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The heavy rains on Monday led to local flooding in many areas around Highline including this driveway on Des Moines Way South. Photo by Patrick Robinson

During Burien's Winterfest this weekend, local author Helen Castle will be singing her book Polina's Journey.

Burien Books, 643 S.W. 152nd St., will host Castle's book signing on Saturday, Dec.

A potential merger between the Burien/Normandy Park and North Highline fire departments remains in limbo as the North Highline unincorporated area awaits the outcome of the ongoing annexation process.

Either Burien or Seattle eventually…MORE

As the winter driving season approaches and the first snow falls, motorists can expect additional weather related delays.

That makes "keep traffic moving a top priority" for the Washington State Patrol, said spokesman Capt.

Highline Medical Center recently donated more than 1,800 old scrub suits, over 4,000 pounds of linen and 30 linen carts to World Vision.

The scrubs will be used as part of World Vision's international outreach efforts, while the linens…MORE

Des Moines resident Dan J. Donlan recently published a book of poems and short stories.

Entitled Womb of the Same Mother, the entries were inspired by everyday life.

King County Metro Transit's VanPool and VanShare commuting programs now have more than 1,000 vans in operation, supporting a record ridership of 1.9 million passenger trips during the first nine months of 2007.

"This is an encouraging…MORE

Everybody loves a good spoof ... you know, wonderful comic send-ups of old classic tales, such as Young Frankenstein and Monty Python and the Holy Grail" that still tickle the collective funny bone of America to this day.

So leave it to…MORE

The William Kilworth Trust and the Florence Kilworth Trust today appealed a September 26 ruling by Pierce County Superior Court Judge Thomas P. Larkin that gave the go-ahead to the Pacific Harbors Council of the Boy Scouts of America to sell a…MORE

Metropolitan King County Councilmember Bob Ferguson said recent announcements of further downgrades within the $4 billion King County Investment Pool makes the Council's creation of an Investment Pool Advisory Panel all the more important.