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Mon, 06/02/08

With commencement ceremonies for Highline high schools looming on June 16 and 17, a number of twelfth-graders and their parents are breathing a sigh of relief.

The Class of 2008 is the first group of seniors in the state required to pass…MORE

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Mon, 06/02/08

Construction of a new plaza and pedestal for the Alki Statue of Liberty is on schedule for a ribbon-cutting ceremony Sept. 6 with groundbreaking possibly in mid-July.

Despite attracting almost $100,000 over target, the project has been…MORE

Mon, 06/02/08

Des Moines lawmakers have endorsed a potential ballot measure that would extend light rail from Sea-Tac International Airport to Tacoma.

This branch of the proposed expansion includes seven stations between the airport and the Tacoma Dome…MORE

Mon, 06/02/08

A long-awaited mural celebrating life in the Waterland community will be dedicated on June 7, during opening-day festivities at the Des Moines Waterfront Farmers Market.

The public is invited to the noon event, which is free, for their…MORE

Wed, 05/28/08

Last Oct. 10 Maria Cantwell headlined the grand opening of Propel Biofuels' fuel station at Bernie's Automotive in Ballard, its first of 15 planned. The senator praised the $3.59 per gallon biodiesel for its renewability, minimal discharge of CO2…MORE

Tue, 05/27/08

The Hi-Liners non-profit youth theatre organization has hired Esther Margaret O'Farrell as its first marketing director.

O'Farrell developed her management and marketing skills at Microsoft.

She has worked in the non-profit sector…MORE

Tue, 05/27/08

Karma Kreizenbeck has been selected as the new executive director of New Futures.

New Futures is a Burien-based nonprofit that operates programs to assist low-income children and their parents in several Highline apartment complexes.

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Tue, 05/27/08

John Lowe is a man on a mission--His 14th, to be exact.

On April 10, 1945, Lowe was on that 14th mission as a 19-year-old waist gunner aboard a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" over Brandenburg, Germany.

Suddenly, bullets from a…MORE

Tue, 05/27/08

"A lot of things have happened to me in 50 years," SeaTac resident Garry Treadwell acknowledges with a serious tone.

Three years after graduating from West Seattle High School in 1958, he was a passenger in a car wreck that almost took his…MORE

Tue, 05/27/08

The city of SeaTac is going green.

SeaTac lawmakers have voted to join ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability, a group with a membership of 800 cities worldwide, including 400 in the United States.

The group was established in…MORE

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