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One might call outgoing Assistant City Manager Derek Matheson the strong, silent type.

Silent in the sense that the 31-year-old stays out of the limelight, quietly but assuredly helping operate the controls of Washington's seventh largest…MORE

Pro Parks Levy dollars won't run out until the end of 2008 but the Seattle Parks and Recreation Department is planning now for how to absorb programs, staffing and maintenance now funded through the levy since city officials have made it clear it…MORE

Seattle City Council members urged Seattle School Board members to ensure surplus school buildings are used as community assets rather than sold to the highest bidder at a joint city-schools meeting last week.

The district is currently…MORE

When the power went out for five days in mid-December, some Fauntleroy residents were in the midst of fighting an onslaught of mud that had left their basements waist deep in soil, sand and gravel.

Hard hit were Jack Lawless and Jennifer…MORE

The legacy of the Tran family of Burien lives on through one surviving son, Canh Minh Tran, 19, a sophomore at the University of Washington living in the University District.

The other five members of his immediate family died from carbon…MORE

Lutheran Community Services' long-delayed plan to bring social and health care services to the residents of SeaTac and the surrounding community has been long delayed but it is finally almost here.

The three-story Lutheran Community…MORE

Mick Kelly's Irish Restaurant & Pub in Burien is seeking donations of quality items for a benefit the pub will hold Thursday, March 1, for the son of slain police officer Steve Cox.

Dedicated to helping the White Center community where…MORE

Seattle City Light is urging its customers to be on guard against telephone con artists posing as utility bill collectors.

Recently, several customers reported that they received phone calls from people claiming to be City Light bill…MORE

Ballard High School junior Jayson Luu may have lost the election for Associated Student Body president last year, but he has been busy getting his fellow students involved in charity.

After the election loss, the school's Parent Teacher…MORE

Legislation aimed at according Washington's same-sex couples legal rights and protections enjoyed by married couples was introduced in the state Senate and House of Representatives.

"If it's in the interest of the state of Washington to…MORE