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2006 supplemental budget. By a vote of 55 to 43 in the House and 29 to 19 in the Senate on March 8, the legislature approved SB 6386. The finalized 2006 supplemental budget adds $522 million in spending, raising the total 2005-07 biennium budget…MORE

The Des Moines City Council agreed March 2 to establish a police department substation in the Redondo Square Shopping Center.

Lawmakers unanimously approved a five-year lease with the Joshua Green Corp., owner of the shopping center, for…MORE

Some elementary schools in West Seattle use a time-out method that many administrators believe is useful for children who misbehave. But a few parents question the validity of the consequence.

Part of the Seattle School District…MORE

Four community residents were honored at Discover Burien’s Annual Dinner, Silent Auction and the City of Burien Anniversary and 2006 Citizen Awards Recognition on March 3.

This year the Burien City Council presented awards to Rochelle…MORE

Some see graffiti and tagging as an urban blight and eyesore; others view as it as post-modern public art.

Whatever side of the fence your allegiance stands, residents of Federal Way have seen an explosion of graffiti around the city in…MORE

Plainly visible from West Seattle, thousands of shipping containers come and go daily from Terminal 18 on Harbor Island, where they are scanned with gamma rays, scoped with radiation detectors and analyzed by computer.

The security system…MORE

Today he's a shadow, but don't be surprised if soon others are following his lead. Anthony Hogan, a freshman at Todd Beamer High School, asked Sen. Tracey J. Eide, D-Federal Way, if he could follow her for a day in Olympia. She had sponsored his…MORE

Unless you live in Paris or Prague, it's not often that the characters in a major opera are singing about your hometown.

In the current production of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte at the Seattle Opera, which first premiered in…MORE

Through tears of mourning and frustration, Gretchen Davis continues to search for answers.

Gretchen and her family want to know who, and more importantly why, someone in their neighborhood shot and killed their beloved dog, Sally, with a…MORE

A surveillance video shows a violent attack against a female patron at an Alaska junction bar last week. After she rebuffed a man, he belted her in the jaw, knocking her unconscious. Another woman was also bruised in the attack as she fell to the…MORE