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The adult smoking rate in Washington has dropped to 17.8 percent, which is the fifth-lowest smoking rate in the country.

Adult smoking in Washington has dropped by 21 percent since the state began its comprehensive Tobacco Prevention and…MORE

Art lovers in Burien will take to the streets for the annual Art Walk on Saturday, Sept. 9, along Southwest 152nd Street between Second and 10th Avenue Southwest.

Visual arts exhibits, performing artists and children's activities will…MORE

The Painted Lady - a grand old Beach Drive mansion set on almost an acre of land with a pond and gazebo - is for sale.

It has 10 rooms including a formal entry, master bedroom with a fireplace and veranda, oak floors, as well as front and…MORE

After lobbying for a full-service public library for nearly 100 years, residents of South Park will finally get what they've been asking for when a new Seattle Public Library branch opens there Sept. 9.

From 1908 to 1946, South Park…MORE

It's very difficult for middle-income buyers to afford a single-family house in King County-unless they look in the Highline area.

According to recent a Seattle Times analysis, only nine areas in the county still offer affordable homes.…MORE

The Department of Labor and Industries is looking for about 500 employers willing to participate in a new way for workers to file workplace injury and occupational disease claims.

The state Legislature this year approved a two-year pilot…MORE

The Higher Education Coordinating Board has voted to approve South Seattle Community College's Bachelor of Applied Science in Hospitality Management, moving the college closer for the program to begin in fall 2007.

The Legislature granted…MORE

Since July, all 643 taxicabs licensed to operate in Seattle provide printed receipts to all paying passengers.

The receipt will indicate the taxicab name and number, date, starting and ending time of the trip, distance traveled, taximeter…MORE

Settlement of the concrete workers strike Friday means work can begin soon on the repaving of 1.5 miles of California Avenue from Edmunds Street to Admiral Way.

Gary Merlino Construction Co. was scheduled to begin preparation of the…MORE

King County officials are in a holding pattern over whether to ask federal permission to change the flight path for incoming airplanes at Boeing Field, which would lessen aircraft noise in Magnolia but turn it up in West Seattle, particularly for…MORE