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Of the nearly 56,000 registered voters in Federal Way, just over 10 percent, or 5954, cast their ballots in last week's primary election.

As none of the candidates for state senate or house positions from legislative district 30 had a…MORE

The King County Council honored the late Judy Duff, a noted North Highline area activist, in a ceremony at its Sept.

Burien celebrated the opening of a new neighborhood park on Sept. 15.

City staff members, neighbors, and members of the family whose father donated the land in 1999 gathered at the park for the dedication.

Mathison Park, at 533 S.…MORE

Concerns about viaduct construction impacts and housing costs are forcing one Ballard business to look beyond Seattle to find labor for a $600 million U.S. Coast Guard boat-building contract.

“I don’t have a great deal of confidence that…MORE

North Highline Fire Chief Russ Pritchard announced last week that he will retire as of Dec. 31.

The North Highline Fire District Commissioners (Fire District 11) have decided to "go in another direction," Pritchard told the Times/News.…MORE

The vision of a parking garage at Woodland Park Zoo became more concrete last week when zoo officials, engineers and architects held what will likely be one of the final public comments on the project during an open house.

Despite light…MORE

Burien City Council members have been threatened with recall if they vote to designate any part of North Highline as a potential annexation area.

The recall threat was communicated in an undated notice sent by certified mail recently to…MORE

A cash-strapped Seattle School District is considering increasing rents or possibly selling a number of properties in the city including a former elementary school in Crown Hill now home to several non-profit educational organizations.

The…MORE

Burien lawmakers indicated Sept. 25 they may appoint a blue ribbon committee to study North Highline annexation. Who would be on the committee was not decided.

Motivated by frustration over Seattle's lack of cooperation to find mutually…MORE

A police chase ended Friday night in a shower of broken glass and smashed cars at the intersection of Market Street and 24th Avenue Northwest after a suspect rammed a police cruiser with her pickup truck, sending the cruiser into the front of…MORE