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Chopping the cost of the Green Line from a ridiculed $11 billion to $7 billion puts the monorail project back into the "realm of reasonableness," said Cleve Stockmeyer, a member of the Seattle Monorail Project board of directors.

Last week…MORE

When Des Moines-area voters go to the polls in the Sept. 20 primary election, they will be asked if they want to merge Fire District 26 with the Federal Way Fire Department.

The proposal to combine the Des Moines and Federal Way…MORE

Dwight Pelz has spent the last eight years serving on the Metropolitan King County Council, but said he now wants to try his hand at the many "exciting decisions facing the Seattle City Council."

Besides the fact that Pelz' seat on the…MORE

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As local political campaigns for the fall election heat up, many voters will notice changes in the King County Council districts.

Many of these voters also will find themselves in new districts.

One…MORE

If Seattle doesn't get the $2 billion approved by the Washington Legislature to help replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct, the city will tear down the deteriorating elevated highway anyway because it is unsafe, said Mayor Greg Nickels during an…MORE

The North Highline Unincorporated Area Council (NHUAC) will hold a community meeting Thursday, Sept. 15, to receive public comment on annexation .

The 7 p.m. meeting at St. Bernadette School, 1028 S.W.

The Burien/Normandy Park Fire Department (Fire District 2) will ask voters in the Sept.

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The old Gottschalk's (still Lamonts to some) opened its doors again last week.

The woman's department was stocked, shoes came in all sizes and styles, and the toy section was large…MORE

Four firefighters from the SeaTac Fire Department are working in the Gulf Coast region devastated by Hurricane Katrina.

Capt. John Gallup and Firefighters Don Nelson, Shane Sklandany and Matt Tarabochia are assisting the Federal Emergency…MORE

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The third runway at Sea-Tac International Airport will probably be used for some airplane take-offs as well as landings, according to Port of Seattle Commissioner Pat Davis.

She made the comment on Sept.