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Westside School is moving toward its goal of adding another class per grade and starting in the fall it will have two kindergarten classes.

After examining the large number of applications and the limited number of available spaces, the…MORE

A play in the making

By Sascha Zimmar and Abbie Lorenson

Acting is a great way to learn important life skills, but staging a play like Shakespeare's A Midsummer's Night's Dream takes a lot of work. It requires just a few simple…MORE

South Seattle Community College received approval to offer a bachelor of applied science degree in hospitality management.

South is one of four community colleges selected to offer a four-year degree in a pilot program authorized by the…MORE

Continuing a mission to bring dance to the public, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater made a stop in Seattle this year, and for the first time ever brought their week-long residency program with them.

Sixth graders at Denny Middle…MORE

Arsenic, mercury, lead, beryllium; it's a cocktail that gets poured into the earth for every computer or monitor that sits in a landfill and erodes.

"It's pretty nasty stuff," says Charles Brennick, the founder of InterConnection, who,…MORE

People cut new trails through the issue of North Highline annexation during a public forum discussion over whether the unincorporated community should join Burien or Seattle.

Could Burien afford to devote money to improvements in the White…MORE

A 30-day gap in the extension of a pedestrian ordinance that prohibits development of auto-oriented businesses could allow the Safeway supermarket chain to move ahead with plans to build a discount gas station at their Crown Hill location.

A West Seattle High School student was suspended for the rest of the academic year after writing graffiti threats on school walls.

In an e-mail sent to parents, Principal Susan Ders/ wrote of finding, "graffiti of a threatening nature…MORE

The dizzying updraft in the cost of petroleum could affect the long-term plans for the Fauntleroy Ferry Terminal as well as the entire state ferry system, says a member of the Washington State Transportation Commission.

"This is uncharted…MORE

Voters might have to steer their way through three transportation-spending proposals next fall and all have implications for West Seattle.

The latest transportation package is presented by King County last week when county officials…MORE