Welcome to the B-Town (Burien) Blog. Please subscribe to our RSS feed, sign up for our weekly Event Newsletter, or Register to Comment on stories. Thanks!Burien’s Douglas Michael Cox, 50, was charged Tuesday with first-degree bank robbery and attempting to elude police, along with Kevin Vernett Palmer, 43.
If convicted, Cox could face life in prison […]

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BOULEVARD PARK – A man was found shot dead in Boulevard Park late Monday, slumped behind the wheel of an SUV, according to King County Sheriffs.
Deputies were called to the Willow Terrace Apartments, located at 1100 South 99th Street around 10:35pm after a resident reported hearing gunshots.
The deputies arrived to find a Ford Explorer with […]

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We won’t mention any names, but here’s a short animation of one of Burien’s Best appearing to do the “Robot” dance during the Three Tree Point block party on the 4th:

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From Gregory Heights Second Grade Teacher Nancy Sparks comes some specific information on four of the families who were victims of last weekend’s tragic apartment fire.
As we mentioned previously, the Red Cross shelter at Lake Burien Presbyterian Church has closed. Families’ motel vouchers expire tomorrow morning. Affordable housing and cash donations are needed most of […]

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Jared Butcher, organizer of Sunday’s fire victim fundraiser at Bison Creek Pizza, just reported this great news to us:
Bison Creek Fundraiser was a success!
We raised roughly $5,000, loaded 7 pickup trucks and two paramedic vehicles.
Lt. Will and his crew at Fire District #2 were a great help with accepting donations – I could […]

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