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Vote margins are holding steady as annexation to Burien is being soundly rejected by North Highline voters while Normandy Park voters are overwhelmingly approving raising their property tax rate to $1.60 per $1,000 of assessed value in updated…MORE

The construction of a new set of playground equipment at Roxhill Park in West Seattle began as an echo of efforts that had come before. Community powered since the park was established in 1955 a parks levy provided the money but it was the…MORE

Seattle Police are investigating West Seattleite Jeremy Peck’s death as a homicide, and have added his case information to their Catch a Killer website dedicated to unsolved homicides in the city.

SPD Det. Renee Witt confirmed the case is…MORE

UPDATE 6:40pm Wednesday Nov. 7

BALLOT MEASURES *Descriptions on measures from King County Elections

Seattle General Obligation Bonds - $290,000,000 (Alaskan Way Seawall)

The City Council of the City of Seattle, Washington,…MORE

You thought Ballard Bridge lane closures were done with. You thought wrong.

The northbound, right lane on Ballad Bridge will be closed starting tomorrow, Nov. 7th, to Friday, Nov. 9, and Nov. 13-14. It will be closed 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each…MORE

Update for Nov. 29 The King County Sheriff's Office is still looking for witnesses in a Nov. 6 incident where a 56-year-old Burien woman was found on S.W. 152nd St. around 5:30 p.m. with a life-threatening head injury.

According to Sgt.…MORE

Have a really big yacht you've been meaning to take out on a spin in the next couple of weeks? Might have to think again.

The large lock at the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks will close to all marine traffic from 9 a.m., Nov. 6 to 5 p.m., Nov.…MORE

WSHS Skills and Drills basketball clinic Nov. 17

The West Seattle High School Boys Basketball team is having a PRE-Season SKILLS and DRILLS CLINIC. Now is the time to GET A TUNE UP ON YOUR HOOP SKILLS BEFORE THE UP AND COMING BASKETBALL…MORE

In a final touch of levity, I would like to discuss the most recent articles about how the Burien City Manager went to the North Highline Unicorporated Council and told them once again that Burien has no tree pruning or cutting permits.

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A 34-year-old West Seattle man is charged with malicious harassment (Washington State’s hate crime statute) and third degree assault for allegedly attacking another man with a baseball bat while yelling homophobic slurs on Oct. 26.

The…MORE