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
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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
Bond supporters thanked
Wed, 03/29/06
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
Plane crashed near Des Moines fifty years ago
Wed, 03/29/06
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
Burien may get tax credits for annexing N. Highline
Wed, 03/29/06
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
D.M. to pay legal fees of 4 ex-lawmakers
Wed, 03/29/06
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
Tyee band parents upset
Wed, 03/29/06
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
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
