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Brinklee Jackson, 10, a student at Olympic View, prays near a luminary candle for an aunt she lost to cancer when she was a toddler.

Hundreds of local residents participated in the Relay for Life Cancer Walk at Saghalie Middle School…MORE

The ship Abbott Point of Hong Kong arrived at the Port of Seattle recently. The vessel is part of International Handybulk Carriers (IHC), which is a pool of over 40 log and bulk ships formed to provide shippers with smaller cargo ships.

Parents pleaded with the Seattle School District not to cut programs and close schools during a tense town hall meeting last Wednesday.

The White Center Food Bank is now operating in its new building and serving about 5,000 people, its biggest client base ever.

The new one-story building has approximately 3,700 square feet of space and was built in a parking lot on the…MORE

The hum of electrical power at the old California Avenue Substation will soon be replaced by the buzz of public meetings and recreational activities.

Until they get a better place to play, parents as well as children living in the…MORE

A citizen's study of bias-motivated attacks in Seattle neighborhoods indicates that West Seattle is not immune from prejudice.

In fact, the report that was released earlier this month by Ballard resident Ken Molsberry found bias attacks…MORE

For West Seattleites, the biggest piece of Mayor Greg Nickels' recently announced transportation proposal probably is the widening of the Spokane Street Viaduct.

Nickels' proposal, which could go before voters in the fall election, would…MORE

Hong Kong bulk carrier arrives

By Amber Trillo

The ship Abbott Point of Hong Kong arrived at the Port of Seattle recently. The vessel is part of International Handybulk Carriers (IHC), which is a pool of over 40 log and bulk ships…MORE

The King County Council has approved a 30-year lease with non-profit Technology Access Foundation to construct a $13 million community learning center in White Center's Lakewood Park.

"This is another step forward for a project that will…MORE

Just a few days before Christmas in 2004, a man was attacked outside of a Ballard restaurant. Before the assault, the attackers had asked the victim if he were gay. Though the victim replied that he was not gay, the assailants beat the man…MORE