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Burien City Manager Mike Martin noted, "it feels like we are welcoming back part of the neighborhood" after voters in the southern portion of North Highline voted Aug. 18 to annex to the city. Martin had cited Burien's historic ties with the…MORE

Seattle Department of Transportation concrete paving crews plan to continue working through Friday evening, Aug. 28, to repair concrete and asphalt pavement in the intersection of North 85th Street and Greenwood Avenue North, following a water…MORE

The King County Road Services Division will close the South Park Bridge over the Duwamish River on 14th/16th Avenue South this Saturday, Aug. 29 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. for repairs.

The bridge will be closed to vehicle and pedestrian…MORE

Hundreds of people came to the Moore Theater Thursday night, Aug. 13, to celebrate the life of former Des Moines resident and Mt. Rainier High graduate Tom Pfaeffle. Pfaeffle was a Black Diamond sound engineer and teacher at the Art Institute of…MORE

The Tukwila Sound Transit station still has that new escalator smell. During the first week of light rail service an average of 12,000 people road the train every weekday. "We're encouraged by the large numbers of people who boarded light rail on…MORE

Stevie Kokita and Bruce Johnson were awarded certificates of valor at the Aug. 13 Des Moines City Council meeting. The other five men who received the award were unable to attend. Kokita and Johnson were both involved rescuing a man who had…MORE

SeaTac lawmakers expressed opposition on Aug. 11 to Initiative 1033 that will be on the November general election ballot. The Tim Eyman-backed measure would limit the growth of state, city and county general fund revenue to the rate of inflation…MORE

Highline School Board members approved Aug. 12 a 2009-2010 school budget that makes deep cuts in existing school programs. The $181.48 million general fund budget was passed unanimously as part of the consent agenda with no members of the public…MORE

With the groundbreaking ceremony Aug. 10 work has officially began on the controversial new misdemeanor jail being built in Des Moines. The South Correctional Entity (SCORE) was established by the cities of Des Moines, Tukwila, Auburn, Federal…MORE

Aug. 29: North Delridge Adopt-A-Street cleanup

Participants should meet at 10 a.m. at Delridge Community Center, 4501 Delridge Way S.W.  Sept. 2: Southwest District Council

The meeting begins at 7 p.m. at South Seattle Community…MORE