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Four groups opposed to annexation of North Highline by Burien have united their efforts against any attempt by the city to absorb part or all of the unincorporated area.

The Burien Residents Against Annexation Political Action Committee…MORE

Five Burien City Council members say that they now favor designating the entire North Highline Unincorporated Area as a potential annexation area.

Council members voted 5-2 last month to target only two areas in the southern part of North…MORE

A judge has dismissed the lawsuit brought by Northwest Animal Rights Network and two private citizens against Woodland Park Zoo and the City of Seattle.

In its lawsuit, the Animal Rights Network attempted to force transfer of the zoo's…MORE

Three different designs for the future Junction Plaza were presented to the public last week and most of the 10 or so people in attendance preferred a plan with half of the site paved, the other half landscaped, crisscrossed by pathways and edged…MORE

Seattle Department of Transportation engineers are planning to remove one pedestrian crosswalk on Northwest Market Street and add another.

Next spring, the department could remove traffic lanes on 24th Avenue Northwest as well.

The…MORE

As southbound traffic spills from the South Park Bridge onto 14th Avenue South, a mural is visible on the side of a discount food store in the neighborhood's business district.

You know what they're doing when the guy on the street is sizing up everybody who walks by and enough eye contact will get you a question asking what you're looking for.

A $125 million project was announced last week to demolish Denny Middle School and move it to a new address on Kenyon Street to bring it closer to Chief Sealth High School, where other new facilities could be built to serve both schools.

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A City Council committee last week rejected a move by Loyal Heights neighbors to keep the lights at a nearby playfield off for three nights a week.

"What benefit is it for kids to play sports, with limited playfield use," said Pat Brake,…MORE

Election season is in full swing, and forests of campaign signs have sprouted on medians and other public places such as planting strips and even traffic circles. Candidates and their staffs, as well as the general public, should be aware of…MORE