PHOTO FRIDAY: Port Of Seattle Donates Pair Of Fire Trucks

On Thursday (Sept 9), the Port of Seattle held a small ceremony at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Fire Station to formally hand over two fire trucks that are being retired from the active fleet.... [Read more]

Rep. Upthegrove Goes To Bat For Local Little League Ball Fields

Rep. Dave Upthegrove (D – Des Moines) filed a bill this week that would allow the Port of Seattle to continue to lease land to the Highline-area Little League organization at a steeply discounted... [Read more]

PHOTOS: Runway Painting At Sea-Tac Airport

Painting crews were out Monday morning (Sept. 21st) at Sea-Tac Airport, to paint the 60-foot designator markings on the end of the longest runway as the Port of Seattle prepares to reopen it after a summer-long... [Read more]

Second Airport Noise Community Meeting Set For Tuesday, Sept. 29th

A second community meeting on Sea-Tac Airport noise has been scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 29th from 7pm to 9pm at the State Criminal Justice Training Commission Auditorium in Burien (located at 19010 First... [Read more]

Airport Rental Car Garage Construction To Restore 3,000 Jobs

The Port of Seattle Monday announced that an estimated 3,000 jobs will be restored when the airport “Consolidated Rental Car Facility” parking garage construction begins again. The Port of... [Read more]

UPDATE: Laser Suspect Was “Playing Around” At Party

According to The Seattle Times, Burien resident Christopher C. Saunders, 24, who was arrested last Friday by Port of Seattle Police for lasering approaching airplanes near Sea-Tac Airport (a felony), was... [Read more]

Welcome Our Latest Advertiser: Airport Towing!

by Janet Grella Welcome our newest Advertiser to The B-Town Blog: Storer Enterprises, Inc., parent company to Airport Towing and Burien Towing. On a routine BTB sales call, I was invited to join most... [Read more]

De-Icer Fumes Sicken Passengers At Sea-Tac Airport

The Seattle P-I reports that at least 32 passengers on Alaska Airlines Flight 528 (to Burbank) were sickened after fumes from a liquid de-icer got into the cabin as it was on the tarmac Wednesday morning... [Read more]

VIDEO: Salmon Returning To Miller Creek

The Port of Seattle posted a pretty cool video of salmon migrating up Miller Creek on its website devoted to the third runway, because it relates to the restoration of Miller Creek: “…part... [Read more]

Expect Helicopters Hovering Over Burien Wed. Morning

That speck in the sky was one of three local news choppers hovering over B-Town to get a shot of the third runway test Sept. 25th. You may recall that on Thurs., Sept. 25th, a buncha mysterious helicopters... [Read more]