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Mayor Greg Nickels has urged the Seattle City Council to take action by the end of the year on legislation he says could create hundreds of new, affordable homes for working families.

Nickels proposed the "Seattle Homes Within Reach"…MORE

The future of Swedish Hospital in Ballard seems more assured than in the past.

Eight months into his new position as president and chief executive officer of Swedish Medical Center, Dr. Rodney F.

The heavy downpour early last week that besieged the state did not spare Ballard as a mudslide collapsed the freshly-paved Golden Gardens Drive Northwest, the winding wooded road between Northwest 85th Street and Golden Gardens Park.

The…MORE

The QFC on 24th Avenue Northwest closed Dec.

We all know Christmas is for kids-and the kid in all of us.

And we also suspect that it would not really be Christmas in Highline without the annual ChoralSounds Northwest holiday concert.

This year, young people from KidSounds…MORE

Most residents of Puget Sound are familiar with the sights of a summertime beach walk. The moon snails, starfish, Dungeness crabs and octopuses.

But these critters don't vanish during the winter.

The city of Tukwila has a big reason to celebrate: it is turning 100 in 2008.

Highline residents can help fight hunger and make the holidays brighter for those in need by donating food items or money to Southwest King County food banks.

Food banks rely on donations for 80 to 90 percent of the assistance they receive…MORE

Mayor Greg Nickels has proposed an update and rezone to the city's multi-family code, which includes eliminating parking requirements in urban centers and incentive zoning to bring in more affordable homes and rentals.

The changes are…MORE

With a hood over his head and mittens to ward off the cold, Terry Cunningham sells the homeless newspaper Real Change in front of the Bartell Drugs store in Ballard and the money he earns helps him survive.

Cunningham is fortunate, after…MORE