Editors Note: News year's day was pretty frantic at Burien's Three Tree Point this year. As we headed for the annual Polar bear New Year's day plunge we noted a lot of commotion on the beach where we discovered a beached 25 foot sail boat…MORE
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New Year's Day Polar Bare Plunge
Tue, 01/01/08
The Polar Bare Plunge at Three Tree Point went off with only a few stiches for the sixth time on New Year's Day. All 26 of the brave souls survived the shivery dip and were rewarded with wild cheering. No casualties have been reported but one…MORE
Mom to use her art to aid tot with liver transplant
Sat, 12/29/07
Alissa, Skot, Jesse, Wilf and Mimi Pierson are just one family of the many thousands who are suffering this year.
Nine month old Mimi Pierson was diagnosed with liver cancer at three months old. Mimi received a liver transplant but now…MORE
Highline's grow own teacher plan is seeking participants
Sat, 12/29/07
In 2003, the concept of the "Grow Your Own Teacher" program was born from a desire to reach out and extend the Highline School District's recruiting arms to find dedicated professionals in local communities who want to be educators.
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Seattle stays in hunt with Burien and SeaTac to annex N. Highline
Sat, 12/29/07
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.
SeaTac recently targeted the Boulevard…MORE
Teen girl with asthma is missing
Sat, 12/29/07
Jessie Schutz is missing. Her mother believes that she may be in Seattle, or possibly Tacoma, but so far no one Mrs. Schutz has spoken to or contacted has seen her.
At 16 years old, Jessie is apparently living on the streets and likely…MORE
St. Alphonsus aide hit, killed at intersection
Sat, 12/29/07
Agnes Meserole, a teaching assistant in the preschool program at St. Alphonsus Parish School died after being hit by a car on Dec. 13.
The accident occurred in the crosswalk at Northwest 58th Street and 14th Avenue Northwest around 11 a.m…MORE
Baby born on 9/11 is Sea-Tac's 30 millionth flier
Sat, 12/29/07
Recognizing its busiest year ever, Sea-Tac International Airport honored in December a Seattle family's 3-month old baby boy as its "30 Millionth Passenger" for 2007.
This marked the first time that more than 30 million passengers have…MORE
Sunset Hill seeks to save substation
Sat, 12/29/07
Friends of the Sunset Hill Substation will try appealing to the "green" side of political leaders to save a small parcel of surplus city property for community use that could otherwise be sold to developers.
Residents began organizing this…MORE
Feds to help area with storm damage
Sat, 12/29/07
Federal help is on the way for King County residents recovering from damage caused by the mid-December storm and flooding.
Major damage in the Highline area was in Shorewood, where about 20 homes were damaged or destroyed by a mudslide.…MORE
