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Burien City Council members voted 4-2 on Dec. 17 to approve comprehensive plan amendments that place no restrictions on the size of retail businesses in the Northeast Redevelopment Area.

The action followed a lengthy discussion about…MORE

From a new face to downtown, complete with the transformation of a 4-acre abandoned movie theater into a state-of-the-art high rise center with residential and retail space, to a state-of-the-art community center that will certainly emerge as a…MORE

Mayor Greg Nickels was unanimously elected chair of the Sound Transit board.

Nickels is a long-time advocate for a regional light rail system, first as a King County councilman and later as Seattle's mayor, where he lead effort to get…MORE

Highline cities continued their economic development plans in 2007 while Burien dealt with affordable-housing advocates who opposed demolition of the Lora Lake Apartments.

Burien and Seattle's dispute over North Highline annexation was not…MORE

It's not difficult to see how incredibly impressed Mary Faber is with the new Federal Way Community Center.

After a wait of more than three years, she now helps administrate one of the state's largest community facilities.

The…MORE

Gerry Kingen, owner of Salty's on Alki, is considering building a "boutique hotel" in the parking lot south of his Harbor Avenue restaurant.

Boutique hotels are usually more intimate and more expensive than hotel chains, so Kingen plans to…MORE

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.

The volunteer…MORE

King County Councilmember Julia Patterson, D-SeaTac, was unanimously elected last week as chairwoman of the council for 2008.

_Councilman Dow Constantine, D-West Seattle, was named Council Vice-Chairman for Policy and Chairman of the…MORE

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.

SeaTac…MORE

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.

Mayor…MORE