Highline will explode with Independence Day events on Wednesday, July 4. So take a mid-week work break and enjoy parades, fireworks and more with your family. Fuel for the old gas-guzzler is expensive so celebrate the national holiday, locally.…MORE
Highline Times - News
Fireworks banned in most Highline cities
Mon, 06/25/12
Personal fireworks are banned in all areas of Highline, except the city of Normandy Park and unincorporated North Highline.
Unless part of a licensed public display, fireworks are outlawed in the cities of Burien, Des Moines, SeaTac and…MORE
SeaTac’s Angle Lake a great place to be for summer’s start
Mon, 06/25/12
Judith Thielen marked the first official day of summer last week by fishing in SeaTac’s Angle Lake.
She’s hooking up her ‘big one’—a red float bobber. She just recently moved to Des Moines from Des Moines, Iowa to be near her grandkids.
MORETwo Highline schools recognized for environmental efforts
Mon, 06/25/12
Press release:
Madrona Elementary and Shorewood Elementary have achieved designation as Level Two Green Schools through the King County Green Schools program.
The program has three levels, which involve students and staff in…MORE
Highline nutrition services director wins state award
Mon, 06/25/12
Press release:
Highline Public Schools Nutrition Services Director Chris Neal has been named Director of the Year by the Washington School Nutrition Association (WSNA). She will represent Washington state as the nominee for regional and…MORE
YMCA of Greater Seattle awarded grant to expand efforts to ensure healthy living is accessible to all in south King County
Mon, 06/25/12
Press release:
The YMCA of Greater Seattle received a $65,000 grant Monday, June 25 from the Community Transformation Grants Program (CTGs) to lead efforts in South King County to ensure more healthy opportunities are available to all…MORE
Department of Justice funds three Burien Police positions for veterans
Mon, 06/25/12
The Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) announced on June 25 over $111 million in funding for over 220 city and county police departments across the United States, and Burien made that list.
Three…MORE
UPDATE: Taxi drivers meet with Teamsters Local 117; seek fairer treatment
Sun, 06/24/12
Hundreds of taxi cab operators who work Seattle and King County met Sunday, June 24, to begin forming an association with Tukwila-based Teamsters Local Union 117. It will be called Western Washington Taxicab Operatiors Association. Because taxi…MORE
Burien Little Theatre seeking male actors, all ethnicities, for 2 roles in “Anna in the Tropics”
Sat, 06/23/12
Press release:
Latino Theatre Projects and Burien Little Theatre are seeking two male actors, 40s-50s, for their joint production of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize-winning “Anna in the Tropics,” written by Nilo Cruz.
One is a principal…MORE
Seattle's Space Shuttle trainer loaded on to cargo plane, Super Guppy, in Houston
Fri, 06/22/12
The 24-foot-long crew compartment of the space shuttle full-fuselage trainer, positioned inside a special cradle for travel, was loaded onto a NASA Super Guppy aircraft at Ellington Field near the Johnson Space Center in Houston on this morning…MORE