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Saturday was the final parade of the season for the Seafair Royalty Court. They are, from left, Tiffany Wan, third runner-up; Mineko Hasagawa, first runner-up; Queen Erin Waid from West Seattle Hi-Yu, and the Herald's own photographer, Amber…MORE

Representatives of King County and the cities of Seattle and Burien hope to agree by the end of August on a detailed proposal for annexing White Center and Boulevard Park in time to put the question to North Highline voters in autumn 2007.

State transportation officials say retrofitting the Alaskan Way Viaduct might indeed make the structure stronger, but the improvements would neither be enough to make much difference in a strong earthquake nor make the viaduct safer for traffic…MORE

Attendees to last week's FUSION charity event sipped wine, sampled tapas treats and eyed artwork before settling in for a live auction. The professional auctioneer called and cajoled the bidders in one very long run-on sentence as audience…MORE

Sasha Killings beamed when Mrs. Elders said, "That must have been a tough book for you - you haven't read such a long one before. Good job!"

Killings, 8, stopped by the library on her last day of summer school last week at Mark Twain…MORE

The Reign '93 Purple soccer team went to Lake Oswego, Oregon July 21 and came back to Federal Way with the Nike Cup Championship trophy.

To reach the finals, the Federal Way girls had to defeat the defending Oregon State champions in the…MORE

A grassroots vision to convert a 100-foot wide, one-mile section of 14th Avenue Northwest that runs from the ship canal to Ballard High School could turn a dusty, rutted road into a manicured one, with plenty of greenspace.

It may be several months before a decision is made about the construction of a controversial discount gas station in Crown Hill.

The 500-year-old tree from which the new Duwamish story pole at Admiral Viewpoint was carved was nearly chopped into thousands of shakes and shingles and sold for drug money.

The western red cedar was poached from state-owned land on the…MORE

Taggers have been painting graffiti at the north end of the Ballard Bridge in recent weeks and Charlie Ballenger has been chasing them away.

Ballenger has lived in a yellow school bus under the bridge for the last two years with the…MORE