Editor's Note: With Highline schools set to resume classes on Wednesday, Sept. 7, Times/News reporter Eric Mathison recently talked with new Superintendent John Welch. Welch, previously deputy superintendent, replaced the retiring Dr. Joe…MORE
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Highline district candidate calls for school changes
Tue, 08/23/05
A North Highline woman, whose son attended special education classes in the Highline district, is running for the Highline School Board.
Susan Goding will oppose Mengstab Tzegai in the November election. Tzegai was appointed to the board…MORE
Burien may get new hotel
Wed, 08/17/05
Special to the Times/News
A hotel, long-sought by supporters of downtown business development, may be coming to Burien.
City lawmakers were expected to consider on Aug.
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New school-construction bond urged
Wed, 08/17/05
Times/News
Voters in the Highline School District may be asked in March to approve another bond measure to build four new elementary schools and finance other district upgrades.
A fifth elementary would also be rebuilt using state…MORE
Garbage site may move
Wed, 08/17/05
The city of Seattle could take Harbor Island off its list of potential sites for a garbage-handling facility because the Port of Seattle might need the property for its growing shipping business.
Seattle Public Utilities has been looking…MORE
Junction hires new director
Wed, 08/17/05
The West Seattle Junction Association's board of directors said Friday it had hired Angela Rae as its new executive director, replacing Kay Knapton who left earlier in the summer.
Michael Hoffman, president of the association, said Rae has…MORE
School superbuddies drift apart
Wed, 08/17/05
"Superbuddy, superbuddy, we are friends. Superbuddy, superbuddy, we'll never come to an end." Superbuddy, written by Lauri Reed and Karen Fernandez, 1972
I remember Karen Fernandez. How could I not? We were glued to each other for first,…MORE
Patrol Boat christened in tribute to fallen officer
Wed, 08/17/05
News-Tribune
Surrounded by her late husband's fellow officers, Jeannie Lone christened Seattle Police Patrol Boat No.
MOREWoodstone helps picture kids' Federal Way
Wed, 08/17/05
Stuffed animals, friends, swimming pools and rainbows filled colorful pages when Federal Way youths were asked to draw what they love about their city.
Soon thousands of commuters will see how kids visualize Federal Way, when two of the…MORE
