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The 500-year-old tree from which the new Duwamish story pole at Admiral Viewpoint was carved was nearly chopped into thousands of shakes and shingles and sold for drug money.

The western red cedar was poached from state-owned land on the…MORE

For a young woman who says pageants aren't her thing, Erin Waid has had her fair share of them lately.

After being named the 2005 West Seattle Hi-Yu Queen, 20-year-old Waid represented this community in the Miss Seafair scholarship…MORE

Saturday was the final parade of the season for the Seafair Royalty Court. They are, from left, Tiffany Wan, third runner-up; Mineko Hasagawa, first runner-up; Queen Erin Waid from West Seattle Hi-Yu, and the Herald's own photographer, Amber…MORE

Representatives of King County and the cities of Seattle and Burien hope to agree by the end of August on a detailed proposal for annexing White Center and Boulevard Park in time to put the question to North Highline voters in autumn 2007.

The Seattle School board voted 5-2 to approve superintendent Raj Manhas' final recommendations on school closures after a tense special legislative session last week. Viewlands Elementary School remains on the list as one of six schools and a…MORE

Construction plans and ideas for keeping the viaduct open and moving during the Alaskan Way viaduct and seawall replacement project were released last week.

"Regardless of what we build, the project is located in the same dense urban area…MORE

The King County Council has voted to make King County the largest local jurisdiction in the nation to conduct all elections by mail.

The new system will be in effect after the infrastructure is in place. The council appropriated $1,635,446…MORE

Port of Seattle Chief Executive Officer Mic Dinsmore has said he will leave his position early next year.

Dinsmore has been chief executive for 14 years, the longest tenure in that position in the Port's 95-year history.

Commission…MORE

The Seattle School board voted 5-2 to approve superintendent Raj Manhas' final recommendations on school closures, after a tense special meeting last week.

The merger of the Fairmount Park Elementary program at High Point Elementary sailed…MORE

Recruiting violations caught up with Chief Sealth High School last week when the school's back-to-back state basketball championships were taken away by the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association.

The statewide association…MORE