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Maury Island has the gravel Sea-Tac’s runway needs. It also has arsenic-laden soil, a vulnerable aquifer, and some very worried islanders. By Eric Scigliano • October 9, 2006 12:00 am IF THIS STORY HAD APPEAREDtwo weeks ago, you might have thought it an April Fool’s hoax. Consider: A Japanese-owned sand-and-gravel company plans (in stages) to strip-mine 235

Piles of dirt pose problems for Sea-Tac. By Roger Downey AT A MEETING OCTOBER 4, it looked as though the two-year war between the Port of Seattle and the state Department of Ecology might be over. Port planners acknowledged their failure to answer important questions about plans for a third runway for Sea-Tac International Airport. Ecology staff

SUMMER AT DUWAMISH HEAD. A view of Mount Rainier at sunset from a passing ferry as summer enters its final month. Planes on approach to Boeing Field fly near these houses and condos on Harbor Drive at the edge of Elliott Bay. Photo by Amber Trillo. By Tim St. Clair 08/29/2006 King County officials are

08/01/2006 Port of Seattle Chief Executive Officer Mic Dinsmore has said he will leave his position early next year. Dinsmore has been chief executive for 14 years, the longest tenure in that position in the Port’s 95-year history. Commission chairman Patricia Davis said the commission accepted Dinsmore’s decision with profound regret, but understood his desire

Neighbor has room to grow By KRISTEN MILLARES BOLT, P-I REPORTERJune 8, 2006 The Port of Seattle’s annual container volume traffic is slowing to between 5 and 8 percent growth this year, according to port staff, after two explosive years during which container volumes jumped by 40 percent. In a report released Thursday, the Port

For years, the Port of Seattle has promised that construction of a massive third runway at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport wouldn’t hurt surrounding streams and would actually be a boon to the environment. But since October, a string of oversights, accidents and intentional actions at the airport has allowed millions of gallons of muddy, oily or

Tue, 10/25/2005 Burien City Council candidate Rose Clark announced last week that she has received more endorsements, including the King County Police Officers Guild. Clark is running against Councilman Stephen Lamphear for council Position 5. Members of the Police Officers Guild stated they “were impressed with her views and positions on public safety issues.” Clark

Grown-ups rescue De Wed, 10/19/2005 Times/News Around Halloween, my thoughts wander down to Des Moines. Des Moines used to be the home of the Scare House, which brought autumn thrill seekers into the Waterland City. Invoking Des Moines’ nickname reminds me of the Waterland Festival, which attracted the summer crowds. Things are scary now in

Wed, 10/19/2005 Times/News SeaTac lawmakers decided Oct. 11 to replace a controversial 1997 agreement between the city of SeaTac and the Port of Seattle with a new 10-year pact. In the 1997 Interlocal Agreement (ILA), the city agreed not to oppose the Port’s plans to build a third runway at Sea-Tac International Airport. The Port

By JENNIFER LANGSTON AND GORDY HOLT,SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTERS Oct 11, 2005 King County Executive Ron Sims on Tuesday rejected proposals by Southwest Airlines and Alaska Airlines to move to Boeing Field, saying the combined service would have required taxpayers to fund expensive roadwork and noise-insulation projects around the airport. Sims said the initial proposal from Southwest