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After nearly six months without an executive director, the Ballard Food Bank has hired local resident Nancy McKinnon to lead the agency.

McKinnon brings experience in non-profit agency accounting and most recently was the interim…MORE

Beach Drive resident Steve Kizer cleans off felt pen grafitti last week after the presentation of the new sign for Me-Kwa-Mooks Park. The sign was marked hours after it was installed and before the Oct. 13 dedicaiton by Alan Schmitz, grandson of…MORE

As the general election nears candidates for Seattle City Council positions are campaigning heavily around hot button issues in Ballard like affordable housing.

Voters will decide four races for City Council, including three incumbents, on…MORE

The grandson of the Schmitz family in West Seattle is Alan Schmitz, not as published in a photo caption and story in the Oct. 17 issue of the Herald. We regret the error.

Thirty years of service is the theme of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Federal Way Stake as it celebrates its 30th anniversary. The Church is planning an anniversary program Nov. 16, beginning at 7 p.m. at the Federal Way Stake…MORE

Residents of Shilshole Marina's 225 liveaboard boats have been jockeying dock to dock for three years to accommodate the $80 million reconstruction project.

Unsettling, considering their occupants' slips are their home addresses. This…MORE

Escalating construction costs in the region have pressed Seattle Public Schools to accelerate by one year its plans to build a shared Denny Middle School and Sealth High School campus.

The $125 million project is part of the district's…MORE

The Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association dreams of building a commercial center - a downtown for Delridge - on the Louisa Boren Junior High School site.

First the Delridge Association must persuade the Seattle School District to…MORE

To ensure the accuracy of King County elections from start to finish, the Metropolitan King County Council has called on the Washington State Legislature to revise state law and allow counties to adopt customized procedures for conducting post-…MORE

U.S. Sen. Patty Murray and Gov. Chris Gregoire marked on Oct. 10 the beginning of traffic improvements on state routes 518 and 509 at the Tukwila light rail station, which is still under construction.

They also paid tribute to Sound…MORE