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Seattle City Light said last week its customers should be on guard against telephone con artists posing as utility bill collectors who appear to be targeting customers with Asian surnames in the West Seattle area.

Several customers have…MORE

An Air Force flight nurse from Burien was promoted to the rank of major on March 29.

Teresa Trillo has been a member of the Air Force Reserves for 29 years, serving in both the enlisted and officer corps.

During 2005 she deployed…MORE

Sherril Huff has been named the new director of the King County Records, Elections and Licensing Services Division.

Huff, who was twice elected as Kitsap County auditor, has served as King County's assistant director for the division since…MORE

The Seattle School District has agreed to a three-year contract and a $240,00 annual salary for its new superintendent.

Maria Goodloe-Johnson will begin work here on July 9.

"We are thrilled to have Dr. Maria Goodloe-Johnson…MORE

Thanks to an appropriation of the Washington Legislature, a neighborhood center at High Point is within $2.5 million of the $10 million having enough money to build an 18,500 square-foot building.

The Legislature included $2 million for…MORE

Running your own espresso stand, even here in America's coffee capital, sometimes means finding sour lumps in the bottom of the cup - for the barista as well as the landlord.

Take the case of Christie Reynolds. She owns the Hot Spot Java…MORE

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.

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

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 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