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Mayor Greg Nickels wants to keep commercial and retail development off industrial land and has announced an initiative to strengthen zoning protection for industry and manufacturing in Seattle.

The purpose, Nickels said during a press…MORE

Residents of northwest Burien neighborhoods packed a Sept. 19 public hearing to voice opposition to the proposed Emerald Pointe on the Sound condominium development.

Westmark Development, which has had this project on the drawing boards…MORE

Ballard's first "cottage housing," a cluster of individual homes that share some open space, will be developed on two lots at 2203 and 2213 Northwest 60th Street.

A vacant one-story commercial building and a single family house west of it…MORE

The Seattle fireboat Leschi sprays water behind the Sea Scouts' 44-foot gaff-rigged training ketch, Yankee Clipper. The boats were out off Alki recently during the replacement ceremonies for the new bronze Statue of Liberty. Photo by Steve Shay…MORE

The Highline School Board on Sept. 19 threw its support behind proposed congressional action to grant legal residency to undocumented children educated in the United States.

According to the board's resolution, "...under the American DREAM…MORE

As new residential development around Ballard and the rest of the Puget Sound region is completed, rents will likely start to level out by 2010, according to Mike Scott of Dupre and Scott Apartment Advisors.

But it's not all good news for…MORE

The chief executive officer of the Port of Seattle is Tay Yoshitani. His name was misspelled in the Sept. 19 edition.

Repairs to Southwest Suburban Sewer District's main trunk line along Miller Creek near Sixth Avenue Southwest got a lot of public attention last week with a giant Sikorsky helicopter hovering overhead.

The Sikorsky helicopter transported…MORE

While longtime area residents may murmur in dissatisfaction at the latest project rising up in condo-crazed Ballard, the offering at 2034 Northwest 56th Street may cause a louder response than usual.

That's because the six-story, 166-unit…MORE

The city of Seattle's Department of Planning and Development recently told a group of Crown Hill community members they would not recommend that 15th Avenue Northwest be designated as a Pedestrian Zone.

A city-wide process, The…MORE