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The Seattle School District Community Advisory Committee began the complex task of recommending which K-8, alternative and elementary schools to close, consolidate or relocate at their first meeting Monday, March 20. Some members feared their May…MORE

Sylvan Way, one of West Seattle's most vital east-west arterial streets, remains closed while workers replace much of the street's road base after encountering unstable soils under the street when they tried to hook up a sewer line.

A few…MORE

Peace activists met at Ballard's Trinity United Methodist Church on Monday, March 20, to read aloud grim, often-contradictory descriptions of the war with Iraq. The meeting was one of 42 held in cities around the world to coincide with the third…MORE

The recent spate of teen-on-teen robberies was a major topic at last week's meeting of the West Seattle Community Safety Partnership at the Southwest Police Precinct.

A group of approximately 20 parents and community members expressed…MORE

The 15-member Community Advisory Committee began the complex task of recommending which K-8, alternative and elementary schools to close, consolidate or relocate at their first meeting last week.

Some members feared their May 26 deadline…MORE

Alki's miniature Statue of Liberty - weather-worn, cracked and vandalized - might soon be recast and re-enshrined with commemorative pavers and a new plaza at Alki Beach.

Northwest Programs for the Arts, which stages the Seattle Music…MORE

There’s an old joke that you’ve probably heard that goes, “What do fish and house guests have in common? They both start to stink after two days.'

Be careful if you found yourself laughing at that punch line. It could mean that misery…MORE

The Highline School District's $148 million bond issue has passed on its first try.

With all votes cast at polls in the March 14 election and most of the absentee votes counted, 64.35 percent (11,311) of Highline voters approved the bond…MORE

The city of Seattle plans to build a $4 million, 8,000 square-foot fire station to replace West Seattle's High Point Fire Station 37, an 81-year-old building that's outdated and no longer meets many industry requirements, said Seattle Fire…MORE

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