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During recent testimony at City Hall, people from White Center and Boulevard Park appealed to the Seattle City Council to cast the Seattle city limits farther south to include unincorporated North Highline.

Once a year, the City Council…MORE

Westside School is moving toward its goal of adding another class per grade and starting in the fall it will have two kindergarten classes.

After examining the large number of applications and the limited number of available spaces, the…MORE

A play in the making

By Sascha Zimmar and Abbie Lorenson

Acting is a great way to learn important life skills, but staging a play like Shakespeare's A Midsummer's Night's Dream takes a lot of work. It requires just a few simple…MORE

South Seattle Community College received approval to offer a bachelor of applied science degree in hospitality management.

South is one of four community colleges selected to offer a four-year degree in a pilot program authorized by the…MORE

Continuing a mission to bring dance to the public, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater made a stop in Seattle this year, and for the first time ever brought their week-long residency program with them.

Sixth graders at Denny Middle…MORE

Arsenic, mercury, lead, beryllium; it's a cocktail that gets poured into the earth for every computer or monitor that sits in a landfill and erodes.

"It's pretty nasty stuff," says Charles Brennick, the founder of InterConnection, who,…MORE

People cut new trails through the issue of North Highline annexation during a public forum discussion over whether the unincorporated community should join Burien or Seattle.

Could Burien afford to devote money to improvements in the White…MORE

Dennis Bottemiller, with the laid-back and friendly mannerisms reminiscent of a surfer, is really into rhododendrons.

Murder, forcible rape and aggravated assault -- major crimes that have a large affect on a community -- increased by only 1.5 percent last year, the Burien City Council was told April 10.

Even with a slight increase in crime locally, this…MORE

I've yet to see it appear in print, but prepare yourself for a new component of the city of Federal Way's tourism campaign: Bird watching.

Please control the temptation to chuckle and allow me to explain.

The city, like many other…MORE