Highline Times - Opinion

I did not know that duck hunting in the Skagit flats required a boat due to the huge tidal flow that goes in and out through a myriad array of channels. Tree stumps dot the channels, victims of the brackish water.

Together, with my buddy…MORE

I know you've seen him. You simply can't be a Des Moines resident without seeing him.

Powering up and down South 223rd Street and then stopping at most every business along Marine View Drive is Jack, the town mascot, wearing his orange…MORE

My alma mater, Highline High School in Burien, opened in 1924.

The history of Elizabeth Williams' family in Seahurst is not unusual. Elizabeth is a second-generation graduate of Highline; her kids are third-generation and her grandkids…MORE

By Emily Newcomer Waste Management, Public Education Manager

Eating fresh vegetables straight from the garden is one of my favorite things about summer. Beyond enjoying delicious food, I also "close the recycling loop." I compost my food…MORE

Puget Sound is fish heaven this week as the salmon continue to migrate to area rivers. I've been fishing for close to 83 of my 91 years starting with scrap fish in Renne Lake near Portland, Oregon in 1928, so I've learned a few tricks in that…MORE

I nearly fell out of my chair Saturday when neighbor John Richards pounded on my backdoor to display a silvery Pink Salmon he'd hooked moments before off Three Tree Point. The shiny scales glistened in the half-light. Stunned with delight I…MORE

Webster's defines a prank as "a mildly mischievous act". The opposite of a "sudden act of kindness." Sort of the Devil and the Angel on my shoulders. Goodness was my forte as a youngster in Portland, Oregon in the 20's so I never mildly…MORE

By Justice Bobbe J. Bridge (ret.)

Gang violence seems to be everywhere today, even right here in our own suburban neighborhoods – and it’s mobile, moving across city borders. So, how can South and East King County communities work together…MORE

Last week while driving past Beverly Park Elementary School I noticed it was boarded up, a victim of its age (circa 1945).

Saddened, I also noticed the chain link backstop in the playground where I coached neighborhood baseball in the…MORE

Grafting unincorporated White Center and North Highline onto Burien would be good for the community. It would give the new city an area of about 11 square miles and a population of 65,000, making it the state’s 12th largest city. If it’s true…MORE