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The Highline School District has made progress in its measures of success but the trajectory needs to increase faster to meet the 2013 targets, board members were told Oct. 28.

However, the data highlights significant achievement gaps…MORE

The brakes have been applied to a proposed major zoning update in SeaTac that was scheduled to be approved by the city council next month.

The city's planning department began the process of getting the update approved in May. On Nov. 13,…MORE

While SeaTac has been trying to transition away from surface airport parking lots, the city may approve a new 1,000-stall lot on unused cemetery land.

A request from Master Park to rezone six acres on the north end of Washington Memorial…MORE

In December, the public will be able to wander forest trails in Burien's largest city-owned park.

Mathison Park, at 533 S. 146th Street, offered 5.3 acres of forested open space in the center of urban development, but the public could only…MORE

The three alarm fire that destroyed four Greenwood businesses and damaged two others was set by an unknown suspect in the Green Bean Coffee House, according to the Seattle Fire Department.

Seattle Fire Investigators completed the…MORE

The Discover Burien Association has appointed Steve Gilbert as their new executive director.

Starting the first week of November, Gilbert will be charged with promoting Burien as "The Place to Be."

"It is a pleasure to have the…MORE

Lydia Davis will visit Ballard High School on Nov. 4, courtesy of Seattle Arts and Lectures’ Writers in the Schools program.

Davis will read from her work, talk about her life in literature and answer questions from the students. She will…MORE

The Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board will review controls and incentives for the historic 80-year-old Sanctuary at Admiral, located at 2656 42nd Ave. S.W., on Nov. 4.

Now used as a reception hall, the building was originally the Sixth…MORE

The Planning, Land Use, and Neighborhoods Committee of the City Council has reviewed the changes to the multifamily zoning provisions proposed by Mayor Greg Nickels in May 2009, and will hold a public hearing on the proposal Nov. 30 at 5:30 p.m.…MORE

In partnership with the Rainier Vista Boys and Girls Club, Southwest Youth and Family Services and Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle, the city is calling on young artists to depict the violence prevention theme of the Seattle Youth Violence…MORE