The fourth annual Washington Wine Restaurant Awards, hosted by the Washington Wine Commission and the Seattle Times, honored West Seattle's Salty's on Alki with two top honors, the coveted Restaurant of the Year and Sommelier of the Year awards…MORE
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Schmitz Park student in Geography Bee second time
Tue, 03/28/06
Qualifying for this year's state National Geographic Bee for the second year in a row, Schmitz Park Elementary fifth grader Sean Keller will compete tomorrow in the state championship, to be held at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma.
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Green Lake mugger charged
Tue, 03/28/06
King County prosecutors have filed charges against Tony Dale Green for the robbery of Irma Andrews in the Green Lake area on June 9 last year and crimes committed against several other victims.
Andrews, 90 years old, died on August 27 from…MORE
Junction will keep all-way pedestrian crossing
Tue, 03/28/06
The Seattle Department of Transportation might want to redesign the Junction's midblock crosswalks when it repaves California Avenue this summer, but city transportation officials don't plan to add parking pay stations or change the Junction's…MORE
Considering school closures: Viewlands, North Beach hold their breath and wait
Tue, 03/28/06
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 to be widened near homes
Tue, 03/28/06
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
Pioneer Highline newsman dies
Tue, 03/21/06
Highline’s first newspaperman has died.
Vance Orchard passed away March 7 in Walla Walla from cancer diagnosed just a week earlier. He was 88.
Mr. Orchard first started writing news stories for the Highline High School newspaper.…MORE
Shilshole's slippery slopes
Tue, 03/21/06
Overlooking Puget Sound, the bluffs along Shilshole Bay from Golden Gardens to Carkeek Park are unstable and prone to landslides. On Thursday, January 6, a four foot high retaining wall above the railroad tracks running along the shoreline failed…MORE
Des Moines big loser is really a big winner
Tue, 03/21/06
Suzy Preston took it off -- took it all off. All 95 pounds. More than 10 million television viewers can vouch for this.
A recent winner on NBC’s hit program The Biggest Loser, the 29-year-old Des Moines resident was not camera shy.
MOREOn message - the Mayor wants road fixes, housing, decisions on parks
Tue, 03/21/06
Mayor Greg Nickels was in Ballard last week promoting a number of initiatives for the beginning of his second term in office. The viaduct replacement, in all its permutations, has dominated recent headlines but the mayor's biggest push last week…MORE
