News

A Seattle Parks Department study of beach fires at Golden Gardens and Alki Beach recommends continuing to allow such fires, at least through 2006.

Just two years ago, parks department staff had recommended closing both locations to…MORE

Y = Yes N = No E = Excused NV = Not Voting

Changing the Primary Election Date

By a vote of 37 to 11 on Feb. 1, the Senate approved SB 6236. The bill would change the primary date to the 3rd Tuesday in August (currently the…MORE

The Seattle Parks Commission board listened to testimony about a proposed skate area in Lower Woodland Park last Thursday night. Most of that testimony contained two themes; that neighbors were unaware of the proposal, and that the proposal was…MORE

Streetcars are more feasible for West Seattle than light rail, said Grace Crunican, director of the Seattle Department of Transportation.

Crunican, who lives in the Admiral District, made her comment at a King County Council roundtable…MORE

A new survey of homelessness found that Ballard had a 26 percent increase in the number of people living on the streets, compared to the last such street count, in 2004.

The survey, done in the early morning hours of January 27, found 364…MORE

Otto Lang, a West Seattle legend of skiing, movie and TV production, books and photography, died at his Admiral District home Jan. 30 at age 98.

Lang was born in 1908 in Bosnia and grew up near Sarajevo. His mother was Croatian but his…MORE

A Highline garden with a colorful history will reopen in a new spot this summer.

Plans are moving ahead to move the Seike Japanese Garden from its original site along Des Moines Memorial Drive to the Highline SeaTac Botanical Garden.

West Seattle's King County Councilman Dow Constantine was unanimously named by the council last week as a member of the Sound Transit board and also to be chairman of the council's Operating Budget Committee.

"I am very pleased to be…MORE

One West Seattle principal's approach to creating inclusive pathways from one grade level to the next is becoming a new standard for Seattle Public Schools and, possibly, elements of a solution to failing student performance in Seattle.

…MORE

The Burien City Council has taken the first steps toward a cooperative effort with neighboring cities to resolve ongoing North Highline annexation questions.

The council proposed an interlocal agreement between neighboring cities and…MORE