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Two new items of business were passed at the final Des Moines City Council meeting for the 2012 year.

Updating appeal procedures and licensing requirements for dangerous dogs was passed 5-2, and an ordinance defining one-time revenue and…MORE

By Gwen DavisSPECIAL TO THE HIGHLINE TIMES

Rebecca Dare and Bill Opfermann know that being proactive can pay off in life-saving ways. Especially when it comes to preparing for a possible natural disaster.

On Saturday morning, Dec. 8…MORE

Five-year-old Nehemiah Cornelius, a Midway Elementary kindergarten student, gives a double thumbs-up for his new winter coat at the annual Des Moines Rotary coat give-away event.

Rotary member Scott Logan, Highline Public Schools Security…MORE

Each December, local artist Marge Ellsworth and Highline Times editor Eric Mathison host a Christmas ornament making party in their Burien home.

Burien photographer Maureen Hoffmann describes it as “good clean fun” and an opportunity “for…MORE

The 12.8 foot high tide at 8:17 am was sort of the perfect storm combination with the high winds that hit the area on Dec. 17. It brought waves crashing on to the beach and up and over bulkheads, cars and roads as the wind reached gusts of 55 mph…MORE

King County Sheriff press release: Over 7,000 Wii game consoles were stolen from a distributing warehouse in SeaTac in the last 24 hours and detectives are asking for the public’s help in locating the van and trailers they were stolen in.

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Since 1994 Highline Christian Church, 14859 1st Ave S, Burien, has constructed the “Little Town of Bethlehem” in the church parking lot each December as part of our…MORE

The Highline School District has denied reports in other news media that Superintendent Susan Enfield has recommended security officers be disarmed.

Here is the district's press release:

"Contrary to recent news reports, Highline…MORE

State Rep. Dave Upthegrove (D-Des Moines) presented Jeb Binns’ Contemporary Problems class at Highline High School with a particularly thorny contemporary problem on Dec. 13:

How does the state Legislature come up an extra $1 billion to…MORE

SeaTac lawmakers gave approval Dec. 11 to going ahead with plans to consolidate the city’s fire department with the Kent Fire District Authority.

The consolidation would be similar to the city’s contracting with the King County Sheriff’s…MORE