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The $500,000 development of White Center Heights Park will kick off this week as volunteers take up shovels and hammers for a seven day transformation of the undeveloped land.

Hundreds of employees from Starbucks, a major donor of…MORE

Seattle Congressman Jim McDermott has introduced the Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act.

The proposed law would transform the Unemployment Insurance program to meet the growing needs of a workforce changed dramatically since the…MORE

Mayor Greg Nickels has presented scholar awards to outstanding middle school students for service to their schools and their communities.

Each student received $500 that can be used for education or donated to a charity. Criteria for…MORE

Environmental activist Beverly Duperly Boos appeared at the Ballard Public Library to present a downsized, but poignant, version of Al Gore's global warming "slide show" to a small audience.

The lecture, called "Climate Change: The Time is…MORE

A technical review by the Federal Highway Administration of the Burke-Gilman Trail extension from Northwest 60th Street to Golden Gardens Park has delayed the project by about two months, according to the Seattle Department of Transportation.…MORE

A long-time fixture in Ballard, Jacobsen's Marine, is gearing up to leave the community for a new home at the Port of Edmonds as early as next year, said Terry McCartney, co-owner of the company on Northwest Market Street.

McCartney and…MORE

The City of Seattle hopes the threat of heavy fines will pressure negligent landowners to follow the rules.

A new program, called "Clean up Your Act," will increase fines for landlords and property owners who refuse to repair run down…MORE

Governor Christine Gregoire has signed a law which, among other things, provides "repose" for the Seattle Monorail Project.

This is another major milestone in the work undertaken after the November 2005 election to close down the agency.…MORE

For the first time in history, candidates for public office in Washington will file for office in June.

The filing period begins Monday, June 4, and ends Friday, June 8.

Candidates for city and county councils, school boards, and…MORE

Des Moines residents once could take water taxis to Seattle and Tacoma. But that was over 50 years ago.

Now the Puget Sound Passenger Ferry Coalition wants to bring a water taxi back to the Waterland community.

"We've been looking…MORE