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Another multi-million dollar development in Ballard will expand the Olympic Athletic Club on Ballard Avenue and bring a four-star hotel to the neighborhood.

In February the health club owners purchased two properties adjacent to the club…MORE

HB 1128

Making operating appropriations for 2007-2009. By a vote of 31 to 17, on April 22, the Senate approved HB 1128. By a vote of 60 to 36, also on April 22, the House approved HB 1128, which would make appropriations to the 2007-09…MORE

An Air Force flight nurse from Burien was promoted to the rank of major on March 29.

Teresa Trillo has been a member of the Air Force Reserves for 29 years, serving in both the enlisted and officer corps.

During 2005 she deployed…MORE

Metro's weekday express route 197, which serves Southwest King County, is part of the transit agency's extended Wi-Fi pilot project that was launched earlier this month.

Route 197 buses stop at the Kent-Des Moines Road park and ride…MORE

Mark Elster can remember when the parking meters in Ballard charged 10-cents an hour and parking spaces were available on the street.

That was back in the late 1970s. Parking has changed dramatically since then.

In late 2005, the…MORE

Seattle City Light said last week its customers should be on guard against telephone con artists posing as utility bill collectors who appear to be targeting customers with Asian surnames in the West Seattle area.

Several customers have…MORE

Sherril Huff has been named the new director of the King County Records, Elections and Licensing Services Division.

Huff, who was twice elected as Kitsap County auditor, has served as King County's assistant director for the division since…MORE

The Seattle School District has agreed to a three-year contract and a $240,00 annual salary for its new superintendent.

Maria Goodloe-Johnson will begin work here on July 9.

"We are thrilled to have Dr. Maria Goodloe-Johnson…MORE

Thanks to an appropriation of the Washington Legislature, a neighborhood center at High Point is within $2.5 million of the $10 million having enough money to build an 18,500 square-foot building.

The Legislature included $2 million for…MORE

For weeks, Jill Ochsner has been glued to her television set. The evening of April 18 was no exception.

It was a memorable night as she watched Sanjaya Malakar be voted off of American Idol. Ochsner knows Sanjaya well-especially his famous…MORE