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Missed the news this weekend while you were partying your heart out at Capitol Hill Block Party? Well, then check it out: Seattle's going to see another vote on a monorail this fall , thanks to activist Elizabeth Campbell.

Long-time Seattle radio host Bob Rivers announced his retirement Monday. He made the announcement live on 95.7 KJR and on KING 5 Morning News.

A leading music school in Washington State, The Academy of Music Northwest provides different levels of rigorous college-prep music classes and extensive performance opportunities for talented young musicians between the ages of 4 -18.

As the Obama administration weans the U.S. off polluting fuels blamed for global warming, energy companies have been sending more of America's unwanted energy leftovers to other parts of the world where they could create even more pollution.

C aptain Samuel Nicholas, the young man credited with forming the Continental Marines back in 1775, would likely be proud to hear the Marines are invading Seattle this week - after all, what better city to occupy during a week of summer? The invasion started Saturday, July 26, 2014.

SPEED CAMS: In addition to the two new ones that will be activated on Roxbury this fall, dozens of other locations remain under evaluation around the city, according to SDOT 's Brian Dougherty .

Details about Schell's death were not immediately released, other than he was surrounded by friends and family when he passed away at Swedish Medical Center Sunday morning.

OMG it's the last day of Block Party. We're alive-ish! It's so nice out! Who are you excited about seeing today? Better make it count! The Stranger staff answers the question: Who are you seeing today at Block Party? EMILY NOKES : "I'm going to try and check out Dude York because they have great and catchy songs.

ALTA LAKE, WA. Homeowners in Okanogan County say they've seen a rash of looters rummaging through homes and destroyed properties affected by the Carlton Complex Fires.

FedEx Corp., the latest shipper to be accused in a federal probe involving illegal online pharmacies, says it will fight the charges that it knowingly shipped drugs to people who lack valid prescriptions.

Sara Slayton, of Camas, Clark County, dances behind her boyfriend Marc'antonio Undeberg, of Seattle, during a performance Saturday by the band Poolside.

Last weekend, it was wall-to-wall events around West Seattle. This weekend, not so much, but Seafair's big Torchlight Night has West Seattle ramifications too.

The Kitsap Sun reports that Kitsap Transit is weighing several options for its passenger ferry service, including publicly owned and operated, privately owned and operated, a public-private partnership or public-public partnerships.

Tonight's West Seattle outdoor movie is Spice World a 1997 British-American musical comedy film directed by Bob Spiers and written by Kim Fuller and Jamie Curtis.

More work to protect West Seattle forest land: Seattle Parks plant ecologist Michael Yadrick sent word of a new round of greenbelt restoration happening now - nine acres in the West Duwamish Greenbelt, the city's largest contiguous forest, some of which is shown in our photo above, looking at the greenbelt behind the Parks facility on West Marginal ... (more)

Every year the Capitol Hill Block party draws tens of thousands of people to the street in front of Chelsea Gibson's apartment.

You may have noticed that there are pianos all over city parks, and I suppose you want to know what's going on.

The U.S. Department of Education is investigating the Seattle School District's handling of a claim of rape made by a student during a school sanctioned camping trip.

A24 Films has released the first trailer for Seattle-based Director Lynn Shelton's new film, "Laggies," set for release October 24. The movie, which stars Keira Knightley as a 28-year-old who hides out in the home of her 16-year-old friend and her father as she tries to sort out her life after receiving a marriage proposal, was filmed in Seattle ... (more)

After seeing the Seattle Gilbert & Sullivan Society's production of "The Mikado" on Sunday, it's clear why so many people enjoy this opera.