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Meetings set for Stormwater Improvements for Miller-Walker Basin
Four public meetings about proposed Stormwater Improvement Projects for the Miller-Walker Creek Basin are set for July 22, Aug. 6, Oct. 27 and Nov. 4. Here’s more info: Earlier this year, the...
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Highline School Board extends contract with Dr. Susan Enfield through 2017
The Highline School Board unanimously approved a contract extension for Superintendent Susan Enfield at its regular meeting on Wednesday, July 9. Dr. Enfield’s contract now runs through 2017,...
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PODCAST: Learn about Blues & Brews artists ‘The Curtis Hammond Band’
The 5th annual Poverty Bay Blues & Brews Festival is coming up on Saturday, Aug. 23, with a day filled with local blues together with a variety of fine brews from local breweries. This event is the...
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SLIDESHOW: Scenes from Thursday’s large disaster drill at Sea-Tac Airport
You probably heard numerous – and serious – helicopters around Burien on Thursday (July 10), as a multi-agency disaster drill was held at Sea-Tac Airport, and Photographer Francis Zera was on hand to...
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REMINDER: WestSide Baby’s 14th ‘Stuff the Bus’ diaper drive is Sunday
WestSide Baby will host its largest ever outreach event this coming Sunday, July 20 – the 14th annual Stuff the Bus diaper drive, with a bus parked and ready to be packed with donations at Burien...
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Highline Historical Society’s ‘Family Treasures’ Workshop is July 23
Highline Historical Society curator Nancy Salguero McKay will lead a family treasures workshop on Wednesday, July 23. Learn how to care for your family treasures at a workshop being taught by Highline...
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Local businesses sought to support ‘Burien In Motion’ this summer
Local businesses are being sought to support ‘Burien In Motion’ this summer and encourage residents to walk, bike, carpool and take the bus to visit local businesses! King County Metro is partnering...
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Learn the ‘Secrets of Hummingbirds & Butterflies’ at Zenith Holland Saturday
Zenith Holland Gardens, blog advertiser, presents guest speaker Cyndi Stuart this Saturday, July 19th, at 10 a.m. Cyndi will share secrets of Hummingbirds, Butterflies and the best plants to grow to...
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Highline High School grad Eliot Baker doing book signing Saturday, July 26
Highline High School grad Eliot Baker, who wrote a novel called “The Last Ancient,” will be doing a book signing at Burien Books this Saturday, July 26 from 1 – 3 p.m. “My book won my publisher’s 2013...
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Here’s the schedule for August’s FREE Master Gardening Clinics
Here’s the August schedule for the FREE Master Gardening Clinics: Wednesdays: August 6, August 13, August 20, August 27 Burien Master Gardener Clinic: 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at Burien Library 400 SW 152nd St.,...
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WestSide Baby surpasses goal, collects 300,000 diapers through ‘Stuff the Bus’
WestSide Baby volunteers and board members kicked off the weekend by marching with one of its buses in the West Seattle Grand Parade July 19. Marching in the parade has long been a WestSide Baby...
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FREE Solar Workshop is tonight – Thursday, July 24 – in West Seattle
If you missed the first one in Burien, fear not – there will be another free Solar Workshop tonight – Thursday, July 24 – at Dakota Place Park, 4304 SW Dakota Street in West Seattle. And another on...
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Environmental Science Center holding free natural yard workshop this Sunday
Burien’s Environmental Science Center (ESC), WSU Extension Master Gardeners, Village Green Perennial Nursery, and Sustainable Burien with support from King County are sponsoring a FREE workshop for the...
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Host families needed for foreign high school exchange students
The Foundation for Academic Cultural Exchange (FACE) is looking for host families for high school exchange students who will be attending John F. Kennedy Catholic High School. The students arrive in...
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How do you get around, Burien? ‘Burien in Motion’ wants to know
How do you get around, Burien? That’s the question from Burien In Motion, a King County Metro program running this summer in partnership with WABI Burien, Discover Burien, and The B-Town Blog. If you...
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Navos shows off new Behavioral Healthcare Center at Lake Burien campus
Navos’ CEO David Johnson leads a tour of the new campus with members of the Lake Burien Shore Club. Navos showed off the new Behavioral Healthcare Center for Children, Youth & Families being...
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Burien Police recover gun near Shorewood Elementary School Saturday night
The Burien Police Department sent out the following Tweet Sunday morning (Aug. 3), about recovering a gun, as well as finding four suspects of a drive-by shooting near Shorewood Elementary School...
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Free Solar Workshop to be held Saturday, Aug. 9 in White Center
A free Solar Workshop will be held from 10:30 a.m. – Noon on Saturday, Aug. 9 at the White Center Salvation Army Center, located at 9050 16th Ave SW. :Solarize with your community and receive a limited...
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Around 500 free backpacks and other goodies given out at ‘Back to School Fair’
A “Back-to-School Fair” was held at Steven J. Underwood Park in Des Moines on Thursday, Aug. 7, where some 500 free backpacks were given out to local, low-income students. The backpacks were filled...
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Fall session of Community Emergency Response Team training begins Sept. 11
The fall session of CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) training will begin Sept. 11, and held Thursday nights from 6 – 9 p.m. in SeaTac. Emergency professionals train residents, organizations or...
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