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The multimillion-dollar debt accumulated by the failed Seattle Monorail Project is expected to be paid off by next fall, so the Monorail Board voted to terminate the motor vehicle excise tax paid by Seattle residents sometime between August and…MORE

Ed Penhale, a communications director for two governors and an ex-Highline Times editor, passed away March 24.

Mr. Penhale graduated from the University of New Hampshire, where he was editor of the school paper. He then worked for a year…MORE

Seattle has joined with King County and Burien by signing an agreement to approach the incorporation of the North Highline Unincorporated Area in a cooperative way.

The memorandum of understanding was signed by Mayor Greg Nickels, County…MORE

SeaTac lawmakers, acting on two controversial matters March 28, authorized rebuilding the McMicken Heights fire station and changed zoning to allow a student health clinic at Tyee High School.

Four neighboring residential properties will…MORE

After graduating from college, many students launch their careers.

But Amber Johnson, fresh with a bachelor’s degree in literature from The Evergreen State College in Olympia, realized her educational journey must continue.

“After…MORE

The Highline School District’s $148 million bond has been officially certified by King County Elections as approved by voters.

Final totals showed 64.46 percent (11,410) of Highline voters approved the bond while 35.54 percent (6,292)…MORE

Fifty years ago next week, my mother told me, or I heard her tell someone else, that one of our neighbors, a pilot, had died when a commercial plane crashed between Des Moines and Maury Island

April 2, 1956, was typical of those gray, low-…MORE

An update on the anticipated fiscal impact that annexation of the North Highline unincorporated area would have on Burien was presented to city council members March 20.

The update will serve as a benchmark in future city deliberations…MORE

The Des Moines City Council voted 4 to 3 on March 23 to award $90,000 to four former city council members to cover legal fees they incurred while in office.

Mixed emotions laced with resentment towards former council members Richard…MORE

Band parents and students from Tyee High in SeaTac protested on March 22 a decision to schedule band after school.

Speaking before the Highline School Board, parents said the principals at the Tyee campus had informed them that band…MORE