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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

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

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

Mary Hurley spent four hours poring over the manual given to each member on the Alaskan Way Viaduct Stakeholders Advisory Committee. She printed out the 68 pages of minutes from the first meeting Dec. 13 and the comments submitted with them.…MORE

The Burien City Council has directed its city manager to come up with a recommendation for a smaller potential annexation of North Highline that could pave the way for a compromise with the cities of Seattle, Tukwila and SeaTac.

Both…MORE

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.

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

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

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

More than 200 volunteers from around the city and across the nation turned out for the "Day of Service" to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday. West Seattle Elementary was one of two sites in Seattle where painting, gardening, and general…MORE