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Sand stabilization may sound like an oxymoron, but that is exactly what the Seattle Department of Transportation promises with its federally funded repair plan for the portion of Golden Gardens Drive that collapsed during a rainstorm last…MORE

Fires killed 50 people in Washington State last year, says State Fire Marshal Michael Matlick.

The leading cause of fire fatalities is directly related to cigarettes, which were the cause in 9 (or 18 percent) of the fire fatalities in 2007…MORE

Seaview Avenue residents are still unhappy about transit service and King County Metro still is defending the lack of service because there is not enough money, despite the surge in ridership.

Metro officials and County Council member…MORE

The Alaskan Way Viaduct Stakeholders Advisory Committee focused on the next two building blocks toward a solution for the central waterfront structure: transit and public policy.

They scheduled an extra half an hour for this fourth meeting…MORE

Quidnunc, the local computer store in the junction, has been sold to another Seattle based computer company A-1 Best Computers. A-1 Best has two other locations in Ballard and Lake City. Started by Bill Hibler in 1994, Quidnunc began as a…MORE

With temperatures hovering just above freezing this week, Burien residents were treated to a series of low pressure systems off the coast, bringing plenty of rain to match the colder air. Downtown Burien saw plenty of the white stuff, some…MORE

BlueStar Management, Inc., of Shoreline, Washington announced today plans for "Gateway Center" a mixed-use project to be developed on a one acre site at the northeast corner of Fauntleroy Way and S.W. Alaska St. (adjacent to 39th Avenue SW).…MORE

The debate over animal care at King County shelters will be focused in Burien on Monday, April 14, during a county council town hall meeting in the Highline Performing Arts Center, 401 S. 152nd St.

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The weather was almost perfect for a birthday party. Saturday morning the sky was blue, offering a view of the Olympic Mountains still wearing their winter whites and of ferries steaming out of Coleman Dock just below.

She had to look her…MORE

Police officers will trade in their handcuffs for aprons at Red Robin Restaurants on Saturday, April 12, from 12 to 8 p.m. to raise tips for the annual "Tip-A-Cop" event benefiting Special Olympics Washington athletes.

Red Robin…MORE