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Developers of a new eight story condo planned for a corner many consider the "gateway to Ballard" will have to do more to acknowledge the important intersection if they want the approval of the Northwest Design Review Board.

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and Ralph Nichols

Seattle will lobby the Legislature for tax breaks should it annex the North Highline unincorporated area.

Both Burien and Seattle have designated North Highline as a potential annexation area.

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Burien council members unanimously approved on Dec. 10 a $31.1 million city budget for 2008.

A $19.7 million operating budget accounts for almost two thirds of the new spending plan, while the capital budget is $11.4 million.

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"What does liberty mean to me" will be the theme of a fund-raiser for the Seattle Statue of Liberty Plaza Project. Major donors are invited to a gala event, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Thursday, December 27 at Duke's Chowder House at Alki.

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Highline Water District commissioners Jerry Guite and George Landon recently were presented with a Commissioners Accreditation Award.

The award recognizes efforts by Guite and Landon in continuing the Commissioner Accreditation Guidelines…MORE

Community organization Megawatt announced it's closure on Tuesday citing financial reasons. Well known in West Seattle for it's annual "Garage Sale Day" event the organization also served as a way for people in the community to connect with one…MORE

Highline Community College writing professor Sharon Hashimoto has been given an Exemplary Status award by the Washington Community and Technical College Humanities Association.

The award is for outstanding practitioners in the humanities…MORE

The Seattle School Board has heard from several Denny Middle School and Sealth High parents, teachers and students who oppose the district's plan to build a joint campus for the two schools, but it's uncertain whether the board is empowered to…MORE

Major paving on the third runway at Sea-Tac International Airport is done, Port of Seattle officials have announced.

The paving was poured 17 inches thick on the 150-foot-wide runway that is 8,500 feet long.

Workers will hand pave…MORE

West Seattle High School recently hosted 16 students from the city's French sister city, Nantes, for a two-week exchange student program.

In turn, twenty students from West Seattle plan to attend Talensac High School in Nantes during…MORE