Story by Ralph Nichols Photos by Scott Schaefer Police chiefs from King and Snohomish counties voiced their concerns at a press conference in Burien Wednesday morning (Oct. 21) about potential […]
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City Manager Mike Martin Exploring Ways To Opt Out If I-1033 Passes
by Ralph Nichols Burien City Manager Mike Martin is concerned – very concerned – about the likelihood that Initiative 1033 will pass in November’s general election. So much, in fact, […]
CITYNOTES: Burien’s Sales Tax Revenue Down 16.2%; NE Redevelopment Area Revisions Proposed
by Ralph Nichols Burien City Council members were presented with dismal sales tax figures from City Manager Mike Martin at the beginning of their meeting last Monday, Oct. 5th. Through […]
Burien City Council Members Sharply Rebuke Tim Eyman’s I-1033
by Ralph Nichols Burien City Council members sharply rebuked Initiative 1033 at their meeting Monday night (Oct. 5th) and voted 3-1 to oppose the tax-limitation measure that appears on the […]
City Of Burien Says: “AquàSe Habla Español”
by Ralph Nichols Aquàse habla español. Translation: “Spanish spoken here.†And these words could be a message from the City of Burien to the members of its growing Spanish-speaking […]
Burien City Council Expected To Declare Opposition To I-1033 Tonight
by Ralph Nichols Burien City Council members are expected to declare tonight (Oct. 5) their opposition to Initiative 1033 – Tim Eyman’s latest attempt to reign in government spending revenue. […]
Hundreds Of Angry Residents Confront Port Of Seattle And FAA Officials About Airport Noise At Community Meeting
by Ralph Nichols If it wasn’t already obvious before Tuesday (Sept. 29) night’s community meeting about additional noise generated by commercial jets using Sea-Tac International Airport’s third runway, people living […]
Larry R. Blanchard Is Burien’s New Public Works Director
by Ralph Nichols Burien’s new public works director was introduced to city council members at their meeting on Monday, Sept. 14th, with high praise from City Manager Mike Martin. Larry […]
Remodeling Of Old Library Building Into New Community Center To Begin Soon; Expected To Open In April
by Ralph Nichols Just over six months from now, a new Burien Community Center will open to the public in the old library building at SW 146th Street and 4th […]
City Council Discusses Funding, SW 153rd & Wah Long Crime Reports
by Ralph Nichols Burien City Council members looked ahead to legislative activity in 2010 during their regular meeting on Monday, Sept. 14th, giving review to a preliminary list of funding […]
Burien City Council Holds Special Meeting; Actual Annexation Projected For Spring 2010
by Ralph Nichols Burien Mayor Joan McGilton began a special City Council meeting on annexation Monday night (Aug. 24th) by rolling out the welcome mat for 14,100 North Highline residents […]
King County “Mothballing” 39 Parks, More Than A Third Of Which Are In The Highline Area; What Do YOU Think?
by Ralph Nichols It’s déjàvu all over again. Closed parks and pools, on top of program and job cuts, have been proposed by the King County executive to balance […]
Big Day At City Hall As Burien Celebrates Successful Annexation Vote; Special Council Meeting Is Aug. 24th
by Ralph Nichols With North Highline voters approving annexation to Burien by a comfortable margin, Mayor Joan McGilton declared Wednesday morning (Aug. 19th), “I’m pretty excited about having a whole […]
UPDATE: City Council Discusses Where Burien’s New Fire Station Should Be Built; Take Our Poll…
by Ralph Nichols The location is essential. A delay will cost money. Yet some members of the Burien City Council insisted at their August 17th meeting that selecting a site […]
If Annexation Passes Tuesday, What Happens Next?
by Ralph Nichols If you’ve not yet voted and mailed your ballot, remember, tomorrow – Tuesday, August 18, primary election day – is the deadline to do so. And if […]
Lora Lake Apartments Coming Down; What Will Replace Them? Take Our Poll…
by Ralph Nichols As demolition crews prepared this week to tear down the Lora Lake Apartments – long the center of heated controversy over affordable housing in Burien – near […]
On August 18th, North Highline Residents Will Vote On Annexation; Take Our Poll…
by Ralph Nichols It’s been a long time coming – years of meetings, studies, surveys, and wars of words – but in less than three weeks residents of the southern […]
City Councilmember Sue Blazak Battling Breast Cancer
by Ralph Nichols Many of us enjoy the promotional jingle for Emerald Downs: “Nobody’s gonna slow me down. Oh no, oh no, I gotta keep on moving….†But instead of […]
Federal and State funding critical for continued economic growth, say area mayors
By Ralph Nichols Federal and state funding from earmarks and other targeted appropriations is critical for continued economic growth in Southwest King County, officials from three Highline cities said Friday […]
Seven King County Executive Candidates Offer Differing Ideas At Burien Forum
by Ralph Nichols Photos by Janet Grella Although seven hopefuls for King County Executive agreed Wednesday (July 8th) at a candidate forum in Burien that decisive action is needed to […]
Burien City Manager Mike Martin Granted Deferred Prosecution In DUI Charge
by Ralph Nichols Burien City Manager Mike Martin on Tuesday (June 23rd) was granted a deferred prosecution (download court doc as a PDF here) on a DUI charge (driving under […]