Highline School District officials pointed last week to steady progress in reading and 10th-grade achievement, based on results of this year's Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL).
But they expressed disappointment at the math…MORE
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Lawmakers appear to favor full potential annexation area
Tue, 09/19/06
Five Burien City Council members indicated at their Sept. 11 study session that they now favor designating the entire North Highline Unincorporated Area as a potential annexation area.
Council members voted 5-2 last month to target only…MORE
Keeping the faith
Tue, 09/19/06
Federal Way residents aren't short on choices when it comes to expressing their spirituality. According to city business license records, there are 41 churches and religious organizations registered within the city limits.
Buddhists visit…MORE
Interim Burien City Hall to be near Five Corners
Tue, 09/19/06
Burien City Hall will move to temporary quarters in December to make room for construction of Town Square.
Council members approved on Sept. 11 a 24-month lease beginning Nov. 11 for space in a professional building at 15811 Ambaum…MORE
Normandy Park gets shopping center
Tue, 09/19/06
The Schuster Group Inc., a real estate developer, recently announced plans to build a new, 53,849 square foot retail development in the heart of Normandy Park.
Located at the intersection of First Avenue South and South 199th Street, the…MORE
Patterson praises sheriff's office report
Tue, 09/19/06
King County Councilwoman Julia Patterson, D-SeaTac, last week praised the final report of the Sheriff's Blue Ribbon Panel.
The 35-page report on problems of training, supervision and discipline within the King County Sheriff's Office and…MORE
Water commissioner picked
Tue, 09/19/06
Tom Jovanovich was sworn in last week as a new commissioner of Water District 49.
Water District 49 provides service to downtown Burien and surrounding residential neighborhoods.
Jovanovich was appointed in August to fill a vacancy…MORE
Four group against any annexation of North Highline
Tue, 09/19/06
Four groups opposed to annexation of North Highline by Burien have united their efforts against any attempt by the city to absorb part or all of the unincorporated area.
The Burien Residents Against Annexation Political Action Committee…MORE
Miss Burien director selected
Tue, 09/19/06
The Miss Burien Scholarship Program announced last week that Janie Bakke has been named the organization's new executive director.
She succeeds Diane Kennish, who is stepping down after nine years of leading the program.
Bakke has…MORE
Burien Council now favors 'potential annexation area'
Tue, 09/19/06
Five Burien City Council members say that they now favor designating the entire North Highline Unincorporated Area as a potential annexation area.
Council members voted 5-2 last month to target only two areas in the southern part of North…MORE
