Graffiti artists, "Artmobiles" and high school students modeling new clothes made from trash are just a few new scenes planned for Burien's Strawberry and Arts Festival on Friday, June 23, and Saturday, June 24.
The annual celebration will…MORE
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Metro orders 500 new buses for expansion
Tue, 06/12/07
King County is to purchase of up to 500 new buses that will help deliver one of the biggest bus service expansions in Metro history.
Most of the buses will be articulated hybrids manufactured under a contract believed to be the largest of…MORE
Sound Transit fined on Tukwila light-rail segment
Tue, 06/12/07
The Department of Ecology has fined Sound Transit and PCL Construction Services $79,000 for water-quality and permit violations along the Tukwila section of the Central Link light rail line.
Ecology staff documented numerous violations…MORE
Possession of child porn leveled at local teacher
Tue, 06/12/07
The King County Prosecuting Attorney has filed a possession of child pornography charge against Whitman Middle School teacher Timothy Daniel Sheehan.
In a letter to parents and guardians, dated June 1, Whitman Middle School Principal…MORE
Evergreen parents ask why vice principal was not promoted
Tue, 06/12/07
Some parents of Evergreen High School students wonder why vice principal Jackie Lewis was not hired to be a small learning community principal at the school.
Lewis applied to be principal of the Technology, Engineering and Communications…MORE
Burien council, Highline school board discuss partnership
Tue, 06/12/07
Burien City Manager Mike Martin emphasized to Highline School Board members at a recent meeting with the council the importance of a partnership between the district and the city.
"Our residents are your students and that's why we think…MORE
Bar owners want to kill license idea
Tue, 06/12/07
Ballard bar owners have encouraged city leaders to nix the idea of a nightlife license and instead hire more police and enforce existing noise, litter and public intoxication laws.
Dozens spoke out at a public hearing last week against a…MORE
Teklezgy Sequar called an 'inspirational' South grad
Tue, 06/12/07
South Seattle Community College graduates the class of 2007 tomorrow, June 14 at 7:30 p.m. in the Jerry Brockey Student Center.
For those who know about community colleges - institutions that are truly open to all - graduation takes on a…MORE
Roads, transit measure includes study of Burien light-rail link
Tue, 06/12/07
A proposed $6.9 billion Roads and Transit ballot measure will include a comprehensive study on linking the Burien, SeaTac, Tukwila and Renton by light rail.
An amendment by King County Councilwoman Julia Patterson, D-SeaTac, which recently…MORE
Tenants have 'one year' to buy school buildings
Tue, 06/12/07
Tenants of surplus Seattle school buildings in Ballard, Small Faces Child Development Center and the Nordic Heritage Museum, will have at least a year to decide whether or not to purchase the facilities under a plan adopted by the School Board…MORE
