A planned retail development and parking garage at the old Airport Plaza Hotel location in SeaTac is set to go ahead, although light rail will take a greater chunk of the site than expected.
Sound Transit plans to purchase about 50,000…MORE
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Financing for Des Moines foot ferry
Tue, 05/29/07
The Elliott Bay Water Taxi and Metro shuttles from the dock to Alki, Admiral Way and the West Seattle Junction will be permanent year around under the King County Ferry District approved recently by the King County Council.
A newly revised…MORE
'Free Ballard:'a city at heart
Tue, 05/29/07
The bumper stickers and T-shirts that read "Free Ballard" are a novelty to some, something to pick up as a souvenir from your visit to that cute little Scandinavian neighborhood with all the chic boutiques and trendy restaurants on the outskirts…MORE
Mother sentenced in brutal murder of 6-year-old daughter
Tue, 05/29/07
Samara Spann was sentenced in King County Superior Court to 23 years in prison for the macabre murder of her 6-year-old daughter, Kyeimah, in White Center in 2004.
Prior to sentencing, King County Deputy Prosecutor Kristin Richardson…MORE
Tukwila's Foster High School recycling students celebrate end of project
Tue, 05/29/07
Foster High School's leadership class will celebrate the end of a recycling awareness project on Friday, June 1, by hosting a community barbeque.
The 3:30 p.m. event will take place at the school at 4242 S. 144th St.
MOREFerry district created to increase Des Moines options
Tue, 05/29/07
The King County Council recently expanded potential transportation options for county residents by creating a King County Ferry District.
Passenger-only ferry service to South Puget Sound and Vashon Island, or across Lake Washington to the…MORE
It's in the water: Ballard falls to Seattle in close vote
Tue, 05/29/07
With new mills opening monthly along Salmon Bay in the early 1890s the community grew rapidly. An embryo business district was developing along Ballard Ave. The sounds of sawing and hammering were heard seven days a week as small neat houses…MORE
The arts give kids new hope
Tue, 05/29/07
In an old brick building in the Youngstown neighborhood with colorful pictures of peacocks lining the halls and cheerful, beautiful voices resounding through the halls lives The Power of Hope, an organization that stands for "empowerment through…MORE
SeaTac's Valley View marks closure of unique school
Tue, 05/29/07
When word got out that the Highline School District was planning to close SeaTac's Valley View Elementary, support poured in from former students trying to save it.
At a public hearing to discuss the proposed closures, former Principal…MORE
Water taxi may dock in Des Moines
Tue, 05/29/07
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
