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The City of Federal Way is seeking volunteers to assist in two projects on Earth Day, April 21, 2007: the clean-up of the Brooklake Blueberry Farm and a graffiti removal project entitled "Operation Cover-up".

Activities at the Blueberry…MORE

There's a reason today's seniors are christened "The Greatest Generation." There's no slowing them down.

The Des Moines waterfront is recognized by local residents and visitors alike as the crown jewel of the "waterland community."

Now plans, both modest and grand, are underway to bring new life to the waterfront and to attract more visitors…MORE

School closures and consolidations this fall will shuffle around some elementary school principals in this part of the city.

Joanne Bowers, principal of Viewlands Elementary School, will take charge of North Beach Elementary next year.…MORE

SB 5089

Conforming Washington's tax structure to the streamlined sales and use tax agreement. By a vote of 76 to 15 on March 16, the House approved SB 5089, which would conform Washington law to the national Streamlined Sales and Use Tax…MORE

A U.S. Coast Guardsman died Sunday from injuries received during a security patrol near Vashon Island.

Two 25-foot, fast-response boat crews from a Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team were involved in a security patrol and…MORE

Metro Transit Police introduced their new explosives-sniffing dog "Stevie" to the public last week.

Stevie is the King County Sheriff's Office second explosive-sniffing dog, and the first assigned to Metro Transit fulltime.

He and…MORE

Self-contained special education classes at Alki and Schmitz Park elementary schools will close at the end of the school year due to low enrollment, Seattle School District officials decided.

The district's yearly evaluation of it's…MORE

"I am not going to mince words," King County Councilwoman Julia Patterson told participants at an open house on regional transportation at Highline Community College last week.

"This would be the largest investment of tax revenue in the…MORE

To start a public workshop on a high note, facilitators asked approximately 90 residents to name places in White Center they'd want to take a friend.

Answers poured out: McLendon's Hardware, North Shorewood Park, Taco trucks, Pacific Rim…MORE