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Leif Erickson simply did not want to move after 45 years at Shilshole Bay Marina, causing anguish to workmen who struggled five days, encountering unexpected brass rods and the statue's legs full of concrete.

It was finally removed…MORE

Maritime businesses on Harbor Island, around the southern shore of Elliott Bay and along the Duwamish River will have an easier time grappling with replacement of the Alaskan Way Viaduct than their business associates in Ballard.

That's…MORE

Seventy pounds of corned beef, 30 pounds of potatoes, a case of cabbage and six pints of beer will help buy a little boy-the son of a fallen hero-a college education.

Mick Kelly's Irish Pub in downtown Burien served their traditional…MORE

Voters will decide on March 13 the fate of a $140 million, four-year Highline School District educational programs and operations levy.

The ballot measure would replace a levy that expires in December.

It would fund 18 to 20 percent…MORE

The City of Federal Way has announced commencement of the 2007 Spring Tourism Enhancement Grant (TEG) application round.

The TEG program is designed to increase tourism and overnight stays in Federal Way through a competitive grant process…MORE

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HB 1420

Modifying provisions on primary election ballots.

By a vote of 97 to 0 on Feb. 28, 2007, the House approved HB 1420, which would allow primary ballots to be…MORE

Some important distinctions were left out of an article in the Feb. 21 edition about the city's proposed changes to multifamily development zones.

The proposed increase in height limits would be 5 feet, not 10.

The city proposes…MORE

A gravely ill two-year-old boy is recovering at Seattle Children's Hospital after receiving the Berlin Heart, a mechanical heart designed specifically for children.

The boy, called Angel, is the first child under five in the Northwest to…MORE

Detours and lane restrictions during the coming years of construction work to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct will smack Ballard's maritime and fishing industries harder than it will affect other maritime interests south of the viaduct.

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A petition campaign to ask the King County Council to provide funds for a King County Sheriff's gang unit is underway.

"We hope to complete the drive by early March," organizer JoAn Cox said last week.

Mrs. Cox is the mother of King…MORE