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Two years have passed since then mayor and now councilmember Dean McColgan addressed the chamber of commerce of a 15-year-old city.

McColgan described a youthful Federal Way as an adolescent, a young and blossoming community that showed…MORE

With the mayor battling for a tunnel, the governor pushing for a new viaduct, and Seattle voters wondering if their March 13 vote will even slightly affect the outcome, the future of vehicular transportation along the downtown waterfront remains…MORE

Following a review of a new master plan for the Des Moines Marina, city council members asked staff on Feb.

30th District legislators Sen. Tracey J. Eide (D) and Reps. Skip Priest (R) and Mark Miloscia (D) hosted a group of Federal Way students at the state Capitol this week. The group of students joined the legislators for a tour of the Capitol and to…MORE

Burien City Council members voted unanimously on Feb.

Updated results from King County Elections last week showed that 60 percent of SeaTac voters wanted the discharging of personal fireworks to remain illegal in the city.

Voters overwhelmingly rejected a new fireworks ordinance that was…MORE

SeaTac lawmakers decided on Feb. 13 to join about 30 other cities in appealing a stormwater permit recently issued by the state Department of Ecology.

The Burien City Council voted to join the appeal process on Feb. 12.

SeaTac…MORE

A standing-room-only crowd spilled into the foyer at The Hall at Fauntleroy in West Seattle for a recent "town hall meeting" about King County's response to the mid-December wind and ice storms.

Highline and West Seattle were hit harder…MORE

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HB 1116

Creating a plan to increase the homeownership rate to 75 percent by 2020.

By a vote of 65 to 31 on Feb. 12, the House approved HB 1116, which would require the…MORE

Mike Martin is a happy man.

"I'm thrilled to be here," the new Burien city manager said in a recent interview. "I'm so excited about what's going on in this community that I could do handsprings."

It felt "like the table is set"…MORE