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Governor Christine Gregoire will preside over the public dedication of the new Higher Education Center at Highline Community College in Des Moines on Tuesday, Oct.

Des Moines Proposition 1, which appears on November's general election ballot, would lift the city's property tax levy lid to raise additional funds for police services.

Backers of Proposition 1 state that, unlike other levy lift measures…MORE

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King County Executive Ron Sims said at an Oct.

With election day less than a month away, John Creighton added another endorsement last week in his race for Seattle Port Commission Position 1.

Creighton was endorsed by the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 302, the…MORE

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Des Moines council candidate Ed Pina said at a candidate's forum last week that, if elected, he will give budget priority to critical city services such as police and street improvements.

The former…MORE

The Normandy Park Police Officers Guild recently endorsed candidates running the Normandy Park City Council.

Based on the results of interviews with the candidates, the police officers guild endorsed John Wiltse, who is running for council…MORE

The architect who designed the newly completed rental housing units at High Point has a valuable perspective on how to design low-income apartments.

"I lived in public housing," he said.

Tyrone Jordan-Oliver is an architect with the…MORE

Results from a Puget Sound Clean Air Agency study reveal emissions from Lafarge Cement are the likely source of an odor that has plagued and puzzled many residents of south Seattle for years.

Since 2001, residents in Highland Park, South…MORE

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The Des Moines City Council approved on Oct.

Next month marks a turning point in the history of the Junction, when Seattle voters will decide whether to kill or continue the monorail project.

The business district could return to its roots as a transportation site. After all, it's…MORE