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Around noon on Saturday at Fisherman's Terminal, a crewmember aboard the fishing trawler Enterprise turned on the boat's winch from inside the engine room. He returned to the deck and saw hydraulic fuel leaking from a loose hose.

Foreign high school students are scheduled to arrive soon for academic semester home stay programs, and the sponsoring organization needs a few more local host families. The students are awaiting news of their new families.

A new skate park project at Lower Woodland is set to move forward with construction next summer.

Progress was made when a hearing examiner determined the Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation has correctly assessed the potential…MORE

Key legislators agree that there is little likelihood the state of Washington will be willing to spend more money on the Alaskan Way Viaduct than the $2.4 billion the Legislature has already paid out.

There seems to be some support for…MORE

The controversy over the Loyal Heights Playfield Improvement Project continued last Thursday as community members protested what they called "another fake public meeting" held by the Seattle Parks and Recreation Department.

Several…MORE

It's another hometown Highline Christmas as ChoralSounds Northwest presents its annual holiday production Friday-Sunday, Dec. 8-10, at the Highline Performing Arts Center, 401 S. 152nd St.

Michael H. Martin, who served as Chief Administrative Officer for the city of Kent from 2000 to 2005, is Burien's new city manager.

The Burien City Council approved on Nov. 20 a contract with Martin for the position. He was scheduled to…MORE

The Southwest Seattle Historical Society is pleased to announce the appointment of its new Log House Museum director, Andrea Mercado, effective last week.

Mercado holds a BA from the University of Washington and completed the Museum…MORE

Carl Jensen, Highline's "Citizen of the Century," died of cancer at the age of 97 on Nov. 21.

In March 2000, the Times/News and the Highline Historical Society bestowed the honor on the man who guided the Highline School District as…MORE

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded a $1 million grant to South Seattle Community College so it can construct facilities for the Puget Sound Industrial Excellence Center.

The award is part of a $5 million challenge grant from…MORE