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As other Highline School District high schools switch to small learning communities, Mt.

In 2007, Burien's general fund budget may increase from its current $70,000 to $140,000, according to preliminary Burien City Council discussions.

The council will be discussing next year's budget extensively before it is adopted near the…MORE

Bosnian film director Benjamin Filipovi will attend the Seattle area’s first Bosnian movie marathon in Tukwila on Saturday, April 29.

Two films directed by Filipovi, Mizaldo and Well-Tempered Corpses, will be shown beginning at 6 p.m. at…MORE

Teach the kids the importance of tidying up more than their bedrooms by bringing them to Burien's eighth annual Clean Sweep on Saturday, April 29 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

New this year, after working with other community member to give Burien…MORE

It's almost Earth Day and some neighborhood groups will use that day to launch community clean-ups to celebrate their neighborhoods and drum up enthusiasm for community projects.

The 14th Avenue Northwest Vision Project will host an Adopt-…MORE

Children of all ages celebrated Easter at the Ballard Community Center last Saturday during their annual Easter Egg Hunt. Older kids searched for Easter eggs on the playfield, while the young ones were in the gymnasium, where plastic eggs were…MORE

Voters in a second Highline-area city may be asked to lift their city’s property tax levy lid.

SeaTac council members are set on Tuesday, April 25, to place a levy lid lift request on the Sept.

National Historic Register status for Beach Park is “about making sure we respect our heritage and preserve it for our children,” Gov. Christine Gregoire said in Des Moines April 14.

Gregoire addressed about 300 people gathered in one of…MORE

Dennis Bottemiller, with the laid-back and friendly mannerisms reminiscent of a surfer, is really into rhododendrons.

Murder, forcible rape and aggravated assault -- major crimes that have a large affect on a community -- increased by only 1.5 percent last year, the Burien City Council was told April 10.

Even with a slight increase in crime locally, this…MORE