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Editor's note: One year ago, Hurricane Katrina slammed into and devastated the Gulf States. Highline residents responded generously, donating thousands of dollars and truckloads of clothing and other goods for those who were displaced by the…MORE

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 intersection of NW 58th St. and 24th Ave. NW has been at the heart of significant redevelopment in the last few years. QFC is in the process of renovating its store, and adding five floors of living space above it. A new park and library sit…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

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

26 years ago, Weyerhaeuser employees and volunteers began planting, each by hand, 18 million tree seedlings in the rich mantle of ash spewed from Mount Saint Helens.

Those conifer seedlings stand today over 75 feet tall, thanks, ironically…MORE

"This is going to change how people take care of their computers," said Scott LeBorious, a computer systems expert, as he thumbed the keypad on his cell phone in anticipation of a sales call.

LeBorious works for a new Federal Way company…MORE

A series of community meetings to discuss the second phase of Seattle Public Schools closures was cancelled last week because the school board thought too many families would be still be on vacation, said district spokesman Peter Daniels.

Monorail officials are feeling their way in the dark as they try to find how to kill the government agency that once planned a monorail line through West Seattle.

Apparently there are no instruction books explaining the procedure for…MORE

Several bar and club owners in the area have joined a city-wide lobbying group to fight a proposed Seattle ordinance that would force nightclubs to get a special license and follow stricter noise and safety requirements.

Pete Hanning, a…MORE