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The seventh annual Backyard Wildlife Festival in Tukwila will take place at the community center on Saturday, May 12.

The event at 12424 42nd Ave. S. will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., with the Wildlife Garden Tour taking place from 3 to 5 p…MORE

Much of the public believes the Seattle School District is in financial turmoil, though that's not the case, said the district's chief operating officer, Mark Green.

Green spoke with superintendent Raj Manhas and chief academic officer…MORE

The Sons of Italy will be cooking a big spaghetti-and-meatball dinner at St. Bernadette's School on Sunday, April 15, to benefit the family of slain King County Sheriff's Deputy Steve Cox.

Event organizer Jill Sisley said all money raised…MORE

Seattle Public Schools' next superintendent will come from as far away as South Carolina or Pennsylvania and be an experienced educator.

The top contenders are Maria Goodloe-Johnson, superintendent of the Charleston County (S.C.) Schools,…MORE

A 13-unit townhouse development under construction in the Gatewood neighborhood is raising hackles among neighbors who claim the developer flew under the city's regulatory radar by dividing the project into three seemingly separate projects.…MORE

The top 100 school champions from throughout the state, as identified by the National Geographic Society, assembled on March 30, at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, for the 19th Annual Washington Geographic Bee.

Among the champions,…MORE

Piece by piece, Bert Lundh has been putting together the stories of the orginal 11 incorporators of Swedish Hospital in time for Swedish Medical Center's 100th birthday party on April 21.

Lundh is working with Nordic Heritage Museum…MORE

An article in the March 28 edition erroneously stated that all northbound lanes of I-5 will be closed for a couple of weeks in August.

The repair work on the stretch of I-5 from Spokane Street northward to the I-90 interchange will be done…MORE

HB 1094

Making transportation appropriations for 2007-2009. By a vote of 81 to 16 on March 26, the House approved HB 1094, which would make appropriations to the 2007-09 state transportation budget. The transportation budget is one of…MORE

The Explorer West Middle School Board of Trustees has elected Evan Hundley as its new Head of School.

"After 14 years teaching and coaching at University Preparatory Academy, I am eager to apply my experiences and lead this dynamic, small…MORE