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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.

Citizens ponied up $6,000 to help pay for "traffic-calming" devices on 59th Avenue Southwest, the street that goes by Alki Elementary School and Alki Playfield, with tennis courts, Whale Tail Park and the Alki Community Center a soccer kick away…MORE

In the past few months, King County Metro Transit has closed some bus stops in West Seattle and has plans to relocate others that the Seattle Department of Transportation says pose safety concerns.

Most recently, the bus stop located at…MORE

An independent review panel chastised and applauded the Washington State Department of Transportation for its plans for replacing the Alaskan Way Viaduct.

The panel determined there is enough money to build a basic tunnel or a basic new…MORE

Burien Little Theatre's 2006-2007 season opened last weekend with the French comedy Art by Yasmina Reza.

BLT's opening production is a success, thanks to both a wonderfully humorous script and admirable acting. As modern art-lover Serge,…MORE

Bartell Drugs in downtown Burien will move to a new store not far from its current location next year.

Wesbild Shopping Centers, owners of Burien Town Plaza (formerly Redwood Plaza), will build a state-of-the-art facility for Bartell Drugs…MORE