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Shane Rock has been hired as the interim executive director of the Ballard Food Bank and will spend several months assessing the needs of the program.

"I will look at the organization's history, what is good, what can be improved and see…MORE

The Seattle Parks and Recreation Department installed a temporary restroom at the Ballard Commons Park last week to ease pressure on the facilities of nearby businesses.

A green, portable toilet was placed on the northwest corner of the…MORE

A long tradition of comfort food and 24-hour service that has served generations will end by early 2008 as the wrecking ball comes crashing down on Denny's restaurant to make way for a six-story condominium.

Rhapsody Partners purchased the…MORE

The public housing facility, Cal-Mor Circle near the Morgan Street Junction is undergoing renovations including replacing unit kitchen and bathroom fans, refinishing 1st floor common areas with upgrades to public bathrooms; replacing exterior…MORE

A series of new flagpoles and a stone marker will be installed at Ballard's Bergen Place park later this summer paid for by a $4,375 grant from the city's Neighborhood Matching Fund.

The six poles will be 25-feet tall with the flags of…MORE

Lawmakers of the 36th district touted a successful legislative session that incorporated record funding for public education and answered questions about local housing and transportation during a recent town hall meeting.

Reps. Helen…MORE

The Seattle Department of Transportation will go ahead with plans to "skinny" up a portion of 24th Avenue Northwest in the name of pedestrian safety, reducing four lanes of traffic to three with a center turn lane.

The city proposed this "…MORE

King County is to purchase of up to 500 new buses that will help deliver one of the biggest bus service expansions in Metro history.

Most of the buses will be articulated hybrids manufactured under a contract believed to be the largest of…MORE

The Department of Ecology has fined Sound Transit and PCL Construction Services $79,000 for water-quality and permit violations along the Tukwila section of the Central Link light rail line.

Ecology staff documented numerous violations…MORE

The King County Prosecuting Attorney has filed a possession of child pornography charge against Whitman Middle School teacher Timothy Daniel Sheehan.

In a letter to parents and guardians, dated June 1, Whitman Middle School Principal…MORE