White Center Arts Seeking ‘Dynamic Roller Skate Sculptures’

Our friends at White Center Arts want our Readers to know that they are seeking artists for ‘dynamic roller skate sculptures,’ with a March 1st deadline. “Let your imagination ROLL WILD!”... [Read more]

Highline School Board Member Tyrone Curry To Be Profiled On NBC News

Highline School Board Member Tyrone Curry (pictured above, photo courtesy ESPN.com) has been named to a list of “100 History Makers in the Making” by theGrio.com, a daily news and opinion website... [Read more]

County Budget Cuts Have Left North Highline With Fewer Police

Burien Police Chief Scott Kimerer by Jack Mayne Burien’s police chief say he was a bit perplexed at recent increases in crime in the unincorporated parts of the North Highline Unincorporated area, but... [Read more]

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Welcome Luso Food & Wine, Holding Wine Tasting Party Feb. 10th

We’d like to raise a fine glass of Portuguese wine and toast our latest Advertiser – Luso Food & Wine, located at 9988 15th Ave SW in White Center (‘Luso‘ is from the word Lusophone,... [Read more]

PHOTOS: Scenes From Friday’s ‘Empty Bowls’ Lunch

The annual ‘Empty Bowls’ fundraiser for the Highline Area and White Center Food Banks is going on today (Friday, Jan. 27) at the Burien Community Center – and there’s still time to... [Read more]

VIDEO: Surveillance Video Released In White Center Robbery

The King County Sheriff’s Office has released the following surveillance video of a robbery that occurred Tuesday evening (Jan. 24) around 7:30 p.m. at Pawn Pros in the 10200 block of 16 Ave SW in White... [Read more]

Boundary Review Board Gives Preliminary Approval Of Annexation

by Jack Mayne Preliminary approval of Burien’s request to proceed toward annexation of the northern half of the North Highline Unincorporated Area was approved Monday night at a chilly meeting of the... [Read more]

Review Board’s Annexation Decision To Be Made At Cascade Middle School 1/23

The Washington State Boundary Review Board will next meet on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012 at 7 p.m. to “undertake discussion and deliberation to come to a decision concerning the City of Burien’s proposal... [Read more]

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: ‘WOW…Who Writes This Stuff For The City?’

WOW who writes this stuff for the City of Burien website. Currently on the website under annexation of north Highline this statement is made in the last paragraph, “…Financially feasible, and... [Read more]

Annexation Backed In 2nd Meeting; Board Delays Final Deliberations To 1/23

by Jack Mayne The second night of testimony to the Boundary Review Board was as much pro-Burien annexation as the first night was anti-annexation, giving a good-sized audience another evening of opinions... [Read more]

Most Oppose Annexation; Boundary Review Board Will Meet Again Tonight

Photo by Scott Schaefer. by Jack Mayne Three and a half hours perched on hard middle school benches and listening to overwhelming opposition to annexation of “Area Y” finally caused the 11 member Boundary... [Read more]

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West Seattle Montessori & West Seattle Academy Holding Two Open Houses

Friend of the Blog and Advertiser West Seattle Montessori School and West Seattle Academy will be hosting Open Houses soon. Let’s let the schools’ Tara Requa take it from here: “Hello! I just... [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]

REMINDER: Letters To Boundary Review Board Must Be Postmarked By Friday

The Washington State Boundary Review Board will be holding a public hearing for Burien’s proposed annexation of North Highline at 7 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 9th at Cascade Middle School, and the deadline... [Read more]

LETTER: Less Revenues Forecast For Area Y By King County

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is a letter sent to the Burien City Council, and re-printed here with permission: Please exercise your fiduciary responsibility before proceeding any further down the... [Read more]

PART 2: King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg Stops By The B-Town Blog

King County Prosecutor and local resident Dan Satterberg at the Oct. 21 press conference on the 'Operation Center of Attention' crime bust in White Center. by Mark Neuman King County Prosecutor... [Read more]

Here’s The Agenda For Tonight’s N. Highline Unincorporated Area Council Meeting

The next North Highline Unincorporated Area Council meeting will be held tonight – Thursday, Dec. 1 – starting at 7 p.m. at the North Highline Fire Station, located at 1243 SW 112 Street in White Center. Burien... [Read more]

UPDATE: Plan To Consolidate North Burien Libraries Put On Hold – For Now

by Ralph Nichols The King County Library System Board of Trustees voted 4-0 Tuesday night (Nov. 29) to put on temporary hold administration plans to close and consolidate the White Center and Boulevard... [Read more]