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Calling illegal immigration "rampant," U.S. Rep. Adam Smith told Burien Lions Club members last week the first step toward solving this problem is to get "better control of our borders."

Smith, a Democrat whose 9th Congressional District…MORE

The Ballard Avenue Landmark District Board approved a design proposal last week for a new 146-unit senior housing facility on Ballard Avenue Northwest after the developers, Teutsch Partners, altered their original plan to meet the historic…MORE

Members of the Burien Residents Against Annexation Political Action Committee last week challenged others who support annexing the North Highline unincorporated area at a meeting of the PAC.

A mix of ideas concerning possible annexation…MORE

Burien residents will have opportunities to learn about the city's "preferred alternative" for a potential annexation of the North Highline unincorporated area at a series of public meetings planned for September and October.

Those…MORE

State-of-the-art "digital health information technology" at Highline Medical Center is enhancing patient care and providing more convenient services.

The medical imaging technology, known as a "picture archiving and communication system,"…MORE

The Department of Labor and Industries is looking for about 500 employers willing to participate in a new way for workers to file workplace injury and occupational disease claims.

The state Legislature this year approved a two-year pilot…MORE

The Higher Education Coordinating Board has voted to approve South Seattle Community College's Bachelor of Applied Science in Hospitality Management, moving the college closer for the program to begin in fall 2007.

The Legislature granted…MORE

Since July, all 643 taxicabs licensed to operate in Seattle provide printed receipts to all paying passengers.

The receipt will indicate the taxicab name and number, date, starting and ending time of the trip, distance traveled, taximeter…MORE

Settlement of the concrete workers strike Friday means work can begin soon on the repaving of 1.5 miles of California Avenue from Edmunds Street to Admiral Way.

Gary Merlino Construction Co. was scheduled to begin preparation of the…MORE

King County officials are in a holding pattern over whether to ask federal permission to change the flight path for incoming airplanes at Boeing Field, which would lessen aircraft noise in Magnolia but turn it up in West Seattle, particularly for…MORE