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According to Achieve, Inc., a group formed by State Governors to tackle educational issues, Washington ranks 39th in High School completion rate.

Furthermore, we rank 50th-that's right, dead last-at the percentage of students who make it…MORE

The Woodmont Elementary School Music Department is in need of piano keyboards to teach a unit of piano to sixth grade students. Any gently used keyboard of good musical quality would be taken in donation, preferably Casio or Yamaha brand, with a…MORE

Five local seniors were honored on September 14 during the Foss Home and Village's Senior Appreciation Reception for their volunteer work.

The awardees included : Sid and Hilda Andrews (see Sept. 5, News-Tribune); Vivian Harlin, Bitterlake…MORE

Star Hang Nga Rush, of Ballard, has been named director of the Center for Liberal Arts at Bellevue Community College.

Established in 2002, the Center for Liberal arts enriches the BCC educational experience through programs that expand…MORE

Ethelda Burke has been appointed Tukwila schools' interim superintendent, effective Oct. 17. The Tukwila School District Board of Directors at a regular board meeting on Sept. 11 made the appointment.

Burke recently resigned as Deputy…MORE

Clever special effects, handcrafted fangs and an eerie original musical score that plays almost nonstop throughout the show ramp up the thrills and chills in Burien Little Theatre's Dracula by Steven Dietz.

Burien Little Theatre's 2007-08…MORE

The South Park community will celebrate the construction of its own skate park later this year; likely before any skate features are built under Seattle's citywide skate park plan.

Adjacent to Cesar Chavez Park, the branch library, and the…MORE

Preliminary work got underway Sept.

Alki's new bronze replica of the Statue of Liberty needs both a taller, lighted pedestal and a new plaza with commemorative brick pavers, according to the majority of people attending a Seattle Parks and Recreation public meeting in the Alki…MORE

Burien council members are pondering their next move in the wake of a recent state Court of Appeals decision that upheld a $10.71 million judgment against the city.

This is the latest chapter in an ongoing land-use dispute that began…MORE