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The Times/News presents a weekly summary of actions on bills by Highline-area legislators.

For complete information, go to www.WashingtonVotes.org -- a free, non-partisan website with plain-English explanations of bills and a record of…MORE

Mayor Greg Nickels was in Ballard last week promoting a number of initiatives for the beginning of his second term in office. The viaduct replacement, in all its permutations, has dominated recent headlines but the mayor's biggest push last week…MORE

Margaret Toomey, daughter of Denis Toomey of West Seattle has been named to the Grinnell College Dean's List for the 2005 fall semester. Toomey is a theatre major. Toomey is one of 267 students honored for outstanding academic achievement by…MORE

The Northwest Burn Foundation recently honored the North Highline Fire District as its “2005 Fire Department of the Year.'

“This is the second time in five years that the fire district has been honored with such an award with the first…MORE

Seattle Police have arrested a 52-year-old man in connection to the robbery of Irma Andrews in the Green Lake area last June. Andrews later died of head injuries that may have because of a fall during the robbery.

King County Prosecutors…MORE

The Blessing of the Fleet ceremony at Fishermen's Terminal symbolizes hopes for a safe journey by people who make their living on the sea. But two days before the event, tragedy struck one fisherman just a few feet from where the blessing took…MORE

After recently proposing a cooperative effort with Seattle and King County on the possible annexation of North Highline, the Burien City Council brought that plan closer to reality March 6.

In January, Burien lawmakers directed staff to…MORE

Since 1924, when Highline High School in Burien opened, it’s been a “comprehensive” high school.

Students would take various courses, moving between classrooms with a different teacher in each one.

Over four years, a student could…MORE

An extended-day kindergarten targeting the district’s most struggling beginning students is a success, Highline School Board members were told March 8.

District staffers identified low-achieving students at the district’s half-day morning…MORE

2006 supplemental budget. By a vote of 55 to 43 in the House and 29 to 19 in the Senate on March 8, the legislature approved SB 6386. The finalized 2006 supplemental budget adds $522 million in spending, raising the total 2005-07 biennium budget…MORE