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Calling illegal immigration "rampant," U.S. Rep. Adam Smith told Burien Lions Club members last week the first step toward solving this problem is to get "better control of our borders."

Smith, a Democrat whose 9th Congressional District…MORE

The Ballard Avenue Landmark District Board approved a design proposal last week for a new 146-unit senior housing facility on Ballard Avenue Northwest after the developers, Teutsch Partners, altered their original plan to meet the historic…MORE

Members of the Burien Residents Against Annexation Political Action Committee last week challenged others who support annexing the North Highline unincorporated area at a meeting of the PAC.

A mix of ideas concerning possible annexation…MORE

Burien residents will have opportunities to learn about the city's "preferred alternative" for a potential annexation of the North Highline unincorporated area at a series of public meetings planned for September and October.

Those…MORE

26 years ago, Weyerhaeuser employees and volunteers began planting, each by hand, 18 million tree seedlings in the rich mantle of ash spewed from Mount Saint Helens.

Those conifer seedlings stand today over 75 feet tall, thanks, ironically…MORE

"This is going to change how people take care of their computers," said Scott LeBorious, a computer systems expert, as he thumbed the keypad on his cell phone in anticipation of a sales call.

LeBorious works for a new Federal Way company…MORE

Several bar and club owners in the area have joined a city-wide lobbying group to fight a proposed Seattle ordinance that would force nightclubs to get a special license and follow stricter noise and safety requirements.

Pete Hanning, a…MORE

Some West Seattle bar and restaurant owners say they are opposed to a draft proposal from Mayor Greg Nickels that would force establishments to get a special nightclub license and meet stricter noise and safety requirements.

Some also say…MORE

About 30 other protesters picketed the Crown Hill Safeway store on 15th Avenue NW and NW 83rd street last Friday, August 18. The protest took the form of a mock funeral for the neighborhood's "Pedestrian designation," a reference to a…MORE

Justin Moser is one student at Mt. Rainer High School who already has shown he is ready to take on anything.

At the young age of 17, Moser has lived a life an absent mother, and has recently lost a dear friend. Yet he continues to overcome…MORE