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Fred Bassetti was proud of the terraces and cascades of steps on both sides of the Henry M. Jackson Federal Building in downtown Seattle.

Mission : To provide services and support for African-American and other underrepresented communities in Seattle and throughout the Puget Sound region The Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle appears to be back in good standing with City Hall and other prominent institutions.

Now, Democrats are ready to muscle President Barack Obama's picks for pivotal judgeships and other top jobs through the Senate.

The Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery in Georgetown was packed full last night, with well-wishers eager to celebrate the publication of "Experiencing Nirvana: Grunge in Europe, 1989," by Sub Pop records co-founder Bruce Pavitt.

Four weeks ago, Amanda Kay Helmick, Chairperson of the Westwood/Roxhill/Arbor Heights Community Council wrote an open letter to Kevin Desmond, General Manager of Metro Transit expressing the Council's concerns about safety and security in West Seattle.

So much happening in West Seattle today/tonight , there are few reasons to leave - but this just might be one of them: The increasingly legendary Art Under $100 sale, on at South Park Community Center until 9 tonight.

Sweet-treat hospitality was a hit Saturday evening at the Log House Museum - Southwest Seattle Historical Society executive director Clay Eals estimates around 50 people came by during while the LHM was offering " Cookies & Cider on the Porch ."

Seattle police are hitting the streets during the weekend cold snap to keep those without homes safe.

The sun had just set when the Argosy Cruises Christmas Ship and its accompanying vessels arrived at Lowman Beach tonight, first of two stops on its first of two nights visiting West Seattle this season.

On Friday Seattle officials gave pot smokers a spot to light up in honor of the first anniversary of the drug's legalization in Washington State.

Crews on Friday recovered the body of a doctor who died in a house fire on Fox Island late Wednesday night.

Bundle up and get out! Hundreds of your neighbors in West Seattle have been getting ready all year for this one huge day - the LONG list of highlights from the WSB Holiday Events/Info Guide and our year-round calendar : SCHMITZ PARK ELEMENTARY HOLIDAY CRAFT FAIR: At the school , 10 am-3 pm.

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The United States will play Ghana, Portugal and Germany in a tough first-round group at next year's World Cup that will take them on a lengthy 9,000-mile trip around Brazil.

THIS IS HOW WIDE THE GALLERY IS It's a stairwell, y'all. The best damn stairwell in Seattle.

Yes, there really is a Festivus pole at tonight's West Seattle Tool Library / Sustainable West Seattle holiday party/fundraiser at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center .

Right before emceeing the Our Lady of Guadalupe tree lighting tonight, broadcaster Brian Callanan told us it just might be the coldest one yet, with temperatures in the 20s.

Aurora Avenue North will be closed from the Battery Street tunnel to Valley Street this weekend for construction, from 11:59 p.m. Friday until 5 a.m. Monday.

To some, smoking pot freely at Seattle Center was liberating, a step out of the shadows.

First up, tonight at Town Hall, Ellen Forney and David Montgomery will be giving a performance.