Foreign high school students are scheduled to arrive soon for academic semester home stay programs, and the sponsoring organization needs a few more local host families. The students are awaiting news of their new families.
MORENews
Woodland skate park approved
Tue, 12/05/06
A new skate park project at Lower Woodland is set to move forward with construction next summer.
Progress was made when a hearing examiner determined the Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation has correctly assessed the potential…MORE
Olympia: No more money for tunnel
Tue, 12/05/06
Key legislators agree that there is little likelihood the state of Washington will be willing to spend more money on the Alaskan Way Viaduct than the $2.4 billion the Legislature has already paid out.
There seems to be some support for…MORE
Loyal Heights fights on for lights off 2 nights
Tue, 12/05/06
The controversy over the Loyal Heights Playfield Improvement Project continued last Thursday as community members protested what they called "another fake public meeting" held by the Seattle Parks and Recreation Department.
Several…MORE
Spill at terminal quickly caught
Tue, 12/05/06
Around noon on Saturday at Fisherman's Terminal, a crewmember aboard the fishing trawler Enterprise turned on the boat's winch from inside the engine room. He returned to the deck and saw hydraulic fuel leaking from a loose hose.
MOREHometown Christmas celebrated
Wed, 11/29/06
It's another hometown Highline Christmas as ChoralSounds Northwest presents its annual holiday production Friday-Sunday, Dec. 8-10, at the Highline Performing Arts Center, 401 S. 152nd St.
MOREPathfinder program solid in spite of awful building
Tue, 11/28/06
The Pathfinder community is a firm believer that building condition does not make a school program.
But with the floor literally crumbling beneath their feet in the rundown Genesee Hill building and little hope from the strapped Seattle…MORE
Thieves nabbing metal products
Tue, 11/28/06
Ballard's industrial area has been ravaged by thieves stealing metal products recently because of the high prices paid by recyclers.
During the weekend of Oct. 28th, someone climbed a fence at a local business and stole aluminum parts made…MORE
White Center residents give ideas for its future
Tue, 11/28/06
While Burien and Seattle ponder White Center's future, White Center residents have ideas of their own about their community's tomorrow.
People gathered at the Salvation Army's White Center Community Center recently to offer suggestions…MORE
Man who killed her aunt found guilty
Tue, 11/28/06
For over two years, Ballard resident Linda Smith waited to face the man who robbed and assaulted her aunt Irma, causing injuries that would eventually lead to her death.
Smith finally saw Tony Dale Green up close when he recently pleaded…MORE