The Highline College Board of Trustees announced last week the five finalists for president of the Des Moines college.
The finalists are:
Thom Armstrong, PhD - former president of Copper Mountain College, Joshua Tree, CA
Jack…MORE
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Views on animal shelters clash
Wed, 04/23/08
The King County Council's April 14 town hall meeting at the Highline Performing Arts Center in Burien began on a warm and fuzzy note with an outside pet adoption fair.
But once participants moved inside the building to share their feelings…MORE
Inconvenient Riders Come Home to Sealth
Tue, 04/22/08
Completing a 5492 mile journey on bicycles to bring more attention to climate change , Six Sealth high school students and a Gatewood 4th grader were welcomed by a happy crowd of well wishers on April 22nd , Earth Day as they arrived home at…MORE
Metro promises us more bus service
Tue, 04/22/08
King County Metro Transit and the City of Seattle claim a "new partnership" will be bringing a big boost for bus riders in West Seattle and White Center within the next three years.
King County Executive Ron Sims has signed an ordinance…MORE
Nancy Heinrich is Volunteer of the Year
Tue, 04/22/08
Nancy Heinrich, a West Seattleite who served three years as the chair of the American Cancer Society's West Seattle Discovery Shop, was named the 2007 Volunteer Of The Year at the Shop's first 2008 quarterly meeting.
Nancy began…MORE
Group rescues pit bulls
Tue, 04/22/08
Carina Borja is searching for fosters - not to parent children, but rather, pit bulls.
Borja is the founder of Animals First Foundation, a non-profit animal-rescue group based in West Seattle that has recently teamed up with the Kent…MORE
Surgery not always needed
Tue, 04/22/08
Joan Bateman, myself, and Dr. Khalfayan all agree that surgery should be avoided whenever possible.
Like me, Joan has been diagnosed with osteoarthritis which for her has meant a bum right knee joint.
Osteoarthritis - osteo = bone,…MORE
Burien wants only part of North Highline area
Tue, 04/22/08
The city manager of Burien recommends that city annex 2.7 square miles of the North Highline unincorporated area, a move that would add 14,350 people to the city's current 32,000 population.
The proposal by City Manager Mike Martin…MORE
Three projects on California
Tue, 04/22/08
Continuing the area's building boom, three new developments on California Avenue Southwest are under review by the city planning department, including one developer's third major project here.
BlueStar Management Inc, developers of the…MORE
City to bring us 'traffic calming'
Tue, 04/22/08
A few of the area's worst hotspots for speeding drivers and pedestrian safety are getting some attention from city transportation officials who said last week they plan to install "traffic calming" measures and other fixes to help slow traffic…MORE
