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It wasn't that the plastic figures stolen from a nativity scene in an Arbor Heights yard were expensive. Bob Youngs was amazed that anyone would dispossess him of Jesus and Mary.

Thieves stole the figures, each about 3 feet high, from…MORE

Racha Turki is an elementary school student, she is deaf-blind, and she is a potter.

Racha began pottery at the Moshier Community Art Center in Burien in the fall of 2004, working with Donna Shaman and Meg Johnson, a pediatric occupational…MORE

Unlicensed pets could fetch a hefty fine this year if Seattle Animal Shelter officers can catch them.

Thanks to a $250,000 boost in its annual budget, the shelter hired three additional officers, increasing its patrol staff to 15 as part…MORE

Across the state, many high school students with developmental disabilities are being denied the privilege of participating in graduation with their classmates.

But, State Rep.

Study results support the effectiveness of restricted driver's licenses for teens that limit nighttime driving and the number of passengers in the car, according to the American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety.

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Industry veteran Tay Yoshitani was named the new chief executive officer of the Port of Seattle last week.

The port operates Sea-Tac International Airport.

Airport director Mark Reis will report to Yoshitani.

Yoshitani, who…MORE

The transfiguration of High Point - biggest construction project in West Seattle in decades - is at the midpoint and a few changes are being instituted for phase two.

Instead of having one contractor as in phase one, separate contractors…MORE

The North Highline Unincorporated Area Council is gathering ideas for a permanent memorial for Deputy Steve Cox, who was killed in the line of duty on Dec. 2.

Deputy Cox worked in White Center and was well known throughout the North…MORE

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Scott LaVielle, who most recently was fire marshal of the North Highline Fire District, became the department's new fire chief on Jan. 1.

A 27-year veteran who worked his way up through the ranks, LaVielle…MORE

King County Councilwoman Julia Patterson, D-SeaTac, has been named vice-chairwoman of policy as part of the council's reorganization for 2007.

Her appointment came on a unanimous vote of county council members.

As vice-chairwoman of…MORE