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After six years of planning and negotiating, the city of Burien finally has approved the purchase of a nine-acre portion of the Seahurst Park area for $750,000.

Council members voted 5 to 1 at their Sept. 10 meeting to approve the purchase…MORE

Second-graders Reed Lower and Sara Golliver negotiate garden chores to help complete Phase 1 of Lafayette Elementery School's playground remodel. About $350,000 was raised for the project, which includes a new grass field surrounded by an asphalt…MORE

Slightly more than half (56.4 percent) of the Highline district's high school seniors have passed required state tests and are on track with class credits to graduate this spring.

However, 84 percent have passed both the reading and…MORE

Cable internet and television provider Comcast chose Robinson Newspapers as one of the subjects of an upcoming testimonial advertising campaign.

Quisenberry Marketing and Design, working with the Wylen Group from New York conducted…MORE

Work is again underway on the Burke-Gilman Trail extension from Northwest 60th Street to Golden Gardens, following a three-week pause to finalize permitting requirements.

The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) was…MORE

Mayor Greg Nickels plans to increase spending for neighborhood transportation projects to enhance public safety, and improve neighborhood streetscapes.

Following a city outreach effort, Nickels responded by adding $2 million to the city's…MORE

Throughout this month, community initiated projects that would add sidewalks and make other improvements to many Ballard streets are vying for a piece of the city's neighborhood street fund from the "Bridging the Gap" levy.

The projects…MORE

Mayor Greg Nickels wants to keep commercial and retail development off industrial land.

Nickels has announced an initiative to strengthen zoning protection for industry and manufacturing in Seattle. The purpose, Nickels said during a press…MORE

Mayor Greg Nickels made a recent on-foot inspection of the Crown Hill neighborhood, but it was not a walk through the path of least resistance.

He appeared gracious and receptive as organizers of the Crown Hill Neighborhood Association and…MORE

Spurred in part by the potential conversion the Lock Vista Apartments to condominiums, Ballard residents expressed anger and frustration last week over the depleting pool of affordable housing here.

Seattle's director of housing joined…MORE