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The board of the King County Ferry District has adopted a plan, budget and financing for the operation next year of the West Seattle Water Taxi and the Vashon Island passenger-only ferry.

Besides the Vashon ferry and year-around Water Taxi…MORE

The city has released design plans for the much anticipated, and in some cases dreaded, "missing link" portion of the Burke Gilman Trail from 11th Avenue Northwest to the Ballard Locks.

The 1.5-mile gap has been the source of great…MORE

The annual Community Food and Toy Drive for Des Moines and Federal Way is now in high gear, and South King Fire and Rescue is asking for the public's generosity once again.

Donations of canned goods, non-perishable (dry) food items and new…MORE

The meeting may not have resulted in any definitive action from the seven-member City Council, but for the crowd of opponents of the proposed development in Northeast Tacoma (and a stone's throw away from the Federal Way line), the venting…MORE

For the first time in the program's 28-year history, there are more than 1,000 vans in operation, supporting a record ridership of 1.9 million passenger trips during the first nine months of 2007.

Although the van programs have shown…MORE

A long time advocate for housing rights, John Fox might not be an obvious leader for social change and economic justice.

It was inspiration, not hardship, which led Fox to spend the last 30 years of his life challenging the structures of…MORE

Passenger ferry service from the Des Moines Marina to downtown Seattle is set to begin in 2010.

The King County Council, acting as a ferry district board, authorized on Nov. 13 the Des Moines/South Puget Sound run as one of five…MORE

The desire for low-cost housing shouldn't put residents in harm's way, according to Sen.

Four charges of aggravated first-degree murder were re-filed by King County prosecutors last week against Leemah Carneh, who currently is being held at Western State Hospital.

Carneh, 26, is charged with the slaying in March 2001 of four…MORE

The Des Moines City Council approved on Nov.