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Open wireless Internet (Wi-Fi) hubs like coffee shops and local area networks are becoming the norm in Ballard, making connecting to the Internet quick, convenient and most of the time free, for the casual Web browser and the on-the-go…MORE

During testimony at City Hall, people from White Center and Boulevard Park appealed to the Seattle City Council to cast the Seattle city limits farther south to include unincorporated North Highline.

Once a year, the City Council opens up…MORE

Can West Seattle maintain its cherished small-town atmosphere in the face of large new developments getting ready to break ground near the Junction?

Plans have been announced for two new "mixed-use" projects on Alaska Street that will…MORE

Over 120 Burien-area fun-lovers gathered on March 26 to participate in the first “B-Town Rally.”

The event was organized to benefit New Futures, a Burien-based nonprofit, and to build awareness of the family-support programs New Futures…MORE

A bountiful crop of horticultural finds and some great buys will be featured at the third annual Bloomin Burien Plant Sale on Friday, April 14 and Saturday, April 15 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day. The sidewalks along Southwest 152nd Street…MORE

If anyone had any doubt about the availability of local food in March, once they saw the spread at Eat Local Now, those doubts were gone. That was the point of holding the sold out gathering, on March 30th, in the first place. Well, one of the…MORE

Highline Times/Des Moines News publisher Jerry Robinson was named Citizen of the Year by Burien Elks Lodge 2143 on April 1.

Robinson was honored for his “outstanding and dedicated service to the community.”

He is also publisher of…MORE

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