The Seattle Housing Authority is proposing to relax its criminal background criteria for certain felony convictions to shorten the waiting time for people in need of housing.
The waiting periods for crimes like burglary and homicide, which…MORE
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Housing Authority considers relaxing felony conviction limits
Tue, 01/22/08
The Seattle Housing Authority is proposing to relax its criminal background criteria for certain felony convictions to shorten the waiting time for people in need of housing.
The waiting periods for crimes like burglary and homicide, which…MORE
How your legislators voted in Olympia
Tue, 01/22/08
Modifying property tax exemption provisions for veterans of the armed forces._In 2007 HB 1102 passed with full support of the House of Representatives, but did not make it out of the Senate. At the start of the 2008 session the House quickly…MORE
Adams students pass fund goal
Tue, 01/22/08
Students at Adams Elementary School collected 30 bags of coins weighing 850 pounds during the recently concluded Penny Harvest fundraiser.
They exceeded their goal of 25 coin bags. In addition to the coins, $117 in bills were brought in by…MORE
Corrections
Tue, 01/22/08
The name of the school in the bullying story in the Jan. 16 issue of the West Seattle Herald listed the school's name incorrectly. It is Westside School.
The official voter's pamphlet for a $490 million Seattle School District bond passed…MORE
Relay rally set for Jan. 31
Mon, 01/21/08
The third annual Relay For Life of Highline will launch this year's fund-raising drive for the American Cancer Society with a Kick-Off Party on Thursday, Jan. 31.
Anyone in the community who is interested participating as an organizer,…MORE
Beware, Burien red-light runners
Mon, 01/21/08
Drivers who travel through Burien may need to exercise caution when trying to make it through yellow traffic lights in the near future.
City council members discussed at their Jan.
MOREJapanese garden featured in film
Mon, 01/21/08
The Highline Botanical Garden Foundation and Highline Historical Society will co-host the premier of award-winning filmmaker Ken Slusher's latest documentary, The Seike Garden: An American Story, on Saturday, Feb. 2.
This 30-minute movie,…MORE
Greenbay experience, 10; Game, 0
Mon, 01/21/08
Burien residents Mick Purdy, an owner of Mick Kelly's Irish Pub, and Sean O'Rawe both grew up as soccer fans in Ireland.
But living in this Seattle suburb, they have become avid Seahawk fans - and season ticket holders.
So much so…MORE
Burien to study smaller annexation area
Mon, 01/21/08
and Ralph Nichols
The Burien City Council is not ready to sit back and wait for Seattle to enter into mediation over competing claims for annexing the North Highline unincorporated area.
Both Burien and Seattle have designated all…MORE
