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About 200 impassioned parents, teachers and students gathered at Pathfinder K-8 School last week to criticize Seattle Public Schools' plan to move Pathfinder's alternative approach to education to more-traditional Cooper Elementary School.

It was a different band, but the same song.

Highline High School band members and parents expressed concern to district board members on Oct. 11 about the scheduling of band as part of the school's new small learning communities.

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In a move that is being questioned by some fire district taxpayers, the North Highline Fire commissioners raised long-time Chief Russ Pritchard's salary to $198,000.

Pritchard will receive the 57 percent pay raise only until he retires on…MORE

Wait until next week to fill out and return your mail-in ballot for the Nov. 7 general election.

On Oct. 18, the Times/News will publish answers to our questions from candidates in contested races in legislative Districts 11, 33 and 34,…MORE

Times/News editor Eric Mathison has been named first place winner for best humorous columns in the 2006 Better Newspaper Contest, sponsored by the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association.

Mathison was judged on three columns dealing…MORE

Incredible Journey is more than just a movie about animals with a happy ending.

Sometimes incredible journeys happen in real life, too-especially when the pet has a microchip.

Just ask Scooter the cat.

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A typical visit to the Woodland Park Zoo offers the public an opportunity to see bears, zebras and elephants in natural settings while learning about the value of conservation and protecting the environment.

According to a new study "Why…MORE

There will be more fireworks in SeaTac's electoral politics this winter.

In September, city voters narrowly defeated a property tax hike that would have funded the replacement of two fire stations and the hiring of additional firefighters…MORE

Ballard Hospital closed its intensive care unit on Oct. 9 as part of the hospital's owner plan to reconfigure the mix of health services offered there.

Owner Swedish Medical Center said the move would make its Ballard campus more…MORE

On a sunny fall afternoon, local lawmakers and supporters of Burien's Town Square joined together in an Oct. 10 groundbreaking for the multi-million dollar project.

Wielding ceremonial sledgehammers, Burien, state and federal officials…MORE