About 30 other protesters picketed the Crown Hill Safeway store on 15th Avenue NW and NW 83rd street last Friday, August 18. The protest took the form of a mock funeral for the neighborhood's "Pedestrian designation," a reference to a…MORE
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Deep friendship spans the Sound
Tue, 08/22/06
Justin Moser is one student at Mt. Rainer High School who already has shown he is ready to take on anything.
At the young age of 17, Moser has lived a life an absent mother, and has recently lost a dear friend. Yet he continues to overcome…MORE
Trio of shops at Five Corners
Tue, 08/22/06
A quiet business renaissance has recently taken place at the corner of First Avenue Southwest and Southwest 160th Street in Burien.
Herr Backyard Garden Center was joined on the property earlier this year by Two French Hens and Caf/ Lip…MORE
Step out to stomp out domestic violence
Tue, 08/22/06
The Domestic Violence Task Forces of South King County will host the first Steppin' Out to Stop Domestic Violence Walk-A-Thon on Sept. 30.
The Walk-A-Thon-the first of many events planned locally during Domestic Violence Awareness Month in…MORE
Kayakers congregate
Wed, 08/16/06
It's been more than a year since the Army Corps of Engineers dismantled the rock baskets that armored the Seahurst Park shoreline.
Sea life is returning to the restored beach.
Now the public has the chance to see the changes and get…MORE
Sending smiles abroad
Wed, 08/16/06
On a recent steamy day in Izabal, Guatemala, dentists loaded a compressor, generator, boxes of supplies and folding dental chairs in a Mitsubishi double cab four-wheel drive truck and headed out for their day's work.
Setting up a mobile…MORE
Drunk driving to be targeted by police patrols
Wed, 08/16/06
If you drive hammered, you will get nailed.
This message highlighted last week's announcement by local and state law enforcement agencies that extra DUI patrols will take place throughout King County from Friday, Aug. 18. through Labor Day…MORE
Shelfish Ban Spreads
Wed, 08/16/06
Beaches in King County were closed to shellfish harvesting last week by the Washington State Department of Health.
The ban was originally for only the area from Three Tree Point in Burien south to the Pierce County line.
Health…MORE
Officers back in budget, fire emergency declared
Wed, 08/16/06
Funding for four high school police officers was included in a $161.3 million general operating budget approved Aug. 9 by Highline School Board members.
Superintendent John Welch earlier had proposed removing funding for the school…MORE