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Burien City Manager criticizes King County’s handling of encampment closure at District Court property
Burien City Manager Adolfo Bailon this week expressed concerns in a letter to King County over its recent decision to close the homeless encampment near the District Court, accusing the county of acting unilaterally and excluding Burien officials from the decision-making process. This all comes some seven months after the...
One WA town was named “Best Small Town to Raise a Family”
Back in my 20s, I only wanted to live in big cities. My 22-year-old daughter is currently in that very same mindset. She says she probably won’t move back home to North Central Washington. But I have hope after talking to other families. It seems like me, my young daughter and many others resist the small towns - until, they get kids of their own. Then suddenly, the small town is the very place they needed to get to, yesterday!
ZIP code north of Seattle has nation's hottest housing market, data shows
MOUNTLAKE TERRACE, Wash. — Homes are selling faster in one Snohomish County ZIP code than anywhere else in the United States, new data shows. 98034 in Mountlake Terrace saw homes last on the market for just 27 days in Q2, according to The Business Journals' analysis of data from Black Knight Inc. on the hottest housing markets in the country.
Overlook Walk, a new landmark on Seattle's Waterfront, set to open this week
SEATTLE — Overlook Walk, a new landmark along Seattle's Waterfront, is set to open to the public Friday. The elevated park is located where the Alaskan Way Viaduct between Pike Place Market and the Seattle Aquarium once stood. The new project is the first-ever pedestrian connection between downtown Seattle and the waterfront.
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