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The Times/News presents a weekly summary of actions on bills by Highline-area legislators.

For complete information, go to www.WashingtonVotes.org-a free, non-partisan Website with plain-English explanations of bills and a record of each…MORE

It was born during the Great Depression and survived fire, flood and recession.

Now, after a little more the 73 years of doing business in Ballard, the family-owned Olsen Furniture will "close forever."

"When people ask why we are…MORE

Who says bad guys can't be funny? bring a smile to our faces."

But, in case you're not the type to enjoy the "bad guys", the Burien Little Theatre would like to make you an offer you can't refuse.

Organized crime has never been so…MORE

The discharging of personal fireworks in SeaTac will remain illegal after voters on Feb. 6 overwhelmingly rejected a new fireworks ordinance.

In unofficial results released Feb.

White Center has had various summer festivals over the years that offered a numbing array of events and competitions.

The first was a one-time event called the Great Fair held in early August 1923. It featured a carnival, a side show, a…MORE

White Center's eight-decade run of summer festivals will be broken this year due to volunteer burnout.

A group of five stalwarts, who've been instrumental in keeping July Jubilee Days going for the past 20 years, reluctantly voted to…MORE

Before putting away the paper, make a date for the annual Northwest Flower and Garden Show in Seattle.

This year, the show runs Wednesday through Sunday, Feb.

Discover Burien was expected to begin an internal investigation this week into a possible conflict of interest involving its executive director, Debra George.

Burien City Manager Mike Martin requested the investigation after council…MORE

The flu bug has hit three Highline-area schools hard in recent weeks.

At St. Francis of Assisi School in Burien, 150 students out of a total enrollment of 465 missed school on Feb. 6.

Farther south, 90 out of 384 Des Moines…MORE

The Washington State Department of Transportation will "complete a major rehabilitation of the Interstate 5 bridge" between Spokane Street and the I-90 interchange this summer.

This construction will significantly affect traffic near…MORE