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A 30-year-old Tukwila double-murder case is closer to being closed with last week’s arrest of a suspect in Oregon.

James B. Braman Jr., 56, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder Feb. 7 for the shooting deaths of Frank Hinkley…MORE

Key findings from the Community Advisory Committee for Investing in Educational Excellence

Committee goals

After working together for eight months, a community advisory committee - comprising 14 civic and business leaders - released…MORE

On St. Valentine’s Day, Burien lawmakers and community residents planted a cherry tree at city hall.

The local ceremony one of many cherry tree-planting events conducted simultaneously on Feb. 14 in cities throughout Washington.

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Seattle Public Schools will close and consolidate some schools by fall of next year to create a smaller, stronger district and plug a projected $25 million budget deficit, according to district officials.

Last year's outraged community…MORE

King County Council members Julia Patterson, D-SeaTac, and Dow Constantine, D-West Seattle, said recently the county's list of transportation projects awaiting funding is "truly overwhelming."

Patterson and Constantine were among the…MORE

A second sewer leak in three weeks at Lincoln Park convinced King County engineers to replace the sewer line along the popular park's shoreline and to lay a temporary above-ground bypass sewer pipe.

Work on the four-month project began…MORE

Local businessman Eric Aasness has been elected to serve as the President of the Board for Highline Schools Foundation for Excellence.

Aasness, a senior loan officer for Washington Mutual Home Loans, heads a group of 14 volunteers…MORE

Bird lovers are mourning the death of Kevin Dean Li, a Ballard man who played a key role in the return of the Purple Martin to the Northwest.

Li passed away on January 30 after a scuba diving accident in the waters around Whidbey Island.…MORE

A soft but steady rain bathed the landscaped gardens around the Dumas Bay Center and lent a somber tone to the proceedings within Banquet Room #3.

Inside, local government was taking its job seriously.

On Saturday, January 28, the…MORE

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Changing the Primary Election Date

By a vote of 37 to 11 on Feb. 1, the Senate approved SB 6236. The bill would change the primary date to the 3rd Tuesday in August (currently the…MORE