 5
Tue, 10/09/07
A development group wants to build housing, retail stores and restaurants on a site between Harbor Avenue and Terminal 5, but Port of Seattle officials are dubious about having people living that close to an industrial site.
Owned by the…MORE
Paving begins on 16th Ave S. in south Des Moines area
Tue, 10/09/07
Scarsella Brothers Inc. is preparing to grade and place the initial layer of paving on 16th Avenue South in Des Moines between South 272nd and South 260th Streets.
The paving work, which is weather dependent, is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m…MORE
Phinney Ridge bucks condo trend
Tue, 10/09/07
While condominiums and townhouses pop up in the heart of downtown Ballard, another part of the area - a stretch of Northwest 65th St. in the shadow of Phinney Ridge - is celebrating being the antithesis of the current condo development trend and…MORE
Six periods shouldn't change enrollment
Tue, 10/09/07
Seattle School District officials said current enrollment at West Seattle High should remain about the same after it transitions from a four to a six period schedule, based on an initial analysis.
At a second community forum last week,…MORE
Kids with asthma are helped
Tue, 10/09/07
More than 23,000 children in King County are suffering from a health condition that is largely preventable and manageable, yet their families are largely unable or unaware of how to help.
The majority of these 23,000 children come from…MORE
$84,762 raised for sports at golf classic
Tue, 10/09/07
The money for an $84,762 check was raised at a golf classic in August sponsored by the Ballard High School Foundation. At left is Ballard High Principal Phil Brockman with Victor E. Salvino, class of 1951 who came to Seattle from Dallas for the…MORE
MURAL BEING RESTORED
Tue, 10/02/07
Muralist Glenn Case restores a mural on California Avenue, just north of Edmunds Street. The mural depicts California Avenue in 1918, where streetcars of the West Seattle line branched north and the Fauntleroy line headed south along California…MORE
Des Moines election case is settled
Tue, 10/02/07
A $140,000 settlement in a case involving state campaign law violations prior to the 2001 Des Moines city election was announced last week by the Attorney General's Office.
TME Capital Group, Environmental Materials Transport and Monarch…MORE