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The long-delayed State Route 509 extension may be scaled back because of escalating costs.

Earlier estimates pegged the project's cost at $1.03 billion.

New projections now place the final bill at $1.35 billion-a 31 percent increase…MORE

Seattle set a new record for recycling rates, with 52.1 percent of residential garbage heading to recycling bins instead of landfills.

The residential recycling rate climbed by 2.7 percentage points compared to 2004 and was 2.2 percentage…MORE

Debris from December's powerful windstorm will be collected beginning Monday, Jan. 8, from all single-family residences in SeaTac.

There will be no charge for this service.

Residents simply need to place yard debris at their…MORE

Farid Chouery, a shoring and structural engineer, has a proposal to build a new Alaskan Way Viaduct without tearing down the existing one and without completely stopping traffic.

First new anchors would be built. Then high-strength steel…MORE

Burien City Councilwoman Sally Nelson recently was appointed vice chair of the National League of Cities CityFutures Panel on Equity and Opportunity in 2007.

League president Bart Peterson, mayor of Indianapolis announced Nelson's…MORE

Mayor Greg Nickels has nominated Stella Chao, a long-time community leader, as the new director of the city*s Department of Neighborhoods.

"Stella has a passion for bringing people together, building community and serving the residents of…MORE

King County Councilman Dow Constantine, D-West Seattle, has requested a formal council review of the local response to December's massive windstorm.

Constantine wants local lawmakers to find what lessons can be learned from the natural…MORE

The Seattle School Board should keep the names of potential superintendent candidates confidential until late in the process if the district wants to attract the best candidates, Ray & Associates, the firm selected to lead the nationwide…MORE

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Burien City Council

Regular council meetings are on the first and third Mondays of each month at 7 p.m.

Meetings are held at the Burien City Council chambers, 415 S.W. 150th St.

For information, call 206-241-4647.

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