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A parade of frustrated parents and students charged Highline schools lack academic rigor during the Dec. 14 school board meeting.

The speakers, many from Mt.

Some Gatewood Hill residents were hoping development of a park in their neighborhood would bring a new pedestrian pathway with it but city planners say the Orchard Street Ravine is too steep to support transverse trails.

Planners from…MORE

Burien Deputy Mayor Joan McGilton told the Times/News last week she assumes a national search will be conducted to find a replacement for City Manager Gary Long.

Long, who has served as Burien’s city manager since October 1998, announced…MORE

Burien residents had an opportunity to view the latest designs for the planned 57,000-square-foot City Hall/King County Regional Library at an open house Dec.

Jason Scott Roberts, the confessed killer of Federal Way police officer Patrick M. Maher, has been sentenced to thirty years in prison as penalty for his crime.

Although closer to the high-end of possible sentences, it was not the maximum…MORE

The financial picture for potential tax growth in the North Highline area is bleak for Burien, new figures given the city show.

An operating deficit could increase over the next six years.

Collected and compiled by Berk &…MORE

On Monday, December 12, Burien City Manager Gary Long announced his departure from the City effective January 1, 2006. Long said he has worked out a transition agreement with the Burien City Council. Long said: "I have consulted with the…MORE

On any average Saturday, squadrons of West Seattleites armed with pruning shears and loppers quietly slip into the community's public parks to defeat invasive killer plants and liberate the native flora.

There are numerous horticultural…MORE

The operating subsidy that would be required if the North Highline Unincorporated Area were annexed by the city of Burien could increase over the next six years.

This prediction topped the information about the proposed annexation of North…MORE

While the North Highline Unincorporated Area Council was recommending joining Burien, and the Burien Planning Commission was saying no, attendees at a community forum on annexation expressed interest in joining Seattle.

The Dec.