The multimillion-dollar debt accumulated by the failed Seattle Monorail Project is expected to be paid off by next fall, so the Monorail Board voted to terminate the motor vehicle excise tax paid by Seattle residents sometime between August and…MORE
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Ex-editor of Highline Times dies
Tue, 04/04/06
Ed Penhale, a communications director for two governors and an ex-Highline Times editor, passed away March 24.
Mr. Penhale graduated from the University of New Hampshire, where he was editor of the school paper. He then worked for a year…MORE
Highline College student in opera national finals
Wed, 03/29/06
After graduating from college, many students launch their careers.
But Amber Johnson, fresh with a bachelor’s degree in literature from The Evergreen State College in Olympia, realized her educational journey must continue.
“After…MORE
Bond supporters thanked
Wed, 03/29/06
The Highline School District’s $148 million bond has been officially certified by King County Elections as approved by voters.
Final totals showed 64.46 percent (11,410) of Highline voters approved the bond while 35.54 percent (6,292)…MORE
Plane crashed near Des Moines fifty years ago
Wed, 03/29/06
Fifty years ago next week, my mother told me, or I heard her tell someone else, that one of our neighbors, a pilot, had died when a commercial plane crashed between Des Moines and Maury Island
April 2, 1956, was typical of those gray, low-…MORE
Burien may get tax credits for annexing N. Highline
Wed, 03/29/06
An update on the anticipated fiscal impact that annexation of the North Highline unincorporated area would have on Burien was presented to city council members March 20.
The update will serve as a benchmark in future city deliberations…MORE
D.M. to pay legal fees of 4 ex-lawmakers
Wed, 03/29/06
The Des Moines City Council voted 4 to 3 on March 23 to award $90,000 to four former city council members to cover legal fees they incurred while in office.
Mixed emotions laced with resentment towards former council members Richard…MORE
Tyee band parents upset
Wed, 03/29/06
Band parents and students from Tyee High in SeaTac protested on March 22 a decision to schedule band after school.
Speaking before the Highline School Board, parents said the principals at the Tyee campus had informed them that band…MORE
Korean liaison helps Federal Way immigrants brave new world
Wed, 03/29/06
Woo Yang Ha's eyelids, brushed lightly with a golden shimmer shadow over a touch of pale peach, crinkled in answer when asked how she was able to move with her husband and two children from Seoul, Korea to Federal Way, buy and operate a teriyaki…MORE
Citizens demand answers from police, animal control
Wed, 03/29/06
A usually quiet council chambers erupted with the voices of 150 people, many of them demanding answers to the growing number of questions stemming from the tragic story of Mooie, a three-month-old pit bull puppy scalded by chemicals.
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