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Merchants were pleased with the 2006 edition of the Junction summer festival, which brought an estimated record-breaking 50,000 people to the business district during the three-day event.

The crowd size was estimated by examining bank…MORE

(Editor's Note: This is a reprint of an article that first appeared in the Times/News on May 10.

Repaving 1.5 miles of California Avenue and a few blocks of Admiral Way is scheduled to begin in mid-August and will bring changes to crosswalks and intersections from Admiral Way to Edmunds Street in the Junction.

Road construction will…MORE

Work crews are reforming the 59-year-old underground Myrtle Street Reservoir to place a concrete cover over the drinking water to discourage terrorists and keep the water cleaner.

The new lid will be covered with soil and grass and the…MORE

Abraham Diekhans-Mears, a junior at West Seattle High School, won second place in the annual Civil War Preservation Trust national essay contest for his essay on saving Civil War battlefields.

Diekhans-Mears received a $100 cash prize, and…MORE

The Reign '93 Purple, a U13 Premier girls soccer team from Federal Way, finished as the runner-up in the prestigious Diadora Soccer Tournament held July 7-9th in Redmond, Washington. The tournament featured 16 Premier U13 teams, including the…MORE

Anyone who watches a Breeders Theater production at the E.B. Foote Winery knows to expect silly and irreverent comedy.

At two in the afternoon last Wednesday, the young woman was walking to her car after having lunch at Applebee's Restaurant on the north side of the Commons Mall.

Halfway through the parking lot, as she approached her car, a man came up on…MORE

Gov. Christine Gregoire praised 34th Legislative District Democrats last week for electing state Sen. Eric Poulsen and Reps.

Travelers will not see any relief in their wallet this year with overall vacation costs increasing by 5.4 percent from last year, according to AAA's nationwide Annual Vacation Costs survey.

"Rate increases for lodgings are mostly a result…MORE