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Des Moines' Seniors Sunday Dance Group will soon be tripping the light fantastic at the magnificent Masonic Retirement Center, a/k/a "Landmark by the Sound," known for decades for its architectural beauty and memories.

And you're invited…MORE

A new park is being planned for the top of Seattle's highest hill.

For many years, a no-nonsense fence has kept the public away from the Myrtle Street water towers and the ground level, open reservoir along 35th Avenue Southwest. The city…MORE

Upon arriving at Sea-Tac Airport in late January, Zhu Dan didn't know much about Seattle, but she did know the city was famous for rain, that Boeing airplanes came from here and that Bill Gates lived in the nearby.

What little else she…MORE

Where once there were 8,213, now there are 15,000 - square feet that is, in the newly expanded Southwest branch of the Seattle Public Library.

It opened Saturday, March 10 with speeches by Mayor Greg Nickels and City Librarian Deborah…MORE

Southwest King County residents will have their say on a proposed roads and transit funding package during an open house at Highline Community College on March 20 from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Regional Transportation Improvement District (RTID)…MORE

They may go by a different name now, but their commit to protecting the Hylebos Creek watershed remains the same.

The Friends of the Hylebos Wetlands has changed its name, ever so slightly, dropping the "wetlands" to become Friends of the…MORE

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.

According to Pacific Intercultural Exchange Executive Director, John…MORE

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Middle and elementary schools students in West Seattle who came close to passing the Washington Assessment of Student Learning last spring are enrolled in a new after-school program aimed at boosting their test scores.

The district's chief…MORE

Burien City Councilman Jack Block Jr., a second-generation longshoreman, hopes to become a second-generation Seattle port commissioner in November.

Block announced last week that he will challenge longtime Port Commissioner Bob Edwards,…MORE