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The Hispanic community is the largest and most rapidly growing of all minority groups in Burien.

Since 1995, Hispanics have grown from 3 to 11 percent of the city's population.

The Phinney Neighborhood Association held its second annual Summer Beer Taste Saturday, rhis year it fell on "quatorze juillet," or Bastille Day, so the event was coined "Beerstille Day."

Bright red t-shirts worn by staff, and for sale,…MORE

The city plans to remove a crosswalk on Southwest Avalon Way but some West Seattleites think the pedestrian crossing should be made safer rather than rubbed out.

The crosswalk is in front of the Javabean espresso bar. Nearby are the Luna…MORE

With the public sale of the first Burien Town Square condominiums not set to begin until July 25, nearly half of the units already have already been spoken for.

According to Kim Sharpe-Jones, marketing manager for Miller Condominium…MORE

The city wants to take the lead this time as it decides how West Seattle should update its neighborhood plans.

Mayor Greg Nickels released a proposal earlier this month that outlines a city-staffed structure to examine all 38 of Seattle's…MORE

The Metropolitan King County Council last week unanimously confirmed Sherril Huff as director of the King County's Records, Elections and Licensing Services Division, with praise for her leadership in implementing the council's recommendations…MORE

The last vestige of the former Park Lake-now Greenbridge neighborhood is the Jim Wiley Community Center, which officially reopened Friday after a $5 million remodeling job.

The pyramid-like 1980 building is the only structure in the…MORE

Alki's new bronze Statue of Liberty is cast and paid for, but there's not enough money yet to build the plaza around it.

A fundraising campaign for the project ran out of steam after the organization Northwest Programs for the Arts had…MORE

Summer will sizzle with diversions both quirky and wonderful, from jugglers to a sausage-eating contest, during the Olde Burien Block Party on Saturday, July 14.

Among the amusements planned from noon to midnight are performers of every…MORE

When it comes to mass transit, Puget Sound's new selling point is that open water requires no expensive workers to design, build, pave, stripe or repeatedly patch its surface.

"The route is free," said King County Councilman Dow…MORE