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A Ballard icon abruptly closed its doors last week. The Yankee Grill a family-style restaurant on Shilshole Avenue that served as one of the few large catering facilities in downtown Ballard, was permanently shut down by its owners on Monday,…MORE

What a difference eight years makes.

In 1998, students and staff at White Center Heights Elementary in North Highline were forced out of their school by slimy toxic mold.

For six years, the students were bused to an old school…MORE

Burien residents soon will have a number of opportunities to comment on the potential annexation of all, part, or none of the North Highline unincorporated area.

A community engagement plan approved by the Burien council on April 3 calls…MORE

Students won’t be suspended for walking out of classes to attend rallies protesting proposed immigration legislation currently in Congress, Highline School Board members were told April 5.

Some Highline students left classes on March 27 to…MORE

In keeping with the old adage that when robins appear spring has arrived, an influx of new restaurants is usually the harbinger of revitalization in a neighborhood or city.

And the latest arrivals in Burien’s wave of new eateries are…MORE

Burien could face a deficit of more than $1 million to build and staff a new fire station if Seattle annexes the North Highline unincorporated area.

Community Development Director Scott Greenberg presented the financial impact to city…MORE

Highline area students protested again on April 7 in opposition to proposed immigration reform before Congress.

This time they took their rally cries to the Department of Homeland Security building located on Tukwila International…MORE

Ground was broken recently for the first new office building to be built in downtown Des Moines in over five years.

At three and a half stories, the Des Moines Professional Center at 22506 Marine View Dr. S.

Highline schools Superintendent John Welch admits it looks odd.

But, Welch noted April 5, the generosity of the state Legislature in raising teacher salaries means the Highline district faces a $3.1 million shortfall in its projected 2006-…MORE

One of West Seattle's main employers, Services Group of America, plans to move to Arizona, according to press reports over the weekend.

The company did not return repeated telephone calls or e-mail messages to confirm or explain the move,…MORE