The newly opened trail to the south end of Seahurst Park is the latest example of poor stewardship of our natural resources by the city of Burien.
It is certainly a broad and accessible path, essentially a road, which is nice to walk on or ride your bike on.
Recently I had the opportunity to visit Valley View School and take a peek at the ECEAP program.
What an impressive endeavor that is!
Upon entering the classroom, I observed several little ones, obviously from different cultural backgrounds, intensely pursuing various activities from computer learning to cutting out letters.
How amazing that the two teachers could manage all those little minds whose mother tongues were not English for the most part!
The children behaved so well, and seemed so delighted to be learning new concepts.
After my
When the Puget Sound area receives an unusual amount of snow, it is normally the east side that is slammed the hardest.
So when the King County Roads Division spends September and October testing snow-removal equipment and ordering winter supplies such as sand, they concentrate on areas near the Cascades mountains.
But the storms that hit in December were different and snow removal efforts had to be more evenly distributed around the county, according to Linda Dougherty, the county's roads director.
"We try to stay aware of all the micro-climates throughout the
(Editor's Note: SeaTac photographer Tony Miller went to Sea-Tac International Airport to take photos of stranded travelers during the recent snowstorm. Here's what he found.)
Highline gained hundreds of unexpected holiday guests as snow and bad weather trapped travelers at Sea-Tac International Airport.
First, crosswinds at the airport led to the cancellation or delay of dozens of weekend flights.
Then, Alaska Airlines, which along with subsidiary Horizon Airlines accounts for half of Sea-Tac's flights, ran low on de-icer.
A fun-filled celebration at the Double Tree Suites, Southcenter, on Monday October 7, 2008, marked highlights of 4 decades of service to the Tukwila area.
In its 40 years, the Southcenter Rotary Club has contributed more than $400,000 to local community and Rotary International projects. In addition, the club has given $183,779 to The Rotary Foundation.
Are big businesses being rewarded for polluting more?
That's the question State Representative Zack Hudgins (D -Tukwila) posed to the Department of Ecology (DOE) when he called for the creation of the Toxics Reduction Advisory Committee (TRAC) last legislative session.
Hudgins tasked the committee with addressing the way in which DOE collects fees from businesses that release toxic industrial pollution into our air, land, and water.
State officials and business leaders recently reported back to the members of the state House Committee on Environmental Health, o
Highline Community College's new 2,500 square foot aquarium and classroom facility at Redondo pier in Des Moines is a lab for growing scientists.
Called the MaST (Marine Science and Technology) Center, the new buildings along the Redondo waterfront just south of Salty's restaurant offer "world class research and programs reinvigorating the college curriculum," according to college officials.
The 260 foot long dock now supports the third largest aquarium in the state and is the only college-owned facility with direct saltwater access, boasting five aquariums and three touc
If you live near Chelsea Park in Burien you may have brushed elbows with royalty.
I wonder why so many people commit crimes.
Prison is no joke. One is confined to a small space, with set times for breakfast, lunch and dinner. No television, no reading, and little, if any, contact with the outside world at all.
Not that I know what prison is like. But I did come pretty darn close.
I recently spent 10 days participating in a research study at Charles River Laboratory in Tacoma.
Many studies at Charles River usually involve constant blood draws and urine samples.
Love blooms unexpectedly in Breeders Theater's new show, "Prairie Heart."
Written by T.M. Sell, "Prairie Heart" is about Scandinavian pioneers in North Dakota in the 1890s.
"That's about the time my great-grandparents homesteaded there," said Sell.
