Burien's popular annual Clean Sweep, which brings friends and neighbors together to clean up their city, will take place again Saturday, April 28, from 8 a.m.
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Rove energizes local GOP
Wed, 04/25/07
Most political "headliners" pass through the Highline area after landing at Boeing Field or Sea-Tac International Airport on their way to events somewhere else.
But Karl Rove, a chief advisor to President Bush, came to SeaTac on April 14…MORE
Text messaging bill is approved
Wed, 04/25/07
The Times/News presents a weekly summary of actions on bills by Highline-area legislators.
For complete information, go to www.WashingtonVotes.org-a free, non-partisan Website with plain-English explanations of bills and a record of each…MORE
Burien council fetes city clerk
Wed, 04/25/07
Burien council members honored on April 16 retiring city resource manager and clerk Jan Roegner, who has served as since incorporation in 1993.
Roegner has trained many of the current staff, negotiating the contract that allowed council…MORE
Skills Center gets new name
Wed, 04/25/07
The Sea-Tac Occupational Skills Center started in the 1960s as the state's first multi-district high school vocational program.
But Highline district officials think the center's name has become as dated as such '60s expressions as "groovy…MORE
Burien Rebuffs Apartments Plea
Wed, 04/25/07
King County Housing Authority officials made an eleventh-hour bid last week to keep most of the Lora Lake Apartments open.
The 200-plus apartments at Des Moines Memorial Drive just south of State Route 518 are scheduled to be vacated in…MORE
Stewart will not run for new term; Sundquist to seek post
Tue, 04/24/07
Last week, West Seattle School Director Irene Stewart said she would not seek a second term on the Seattle School Board.
Within moments, West Seattle businessman Steve Sundquist said he will run for Stewart's district 6 position.
…MORE
We are in a mass transit void
Tue, 04/24/07
The collapse of public support for the monorail in November 2005 created a mass transit void in West Seattle and Ballard that is likely to continue for years.
Sound Transit is currently building a 19-mile-long light rail system from the…MORE
Paving progressing quickly
Tue, 04/24/07
The work on California Avenue between Genesee Street and Spokane Street is progressing at a rapid pace, says the Seattle Department of Transportation.
Crews are repairing the underlying base of the street and are improving curb ramps to…MORE
Four period day study progress goes slowly
Tue, 04/24/07
Members of a steering committee charged with proposing modifications to West Seattle High's four-period day aren't making as much progress as they had hoped.
The group, comprised of West Seattle High staff and parents, has been meeting…MORE
