Rainier Valley News

Budget concerns this year scotched King County's familiar "Waste-Free Holiday" promotion that offered discounts to encourage buying experiences as gifts.

Sam Osborne has never seen anything like this. The director of the Rainier Valley Food Bank says he's overwhelmed by the donations that have poured in since locals learned that $2,000 worth of donated food was stolen from its 4205 Rainier Ave S. location Wednesday.

First, a quick CW report from Nicole : I read the West Seattle Crime frequently since our home was burglarized back in August.

With hours to go until the Seattle School Board votes on attendance-area maps as part of its new neighborhood-based Student Assignment Plan , West Seattle's board rep laid his cards on the table during a meeting this morning at Delridge Library .

The King County prosecutor says three Seattle police officers did nothing wrong during a serious fight with a suspect caught on camera.

Arrest turns violent: This image is taken from a Seattle police video that shows a confrontation between Daniel M. Saunders and three police officers outside a police evidence room in Georgetown in June.

Here's some hardcore hiphop from Seattle's Fatal Lucciauno . " Gangsta " For those not familiar, Fatal was born in Chicago "Siamese with a handgun," meaning biologically connected to crime, and moved to Seattle young and flat broke.

A McGinn volunteer points out that if you didn't get your ballot postmarked before the post office closed tonight, you can take your sealed ballots to the following locations by 11 pm tonight: Lake City - QFC parking lot Capitol Hill - in front of the QFC at Pike and Broadway Rainier Valley - QFC parking lot West Seattle - QFC parking lot ...

It's been a tough year for books and words, but one bright spot was the effort to bring back a Seattle book festival.

So we're into the doldrums of November: knowing it's going to rain, wondering if it might snow - waiting for Thanksgiving, drumming our fingers, waiting for something to happen .

Party : Mallahan for Mayor Location : The Edgewater Mood : Forced Optimism; Excitement mostly at the results of the other races Drink of Choice : Anything in a flask, since bottled beer was 7 bucks.

Though he has positioned himself as the business candidate, it's not clear Joe Mallahan has succeeded all that well in business.

"Seattle has become a hotbed for neighborhood and niche blogs," said Kathy Best, the Times ' managing editor for digital news and innovation.

30, 2009 The news sites that The Seattle Times tapped for a yearlong experiment in content-sharing and collaboration are independently run and well-established in their coverage areas.

The backside story to urban renewal: grassroots Columbia City Farmers Market [This is the first of either a two or three-part series regarding community and urban renewal/revitalization efforts in Seattle.] The topic of urban renewal or regeneration often brings up visions of glassy mixed-use developments in neighborhoods upzoned from what were ...

It's a busy week for restaurant openings in Seattle: Craving some conveyor-belt sushi, but too far from the nearest Sushi Land ? Blue C Sushi has just opened its sixth store at 7th and Pike, across the street from Gameworks.

Law enforcement experts agree: If you're built like this guy, you should probably avoid the criminal arts.

The Seattle Department of Planning and Development has approved another large mixed-use development near the South Othello Street light-rail station.

Neighborhood vitality is the juice a city runs on. City Hall matters, but this city thrives on the work of people who love their neighborhoods.

A 21-year-old Seattle man accused in a near-fatal shooting outside the King County juvenile court complex has been charged with assault.