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An investigation into the cause of flooding that damaged houses and yards in the Fauntleroy neighborhood last winter indicates numerous problems cascaded into each other.

Last December's flooding occurred around California Drive south of…MORE

Average Seattle incomes aren't keeping up with rising West Seattle housing costs and home ownership and rental opportunities are moving beyond the reach of wageworkers.

That fact prompted Mayor Greg Nickels to unveil his new housing…MORE

Sivona Lingle is Miss West Seattle Hi-Yu for 2008 and Danica Tongol is the junior court queen.

Lingle is the 17-year-old daughter of Mark and Autumn Lingle and is a very active West Seattle High School senior. When school resumes in…MORE

Des Moines' North Hill is going to acquire a sewer system.

A petition in favor of sewer service required signatures from 51 percent of landowners within the improvement district to be successful.

The proposal had already received 51…MORE

Tukwila's Museum of Flight, the largest private Air and Space Museum in the world, has achieved another milestone.

The museum has been named an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, Museum President and CEO Dr. Bonnie J.

Most fire calls are not for fires, but for first aid and the mission of the Seattle Fire Department is to prevent the loss of life and property resulting from fires, medical emergencies and other disasters.

"The fire department has a…MORE

As the fund-raising campaign toward a new base and plaza for Alki's Statue of Liberty restarts, there's concern about how much money has been raised and how much more needs to be.

People at a recent evening meeting held outdoors on the…MORE

Burien city officials expressed disappointment last week at the "non-decision" by the state's Growth Management Hearings Board that leaves the North Highline unincorporated area and its 32,000 residents in limbo.

"It basically keeps…MORE

Navy Ensign Jeffrey M. Stolsig, a 2003 graduate of Ballard High School recently completed the four-year officer development program at the U. S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. Stolsig learned basic skills in seamanship, navigation, infantry…MORE

After a $4.6 million repaving project is completed here, it will be several years before there are any more major road repairs in West Seattle.

Paving that started on Admiral Way earlier this month will be the last major road improvement…MORE