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Crime has increased over 25 percent in Des Moines since several police officers were laid off in 2000, Police Chief Roger Baker observed last week.

The city lost revenue in the wake of tax-limitation ballot…MORE

Seattle City Councilman Richard McIver supports building a downtown waterfront tunnel to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct, opposes the monorail, but supports a light-rail line to West Seattle.

McIver is running for his third four-year term…MORE

Burien's free annual Fall Art Walk will take place Saturday, Sept. 10.

The wrong date was listed in the Aug. 31 Times/News.

This annual event will feature more than 50 visual artists, live performances on-stage, strolling performers…MORE

When Al Runte is asked a question his demeanor is one of calm assurance that he knows the subject and exactly what he wants to say about it.

He appears exactly what he once was, a professor of history and environment at the University of…MORE

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Students and teachers at Tyee High School in SeaTac will form four small learning communities when Highline district schools resume classes on Wednesday, Sept.

The Port of Seattle has lost its focus, said candidate for Port Commissioner Richard Berkowitz. He charged that the Port is focusing far too much on real estate and biotechnology, instead of maritime industry related functions.

"They (the…MORE

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Half of the deaf and hard-of-hearing students enrolled in a special-needs program at Bow Lake Elementary may be turned away when Bow Lake and Valley View elementaries combine in 2007.

Concerned teachers…MORE

The transition from a long summer break to the start of a new school year is difficult for the entire family.

To quell those back to school butterflies, the Highline YMCA offers tips that can reduce "first day of school jitters" for…MORE

Independent candidate for King County Council, District 4, Ed Pottharst, said he admits he doesn't have all the answers to the diverse transit, maintenance and education problems afflicting Ballard and other neighborhoods. But he believes that by…MORE

In her second run for the Seattle City Council, Linda Averill has taken on three-term Council President Jan Drago because she "most exemplifies the mayor's agenda" and because "I do not need a poll to decide which position to run for."

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