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Victims of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita or Wilma wishing to claim disaster-related losses on their federal income tax return will have until Oct. 16, to make this choice, the Internal Revenue Service says.

Taxpayers suffering disaster-related…MORE

The city is preparing to change the exits and double the width of the Spokane Street Viaduct in anticipation of heavier traffic during the upcoming years of construction to makeover another important elevated roadway, the Alaskan Way Viaduct…MORE

A 30-year-old Tukwila double-murder case is closer to being closed with last week’s arrest of a suspect in Oregon.

James B. Braman Jr., 56, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder Feb. 7 for the shooting deaths of Frank Hinkley…MORE

Key findings from the Community Advisory Committee for Investing in Educational Excellence

Committee goals

After working together for eight months, a community advisory committee - comprising 14 civic and business leaders - released…MORE

On St. Valentine’s Day, Burien lawmakers and community residents planted a cherry tree at city hall.

The local ceremony one of many cherry tree-planting events conducted simultaneously on Feb. 14 in cities throughout Washington.

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Seattle Public Schools will close and consolidate some schools by fall of next year to create a smaller, stronger district and plug a projected $25 million budget deficit, according to district officials.

Last year's outraged community…MORE

King County Council members Julia Patterson, D-SeaTac, and Dow Constantine, D-West Seattle, said recently the county's list of transportation projects awaiting funding is "truly overwhelming."

Patterson and Constantine were among the…MORE

A second sewer leak in three weeks at Lincoln Park convinced King County engineers to replace the sewer line along the popular park's shoreline and to lay a temporary above-ground bypass sewer pipe.

Work on the four-month project began…MORE

Local businessman Eric Aasness has been elected to serve as the President of the Board for Highline Schools Foundation for Excellence.

Aasness, a senior loan officer for Washington Mutual Home Loans, heads a group of 14 volunteers…MORE

Bird lovers are mourning the death of Kevin Dean Li, a Ballard man who played a key role in the return of the Purple Martin to the Northwest.

Li passed away on January 30 after a scuba diving accident in the waters around Whidbey Island.…MORE