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A series of community meetings to discuss the second phase of Seattle Public Schools closures was cancelled last week because the school board thought too many families would be still be on vacation, said district spokesman Peter Daniels.

A series of community meetings to discuss the second phase of Seattle Public Schools closures was cancelled last week because the school board thought too many families would be still be on vacation, said district spokesman Peter Daniels.

Monorail officials are feeling their way in the dark as they try to find how to kill the government agency that once planned a monorail line through West Seattle.

Apparently there are no instruction books explaining the procedure for…MORE

Several bar and club owners in the area have joined a city-wide lobbying group to fight a proposed Seattle ordinance that would force nightclubs to get a special license and follow stricter noise and safety requirements.

Pete Hanning, a…MORE

Some West Seattle bar and restaurant owners say they are opposed to a draft proposal from Mayor Greg Nickels that would force establishments to get a special nightclub license and meet stricter noise and safety requirements.

Some also say…MORE

About 30 other protesters picketed the Crown Hill Safeway store on 15th Avenue NW and NW 83rd street last Friday, August 18. The protest took the form of a mock funeral for the neighborhood's "Pedestrian designation," a reference to a…MORE

Justin Moser is one student at Mt. Rainer High School who already has shown he is ready to take on anything.

At the young age of 17, Moser has lived a life an absent mother, and has recently lost a dear friend. Yet he continues to overcome…MORE

A quiet business renaissance has recently taken place at the corner of First Avenue Southwest and Southwest 160th Street in Burien.

Herr Backyard Garden Center was joined on the property earlier this year by Two French Hens and Caf/ Lip…MORE

The Domestic Violence Task Forces of South King County will host the first Steppin' Out to Stop Domestic Violence Walk-A-Thon on Sept. 30.

The Walk-A-Thon-the first of many events planned locally during Domestic Violence Awareness Month in…MORE

Editor's note: Many objections have been raised in recent months about the potential annexation by the city of Burien of the North Highline unincorporated area. Recently, the Times/News submitted a series of questions to Burien council members…MORE