Press release:
The City of Des Moines is pleased to announce that permit applications have now been received from Yareton Investment Fund for the luxury Artemis Hotel project to be built on Pacific Highway South.
The development is…MORE
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Applications due Friday for Sound Transit's Citizen Oversight Panel
Wed, 02/20/13
Sound Transit is seeking South King County volunteers for its Citizen Oversight Panel.
A completed application and resume must be submitted by Friday, Feb. 22.
The 15-member group independently monitors Sound Transit to make sure it…MORE
Community Calendar Week of 2-18-13
Tue, 02/19/13
Compiled by Shara Wallace
Deadline for receiving items for Community Calendar is 5 p.m. Wednesday for the following week’s Times/News. Events are published based on timeliness and space availability. Email submissions to: hteditor@…MORE
SeaTac’s Angle Lake Park closing until summer
Tue, 02/19/13
Angle Lake Park in SeaTac will close until summer.
According to SeaTac Parks director Kit Ledbetter the park could close for construction as early as Monday, Feb. 25. He said closure signs would be posted at the park, located at 19408…MORE
Second discrimination charge filed against Tukwila schools
Tue, 02/19/13
The Tukwila School District has been hit with a lawsuit filed by nine African American educators. The complaint claims the district endorses a white agenda and represses equality in education and teaching in Tukwila schools.
The district’s…MORE
Discover Burien awards to be presented March 1
Tue, 02/19/13
Rub elbows with Burien’s community and business leaders while supporting the nonprofit Discover Burien Association at its annual community leader awards dinner and silent auction Friday, March 1.
During the dinner from 6 to 10 p.m.,…MORE
Cedarhurst Elementary students win art contest
Tue, 02/19/13
Cedarhurst Elementary School fourth-grade student Amber Williams won the Environmental Science Center (ESC) Earth Day Kids Art Contest, and Emily Jung, also in grade four at Cedarhurst, won one of the two runner-up awards. A student from Renton…MORE
Student victims of Burien fire receive backpacks
Tue, 02/19/13
Steve Scranton of World Vision, left, and two Waggner Edstrom employees distribute backpacks to a Highline schools liaison to give to families affected by the recent Burien apartment fire.
MOREProperty taxes mixed in King County for 2013
Tue, 02/19/13
King County residents received their annual valentine from the county assessor’s office as property tax bills for 2013 were sent out on Feb. 14.
Property taxes are mixed in King County for 2013, with property values and property taxes down…MORE
Highline kids "play" with Harlem Globetrotters in Kent; Learn sportsmanship through New Futures organization
Sun, 02/17/13
Young Francisco C. learns a new trick from Harlem Globetrotter forward "Hacksaw" at the ShoWare Center Saturday, Feb. 16, in Kent before the game. He was one of 11 students from the after school program with the New Futures Woodridge Park…MORE
