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The Seattle Monorail Board nominated a West Seattle man and a Ballard man to fill board vacancies.

Gatewood Hill resident Vlad Oustimovitch is a former member of the Seattle Monorail Review Panel, former president of the Southwest District…MORE

Charles Momah is truly a man with two faces.

At first encounter, his patients saw a seemingly kind and caring obstetrician-gynecologist who later morphed into an abusive monster.

Momah operated clinics in Burien and Federal Way…MORE

Students and parents at three Highline high schools should have a better idea in a few weeks about what will be offered in the district’s planned small learning communities.

“By the end of the month, we will have clarity,” district…MORE

A soft but steady rain bathed the landscaped gardens around the Dumas Bay Center and lent a somber tone to the proceedings within Banquet Room #3.

Inside, local government was taking its job seriously.

On Saturday, January 28, the…MORE

The Seattle Parks Commission board listened to testimony about a proposed skate area in Lower Woodland Park last Thursday night. Most of that testimony contained two themes; that neighbors were unaware of the proposal, and that the proposal was…MORE

Streetcars are more feasible for West Seattle than light rail, said Grace Crunican, director of the Seattle Department of Transportation.

Crunican, who lives in the Admiral District, made her comment at a King County Council roundtable…MORE

A new survey of homelessness found that Ballard had a 26 percent increase in the number of people living on the streets, compared to the last such street count, in 2004.

The survey, done in the early morning hours of January 27, found 364…MORE

Otto Lang, a West Seattle legend of skiing, movie and TV production, books and photography, died at his Admiral District home Jan. 30 at age 98.

Lang was born in 1908 in Bosnia and grew up near Sarajevo. His mother was Croatian but his…MORE

A Highline garden with a colorful history will reopen in a new spot this summer.

Plans are moving ahead to move the Seike Japanese Garden from its original site along Des Moines Memorial Drive to the Highline SeaTac Botanical Garden.

The keys to Evergreen Pool in White Center could soon be turned from King County to Northwest Center.

The nonprofit Northwest Center is a 41-year-old organization that claims to be the largest, most comprehensive private organization in…MORE