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During the Aug. 17 Burien City Council meeting, council members debated whether to spend $1.5 million on a temporary senior center. If approved, the city would use the money to update the heat, ventilation and air conditioning system (HVAC) at…MORE

Local lawmakers' community meeting regarding airplane noise Aug. 19 attracted more than four times the anticipated turnout, forcing them to turn away nearly 100 people with the promise of a second meeting to accommodate everyone. The Des Moines…MORE

The Burien Interim Art Space (B/ IAS) was turned into a city block of sound on Saturday, Aug. 15. Eight speakers and 3,000 feet of speaker wire were utilized to create a truly unique musical experience. Speakers were set all around the B/ IAS…MORE

The federal government's "Cash for Clunkers" program has gotten potential customers "coming across the sidewalk" and into car dealerships along Burien's Auto Row. "It's helped out a lot and that's always good," Bobby Lynn, Burien Chevrolet…MORE

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