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.
MORENews
Roberts gets 30 years for Maher killing
Fri, 12/16/05
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
Deficits could grow if Burien takes in Highline
Tue, 12/13/05
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
Burien City Manager Stepping Down
Tue, 12/13/05
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
Volunteers versus killer plants
Tue, 12/13/05
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
N. Highline costly if Burien annexes
Tue, 12/13/05
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
Many residents prefer Seattle
Tue, 12/13/05
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.
MORECommunity leaders focus on D.M. permits
Tue, 12/13/05
After four months of separate committee meetings, Des Moines community leaders gathered together again Dec.
MOREChorale director Don Barrows celebrates his "second retirement"
Tue, 12/13/05
Don Barrows has become a Snowbird. When he and his wife Lucille rented a house in Surprise, Arizona, last January and February, and he was able to play golf in shorts, the Barrows decided that they would do it every year. But they would…MORE
Barney edges Rawsthorne after recount in school board race
Tue, 12/13/05
A manual recount of the 23,701 ballots cast on November 8, 2005 for the Federal Way School Board Position #1 revealed that Ed Barney has won the race by 23 votes.
The recount, performed on December 5, 2005 by the King County Records,…MORE
