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Thanks to an appropriation of the Washington Legislature, a neighborhood center at High Point is within $2.5 million of the $10 million having enough money to build an 18,500 square-foot building.

The Legislature included $2 million for…MORE

Sherril Huff has been named the new director of the King County Records, Elections and Licensing Services Division.

Huff, who was twice elected as Kitsap County auditor, has served as King County's assistant director for the division since…MORE

The Seattle School District has agreed to a three-year contract and a $240,00 annual salary for its new superintendent.

Maria Goodloe-Johnson will begin work here on July 9.

"We are thrilled to have Dr. Maria Goodloe-Johnson…MORE

A city inspector interrupted workers who were installing a new cell phone tower without a permit April 24 atop the same Alki apartment building where two other cellular phone companies applied to expand their own communications equipment.

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For weeks, Jill Ochsner has been glued to her television set. The evening of April 18 was no exception.

It was a memorable night as she watched Sanjaya Malakar be voted off of American Idol. Ochsner knows Sanjaya well-especially his famous…MORE

Jim Nobles, a social services manager, conservationist, and political activist, says he is a candidate for the Seattle City Council.

Nobles serves on the Seattle Monorail Project Board, to which he was elected in 2005 on a platform of…MORE

Studies to determine the feasibility of bringing light rail to West Seattle and Ballard will be included in the "Roads and Transit" plan that will be put to voters in the autumn.

The Sound Transit board of directors accepted the study…MORE

It hasn't been easy for people trying to get something to eat at the old West Seattle Food Bank. Often about 20 families patiently stood in line on the sidewalk, sometimes in the rain, with cars full of prying eyes on nearby Fauntleroy Way.

Running your own espresso stand, even here in America's coffee capital, sometimes means finding sour lumps in the bottom of the cup - for the barista as well as the landlord.

Take the case of Christie Reynolds. She owns the Hot Spot Java…MORE

Burien council members honored on April 16 retiring city resource manager and clerk Jan Roegner, who has served as since incorporation in 1993.

Roegner has trained many of the current staff, negotiating the contract that allowed council…MORE