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The Highline School District's $148 million bond issue has passed on its first try.

With all votes cast at polls in the March 14 election and most of the absentee votes counted, 64.35 percent (11,311) of Highline voters approved the bond…MORE

The city of Seattle plans to build a $4 million, 8,000 square-foot fire station to replace West Seattle's High Point Fire Station 37, an 81-year-old building that's outdated and no longer meets many industry requirements, said Seattle Fire…MORE

An independent expert panel that will be selected by Gov.

A. Brian Davenport, musical director and conductor of the Federal Way Symphony, has a day job. And what he produces there is as refined, delightful and richly textured as the sounds he extracts from his company of musicians.

When he's not…MORE

Mayor Greg Nickels thinks a tunnel could be built faster than a viaduct along the downtown waterfront because legal entanglements would trip-up plans for a new elevated structure.

The mayor thinks there ought to be a public vote on the…MORE

Pacific Ballroom Dance is now ranked among the top youth formation teams in the nation after placing fifth at the United States National Youth Standard Formation Dance Championship March 10 and 11.

The 2006 National Amateur Dancesport…MORE

After the events of March 7th, Sean Kiteley, 28, of Federal Way, will probably think twice before he attempts to catch a criminal again, at least until he succeeds in his dream of become a King County Sheriff Deputy.

At around 9 A.M. that…MORE

On June 7, 2005, Charlie H. Adamson Jr. died of cancer despite all the efforts, and medical expertise available. Virginia Mason Clinic provided loving care for him and his wife, Jane. Both Korea veterans, they married in Japan and had nearly 50…MORE

Last summer, Des Moines Mayor Bob Sheckler convened the Des Moines Leadership Summit to chart a course for the city’s future.

Last week, city council members heard back from summit task force participants who spent the intervening months…MORE

A diverse group of more than 60 advocates for youth-from sports coaches to city prosecutors-filled council chambers last Monday, each with the goal of protecting children affected by domestic violence.

Although each of them came from…MORE