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Adding sunshine and blue skies to the three-day Memorial Day weekend can equate ferry use to traffic backups on Friday afternoon and evening heading to your destination and again on Monday, as travelers head home. It's usually a good idea to pack…MORE

As chairwoman of the Senate Health & Long-Term Care Committee, Sen.

Beginning August 1, the Washington State Patrol will start enforcing new Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration rules for securing loads.

The rules provide performance criteria for cargo securement to prevent articles of cargo from…MORE

The Burien Council approved on May 15 an additional $764,000 for the new City Hall/King County Regional Library project.

On April 24, city Finance Director Linda Gorton reminded the lawmakers prior to their vote, they agreed to add 2,600…MORE

Seattle Public Schools has released a list of preliminary closure and consolidation recommendations for the second year in a row. Four schools in the Northwest quadrant could either be closed down for good or moved to other buildings.

The…MORE

An Alki woman was so distraught over the cutting of a western red cedar in her neighborhood that she called the city arborist, had the cutting stopped, and then climbed up into the tree with food and water for a daylong sit-in protest May 16.…MORE

The third time around was a charm as Des Moines voters approved a property tax levy lid lift on May 16 to restore police staffing to 1999 levels.

By a margin of 57 percent to 43 percent, the Des Moines community agreed to raise their…MORE

It started out cloudy but by the end of the day the sun was up, the garbage was out and the halibut steaks were smoking.

The 11th annual Lake Washington Ship Canal cleanup concluded four hours after volunteers began fishing everything from…MORE

Manuel "Manny" Ventoza is a self-deprecating guy, a Shriner who likes cowboy boots and parks a camper in the driveway. He smiles often and effortlessly. Most of his Burien neighbors probably have no idea he's a war hero.

Memorial Day means…MORE

Four new people were elected to the North Highline Unincorporated Area Council May 18 while four incumbents were re-elected and two incumbents were bounced out.

Council members Russ Kay, Steve Cox and Barbara Peters were re-elected but…MORE