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A meeting Tuesday, Aug. 27 will discuss the possible disposition of the Dakota Substation at 4918 SW Dakota St. and other West Seattle substations. The meeting is set for 7 p.m. at the High Point Community Center, 6920 – 34th Ave. SW.

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The annual Northwest Hope and Healing Alki Beach 5K walk/run, sponsored by Sound Orthodontics was a brisk sunny event won by Miler Haller, 16, of Edmonds Woodway High School in the men's division with a time of 16:11 and by Hailey Kettel, 17…MORE

In what may be the biggest foregone conclusion ever, Amanda Knox will not be attending the new trial of her murder case in Italy. That trial begins in Florence on Sept. 30.

The word came from the Florence daily La Nazione who quoted lawyer…MORE

The Fastest Girls in Town, a female only car, truck and motorcycle show will be staged at Jack Block Park on Sunday Aug. 25 starting at 1 pm.

Music, food, and soft drinks will be provided and vendors will be set up for shopping.

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As the deadline for the closure of the homeless encampment, Nickelsville aproaches a group of West Seattle-White Center churches, the Westside Inferfaith Network (WIN)*, met this week and decided to hold a vigil at Nickelsville's parking lot…MORE

Superintendent Jose Banda has sent a letter to the people who have students in Seattle Public Schools, employees and other regarding the labor contract negotiations the district is currently working on with the Seattle Education Association:…MORE

Information from SDOT

For two weeks beginning September 3, SW Orchard Street between Sylvan Way SW and Delridge Way SW will be closed to eastbound traffic as crews rebuild the roadway. This closure will be followed by a two-week westbound…MORE

For an update to this story, with information from Union Gospel Mission on the transitional work they are doing with Nickelsville campers, please click here.

Residents at Nickelsville, the homeless encampment on West Seattle’s eastern…MORE

The 2013 Sound Orthodontics Alki Beach 5k Walk and Run benefitting Northwest Hope and Healing will dash, walk, run and otherwise move along Alki Beach Sunday Aug. 25. The race starts at 9am.

Northwest Hope and Healing is a cancer care…MORE

The annual West Seattle Car Show is back again in the West Seattle Junction on Sunday, Sept. 15.

The show will run from 8am to 4pm and will feature classic cars, trucks, hot rods, and motorcycles from 1979 and earlier. Registration for…MORE