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Eight citizens serve on capital projects oversight committee 06/06/2017 Information from the Highline School District Eight community members will be keeping a close eye on the progress and spending on Highline Public Schools bond projects. These community members have agreed to serve as the Capital Projects Oversight Committee to ensure accountability on school construction projects.

With the toss of a shovel of dirt came the promise of 600 or more jobs in Burien. The groundbreaking for Seattle Gateway Center, two buildings add office space and service to port, was held on Tuesday, June 6. 06/06/2017 By Lindsay Peyton With the toss of a shovel of dirt came the promise of

Major logistics center opens new facility near the airport Brian J. Wilson selected to be Burien’s new City Manager UPDATE: Flightpath hopes to become a neighborhood hub for Boulevard Park; Opening the week of June 26 Say Goodbye to Glacier High School with a Walk-through on June 17 FAA calls for comment on proposed use

John Creighton, the longest-serving and best-funded port commissioner now seeking re-election, has been a staunch advocate of several minority businesses that are also campaign contributors — a relationship at the heart of a lawsuit against the Port by two former employees. By Daniel Gilbert Seattle Times staff reporter As John W. Creighton III campaigns for

05/02/2017 By Lindsay Peyton Gasps emanated from the crowd gathered at the Quiet Skies Puget Sound community forum when lawyer Steve Edmiston projected one of the first slides of his presentation. He showed a map published by the Environmental Projection Agency, followed by an alarming statistic, placing Des Moines’ Mount Rainier High School in the

News from the City of Burien 04/16/2017 On April 13, 2017, the City of Burien received a letter from the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) stating they would be ceasing the North Flow flight patterns over Burien. The North Flow flight corridor, also known as the “New Route,” has caused significant noise impacts to Burien parks,

Residents teamed up with the City of Burien to fight the FAA over airplane noise and won, at least so far. Neighbors noticed an increase in airplane noise last summer and say the FAA started diverting jet propeller planes from Sea-Tac to the west over Burien, when take-off was to the north. Residents complained about

By Joel Connelly, SEATTLEPI.COM Mar 20, 2017|Updated Mar 21, 2017 4:21 p.m. An abandoned 496-foot-tall cooling power of Washington Public Power Supply System (WPPSS) nuclear plant at Satsop.  State Sen. King Lysen, early critic of the WPPSS nuclear program, died last week.  WPPSS had to abandon four of its five reactors, at various stages of construction.  Lysen

https://waterlandblog.com/2017/03/03/city-council-considers-future-of-wasson-property-at-des-moines-marina/ By Jack Mayne When longtime Des Moines Councilmember Donald Wasson died a year ago he left his waterfront property located at the entrance to Beach Park to the city and now City Council and staff are working to figure out whether to continue it as a rental house or making other plans. City Manager Michael

North Terminal will gain 201,000 sq. ft.; Dining and shopping areas will expand 02/03/2017 Officials from the Port of Seattle and Sea-Tac Airport broke ground on Feb. 3 on a multi-million dollar project that will expand and update much of the facility’s aging North Satellite plus double the dining and shopping areas. More than 201,000