Seattle City Light crews restored power to most of the 7,100 customers affected by an Aug. 26 outage in Burien and unincorporated King County by midnight. The cause of the outage remains under investigation. A power line did come down, starting a…MORE
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Big Picture wins big prize from Big Lots
Wed, 09/02/09
Highline Big Picture High School in SeaTac has won a $2,500 second place prize in the Big Lots Lots2Give video contest.. Big Lots asked participating schools to submit a short video and brief essay explaining why their school is in need of…MORE
Port property purchased for skills center expansion
Tue, 09/01/09
The Highline School District has agreed to buy three acres of undeveloped property at a reduced price for the possible expansion of the Puget Sound Skills Center. Currently owned by the Port of Seattle, the parcel is adjacent to the district's…MORE
New neighbors welcomed at Burien council meeting following annexation vote
Tue, 09/01/09
Burien council chambers were packed during a special session of the city council on Aug. 24 to discuss next steps after residents of south North Highline voted to annex to Burien. Attendees were decidedly upbeat for good reason: Though the final…MORE
New Highline YMCA will open Oct. 3
Tue, 09/01/09
The new Matt Griffin YMCA in SeaTac will open to the general public on Oct. 3.
The new Y at South 188th Street and 37th Avenue Southwest is the last of three new branches being built as part of the current capital campaign and represents a…MORE
Auditors release efficiency findings for Metro
Tue, 09/01/09
The King County Auditor's Office has identified up to $31.7 million in annual savings, $51 million in increased revenue and $105 million in one-time savings within Metro Transit operations.
Auditors presented the first half of the Transit…MORE
Auditors release efficiency findings for Metro
Tue, 09/01/09
The King County Auditor's Office has identified up to $31.7 million in annual savings, $51 million in increased revenue and $105 million in one-time savings within Metro Transit operations.
Auditors presented the first half of the Transit…MORE
Friends of Piper Orchard host Festival of Fruit
Tue, 09/01/09
The Friends of Piper Orchard and Seattle Parks and Recreation invite the public on Saturday, Sept. 19, for The Festival of Fruit, a harvest celebration.
The festival takes place at the park, 950 N.W. Carkeek Park Rd., from 11 a.m. to 3 p.…MORE
Vacant buildings on Denny's property come down
Tue, 09/01/09
The large, vacant house and a single-story, empty retail building that had been occupying the southwest corner of the former Denny's property were torn down on the morning of Sept. 1.
The site on the corner of Market Street and 15th Avenue…MORE
City to repair Duwamish Trail in South Park
Mon, 08/31/09
Seattle Department of Transportation paving crews will repair a segment of the Duwamish Trail along SR 99 in South Park, from South Trenton Street, to South Henderson Street, starting Tuesday.
They will repair the pavement where it has…MORE