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Angela Griffin enjoys a challenge.

The Norman Center YMCA's newest director speaks with the confidence of a woman eager to give the center a facelift and restore one of the Federal Way's treasures into the public asset the community…MORE

Mayor Greg Nickels is seeking candidates for the Citizens' Telecommunications and Technology Advisory Board for terms starting in January 2008.

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

The Seattle Department of Neighborhoods is adding more hours and more places for passport applications, offered Tuesday through Saturday.

Ballard Neighborhood Service Center, 5604 22nd Ave. N.W. Tuesday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and…MORE

As the crime of graffiti vandalism continues in the city, nonprofit group Seattle Paint-Out has targeted a variety of neighborhoods, including Ballard, for graffiti-cleaning in the near future.

The group recently held its annual Seattle…MORE

"Will the last small business in Ballard please turn out the light?" reads a sign painted across the front window of the now closed Nick's Boats and Motors at the corner of 7th Avenue and Northwest 65th Street.

As well as signifying the…MORE

The Seattle Housing Authority has agreed to consider purchasing the Lock Vista Apartment building to preserve the moderate rentals.

"We're sure willing to take a look at what we can do," said Virginia Felton, spokesperson for the Seattle…MORE

Mayor Greg Nickels announced last week his 2008 proposed budget includes $3.5 million to help fund 84 permanent supportive housing studio apartments for chronically homeless people.

Half the units at the Plymouth Housing Group's First and…MORE

A lawsuit to prevent the Port of Seattle from demolishing the Lora Lake Apartments was roundly criticized last week by Burien City Council members.

Calling the action "unfortunate," Mayor Joan McGilton said the King County Housing…MORE

Rhapsody Partners, the development firm that wants to tear down a Ballard Denny's Restaurant to build a six-to-eight story condominium, plans to nominate the 1960's building for landmark status.

"We want to make sure that things are going…MORE