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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

Forget the Safeway parking lot in the Admiral district if you want to buy groceries and then walk across the street to pick up clothes or go to the bank.

Safeway will give you a $35 ticket. If not paid within 15 days, it increases to $60…MORE

When Marcia Brunner's insurance dropped her coverage for a stem cell transplant, the community stepped in to raise money for the medical procedure, which may save her life.

The insurance company, which was to pay for 90 percent of cost of…MORE

Work is scheduled to resume Monday, March 19 on repaving California Avenue Southwest.

Now that most of the winter is over and outdoor temperatures are getting warm enough to work with asphalt, workers from Gary Merlino Construction Co.…MORE

More open parking spaces in downtown Ballard has meant means better customer flow for businesses, now that the community has gotten used to the automated pay systems installed in late 2005.

The green pay stations replaced the old hand…MORE

Architects of Fauntleroy Place are redesigning the most prominent corner of the planned six-story housing and retail development at Alaska Street and Fauntleroy Way.

The West Seattle Design Review Board told architects from Stricker Cato…MORE

Students at Salmon Bay and Adams elementary schools 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

Shilshole Bay Marina tenants and liveaboards are nearing an agreement with the Port of Seattle about how and where to store bicycles at the harbor, but so far there's no money to develop anything long-term.

Before major redevelopment…MORE

Citizens for Accountable Elections filed an initiative petition with King County last week that proposes to create an elected Director of Elections.

The group's spokesperson, former legislator Toby Nixon, declared, "Every county in…MORE

With a history as rich and colorful as Federal Way's, it's hard to believe this no one has tried to take on this project earlier.

Volunteer Marie Sciacqua agrees.