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State Rep. Joe McDermott, D-West Seattle, last week was appointed by the King County Council to the state Senate.

McDermott replaced Erik Poulsen, who resigned earlier this month to become a lobbyist on energy issues.

"It's an honor…MORE

The Highline Community College Board of Trustees has retained National Search and Education Consulting (NSEC) to assist them in their search for a new college president.

NSEC is an educational consulting firm with experience in conducting…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

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

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

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

Inspection results show no additional settlement of the Alaskan Way Viaduct between Columbia Street and Yesler Way, and no new structural damage.

"It's always good news when we do not see additional settlement, but we still need to move…MORE

On October 26, Centerstage Theatre presents its fifth annual murder mystery dinner. This year's performance is entitled "The Object."

Little Amber Pinchski is a very cute little girl. And she has a very unusual talent.

Seattle's industrial lands are the source of good paying jobs for 25 percent of the city's workforce, but industry owners worry that growing pressure to build condos and apartment buildings on land zoned for industrial use threatens their…MORE