Residents trying to form a stewardship group with the Seattle Parks and Recreation department hope to increase their role in protecting Seattle's only skate bowl from "tags" and other vandalism.
Leading that effort is Scott Shinn, a member of parks department skatepark advisory committee and director of the advocacy group Parents for Skateparks.
Seattle Public Utilities has saved about $76 million over the past two years - bringing more than $10 a month in savings for residential ratepayers.
Utilities' "asset management" policies are based on the best practices of the world's best utility companies and are expected to result in hundreds of millions of dollars in efficiencies over the next two decades. Originally developed to help the utilities plan for the replacement of aging infrastructure - pipes, pumps, treatment facilities, etc.
Detours and lane restrictions during the coming years of construction work to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct will smack Ballard's maritime and fishing industries harder than it will affect other maritime interests south of the viaduct.
That's because Seattle's railroad yards, where freight trains are assembled, are in the Sodo area south of the viaduct. To reach the rail yards, Ballard's maritime and commercial fishing businesses will have to drive through or around the Alaskan Way construction zone, said Dave Gering, executive director of the Manufacturing Industrial Council.
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HB 1420
Modifying provisions on primary election ballots.
By a vote of 97 to 0 on Feb. 28, 2007, the House approved HB 1420, which would allow primary ballots to be counted even if the voter failed to declare a political party preference. A political party affiliation would be inferred and the vote would count only if the voter voted for candidates of one political party. Currently, if a voter fails to choose a party affiliation, but continues to vote, the votes for partisan offices are not counted.
Federal Way had a short stay, but the state 4A boys basketball tournament at the Tacoma Dome still left the Eagles with something to remember.
Making it to state -- and then playing two close games -- are always accomplishments.
Federal Way lost its opener to Redmond, 64-62 Wednesday before being booted out of the tournament by South Puget Sound League North Division rival Kentwood on Thursday, 70-60.
"I'm proud of my kids," said Eagles head coach Jerome Collins after the season ending loss to the Kentwood Conquerors. "We had a good season.
1. The resident of a home on the 30000 block of 4th Avenue Southwest contacted Federal Way police to report that she had been assaulted by a man she knew. Officers arrived at the scene of the domestic violence assault and discovered that the suspect had already fled the premises. The incident took place shortly after midnight on the morning of February 26. The report states that the woman possessed an active no contact order against the suspect, prohibiting the suspect from contacting the victim in this case.
Girl Scouts throughout the Highline community began their annual fundraising cookie sale last weekend.
And once again, they will participate in Operation Cookie Drop as part of their sale, which runs March 2-18.
Last year Totem Council Girl Scouts, which includes Highline-area troops, delivered 41,000 boxes purchased by local customers to military personnel serving overseas or on board Navy ships based in the Puget Sound region.
This year something is different about these cookies than those sold in years past.
They're "guilt free Girl Scout cookies,
The year is 1919. The place is St. Louis. The setting is a modest family home in an era before electricity and telephones were common conveniences. The cast of characters includes a God-fearing mother and her four daughters.
Sounds just like a heart-warming family play, one that the Seattle Performing Arts Fellowship has made their trademark over the past two decades.
But look again. Kevin O'Morrison's post-World War I drama, Lady House Blues, is somewhat of a departure for the Christian theater group.
A gravely ill two-year-old boy is recovering at Seattle Children's Hospital after receiving the Berlin Heart, a mechanical heart designed specifically for children.
The boy, called Angel, is the first child under five in the Northwest to receive a mechanical heart.
Angel was admitted to Children's Hospital in January with dilated cardiomyopathy, an enlargement of the heart that affects 1 in 10,000 children and can be caused by viral infections, or metabolic and genetic defects.
He was kept alive with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), a temporary mecha
The City of Federal Way has announced commencement of the 2007 Spring Tourism Enhancement Grant (TEG) application round.
The TEG program is designed to increase tourism and overnight stays in Federal Way through a competitive grant process to support sports, cultural, arts and community events that will occur in the Federal Way area.
In order to be considered for the TEG, an event or sponsoring organization must meet the following conditions:
Eligible Organization
A non-profit organization organized under IRS 501(c)(3) or a municipal organization of
