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BRIDGE TUMBLES DOWN. A wrecking ball demolishes the Sylvester Bridge last week as a worker monitors the destruction. The bridge along Sylvester Road in Normandy Park is being replaced with a wider bridge. Road closures and detours continue until…MORE

The turnout was good and discussion lively when 9th District Congressman Adam Smith held a town hall meeting on Aug. 25 at the Burien City Council Chambers to discuss the national budget, debt reduction and economic recovery.

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If you think you spend a lot of time on the road, Kurt Coulson will leave you in the dust. A driver for Con-way Freight trucking company, Coulson has traveled nearly 1.7 million miles during his 27-year trucking career - the equivalent of 68…MORE

Press release: Highline Community College has been awarded nearly $225,000 in grants from the National Science Foundation in support of geoscience education.

Highline has played a role in trying to create and organize a national community…MORE

Update for Aug. 25 A memorial fund for Gabriel Arthur Pena, the three-month-old infant killed in a car wreck involving an alleged drunk driver on Aug. 21 near Vancouver.

According to the Facebook page detailing the fund, "Donations may be…MORE

Photos by Greg McCorkle and Kurt Howard

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Yesterday afternoon under sunny skies kids and adults gathered for Buriens 1st annual bicycle pie jousting completion.

The event was put…MORE

The following details of the Aug. 16 White Center shooting come from a King County Sheriff’s Office detective’s probable cause certificate presented to prosecutors:

It was 12:22 a.m. on Aug. 16. Sweetheart Failautusi and her three…MORE

Burien lawmakers raised concerns Aug. 15 about how the state sales tax credit could be used to address costs for roads, stormwater and parks if Burien annexes White Center.

City Manager Mike Martin said staffers are still trying to clarify…MORE

While Rupert Murdoch, Anne Coulter and Bill Gates – some of the more famous names to take a pie to the face – will likely not attend, everyone else is invited to BTownies Burien Bike Share 1st Annual Pie Joust at Burien Town Square on Aug. 19.…MORE

If Burien primary voters were given the chance to vote on White Center annexation, it wouldn’t stand a chance.

That seems to be the message from results of the August primary election.

Outspoken annexation critic Bob Edgar, who…MORE