Suspect In 1991 Federal Way Murder May Be Descendant Of Mayflower Settler

On Wednesday (Jan. 11), the King County Sheriff’s Office released new information regarding the possible identity of a suspect wanted in the 1991 Federal Way murder of a then 16-year old girl named... [Read more]

OBITUARY: David ‘Tank’ Marincovich; Memorial Will Be This Saturday, Jan. 14

David Anton Marincovich aka “Tank” of Burien, Washington died suddenly on December 17, 2011 of an Intracerebral Hemorrhage. David was born on February 20, 1943 in Seattle to Bonney and Donald... [Read more]

OBITUARY: Beverly Cameron, Artist At Moshier Community Art Center

From our friends at Burien’s Moshier Community Art Center comes this sad news: For the past six years, Artist Beverly Cameron has been a student in the art program (Art Escape) for artists with... [Read more]

UPDATE: Man Killed In White Center Result Of A Dispute, Not Robbery

UPDATE 12/28/11 1 p.m.: Wednesday morning’s homicide that occurred at White Center’s Seattle Bakery Roll was not the result of an attempted robbery attempt as police reported earlier, but rather... [Read more]

UPDATE: Woman Pleads ‘Not Guilty’ In Hit-And-Run Death Of Burien Woman

UPDATE 11/19/11 10:35 p.m.: The news Tribune is reporting that on Monday (Dec. 19), Denise Larkins pleaded ‘not guilty’ to second-degree murder for intentionally hitting and killing Michelle... [Read more]

OBITUARY: Dr. Wilbur Chinn, DO, MD, Longtime Local Doctor

Dr. Wilbur Chinn, DO, MD, 1924 – 2011 Wilbur Chinn was born March 22, 1924 in Portland, OR and died on Nov. 22, 2011 at his home in Seattle, surrounded by his family. He attended Broadway High School... [Read more]

Oregon DUI Driver Who Killed Burien Boy In August Pleads ‘Guilty’

An Oregon man accused of causing a crash on Aug. 21 that killed Gabriel Arthur Pena, a 3-month old baby boy from Burien, pleaded guilty Wednesday (Nov. 30) to vehicular homicide, according to The Columbian.  Christopher... [Read more]

WATERLAND BLOG: Des Moines Woman Killed, 3 Injured In Accident

Our sister site The Waterland Blog is reporting that a 20-year old Des Moines woman was killed, and her three teenage passengers injured in a rollover crash on I-5 in Tukwila Saturday night (Nov. 26). Troopers... [Read more]

WATERLAND BLOG: Police Release Photos Of Suspect In Jayme Thomas Murder

Our sister site The Waterland Blog has posted photos that were released Friday by the Des Moines Police Department from surveillance videos of a ‘person of interest’ and two suspect vehicles... [Read more]

OBITUARY: Florence Smallwood, Three Tree Point Resident For Over 70 Years

Florence Smallwood, resident of Three Tree Point for over 70 years and a very well known and beloved teacher to hundreds of school students in the Highline area, passed away Saturday morning, Nov. 12th. Florence... [Read more]

Memorial Service For Jayme Thomas Will Be Saturday, Nov. 12th

[EDITOR'S NOTE: We're cross-posting this from our sister site The Waterland Blog because this young woman was widely known through the area:] Jayme Thomas, 19, was shot and killed in Des Moines on Sunday,... [Read more]

Longtime Prudential NW Realtor David Dean Smith Passes Away

David Dean Smith From our friends at Prudential NW Realty comes this sad news: With great sadness we report the passing of David Dean Smith, a long time West Seattle and, more recently, Burien Realtor. David... [Read more]

OBITUARY: Patricia Ann Tooke (nee Mola), Longtime Area Resident

Patricia (Pat) Ann (Mola) TOOKE (65) Beloved mother and grandmother left this earth on September 24, 2011. She was born in Renton, WA on September 13, 1946.  Grew up in Normandy Park and graduated from... [Read more]

OBITUARY: Lauretta M. Gatto, 78, Grew Up In Burien; Memorial Nov. 5th

Lauretta M. Gatto, 78, of Ephrata Washington passed away Wednesday October 5, 2011 at Central Washington hospital in Wenatchee, Washington with her family at her side. She was born in Ellensburg, Washington... [Read more]

Man Who Killed Burien Girlfriend Over MySpace Post Sentenced To 14 Years

On Monday (Oct. 17) the King County Prosecutor’s Office sentenced Matthew Dubois, who shot and killed his girlfriend in Burien on Dec. 31, 2009, to 14 years in prison…

People Have Lived And Prospered Thanks To Kim Parks’ Deceased Son

by Jack Mayne Kim Parks still misses her oldest son “terribly,” and she would “give anything for him to walk through the door,” she says, but “I know that cannot happen.” Her son, Kristopher... [Read more]

Burien Teen Pleads ‘Guilty’ To Shooting Girlfriend On New Year’s Eve 2009

The King County Prosecutor’s Office reports that Matthew Dubois has pleaded guilty in the shooting death of his girlfriend, Mikarah Nasabreo Sanders, which happened on Dec. 31, 2009…

REPORT: Body Of Missing Burien Man Found In Wenatchee River Sunday

According to The Wenatchee World, the body of a Burien man named Kanwal Singh, 18, who was reported missing on the Wenatchee River Saturday, was found Sunday (Aug. 28). Singh’s body was found just... [Read more]