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
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McMicken's fire station to be rebuilt, expanded
Tue, 04/04/06
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
Seattle, Burien, King County to cooperate on North Highline annexation
Tue, 04/04/06
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
Construction begins soon on Burien's First Avenue
Tue, 04/04/06
The Burien City Council awarded on March 27 the contract for the long-awaited $26.2 million First Avenue South Improvement Project to Frank Coluccio Construction of Seattle.
Work will begin this spring and is expected to be completed no…MORE
Monorail doubles money in Junction
Tue, 04/04/06
The Seattle Monorail Board OK'd the sale of a West Seattle property last week that will knock about $2 million off the defunct project's debt.
The Monorail Board unanimously approved a purchase-and-sale agreement for Harbor Properties to…MORE
Burien to cooperate on annexation area
Tue, 04/04/06
Burien, Seattle and King County formally joined together last week to reach a cooperative annexation solution for the North Highline unincorporated area.
With their March 31 accord, they agreed to work together for annexation of the entire…MORE
Big employer moves out of area
Tue, 04/04/06
One of West Seattle's main employers, Services Group of America, plans to move to Arizona, according to press reports over the weekend.
The company did not return repeated telephone calls or e-mail messages to confirm or explain the move,…MORE
Immigration bill protested
Tue, 04/04/06
On a recent sunny morning, students rallied at SeaTac’s Angle Lake Park to protest proposed legislation in Congress that, if enacted, would impact millions of illegal immigrants in the United States.
Many in the mostly Latino crowd carried…MORE
Many here oppose tunnel
Tue, 04/04/06
Seattle has a $500 million backlog of undone transportation projects - not counting the Alaskan Way Viaduct - and not enough money to do the work, so city officials asked West Seattle residents to list their most pressing street and bridge repair…MORE
Korean liaison helps Federal Way immigrants brave new world
Wed, 03/29/06
Woo Yang Ha's eyelids, brushed lightly with a golden shimmer shadow over a touch of pale peach, crinkled in answer when asked how she was able to move with her husband and two children from Seoul, Korea to Federal Way, buy and operate a teriyaki…MORE
