[ June 27, 2009; June 28, 2009; ] Highline-area “Hams” will join with thousands of Amateur Radio operators who will be showing off their emergency capabilities over the weekend of June 27th and 28th.

Over the past year, the news has been full of reports of ham radio operators providing critical communications during unexpected emergencies in towns across America, including the California wildfires, [...]

BECU staffers Truyen, Angela, David (branch manager) Tina in front of
their Neighborhood BECU location in Redondo.
Welcome Our Latest Advertiser: BECU (Boeing Employees Credit Union)!
BECU is the largest credit union in Washington with assets of $8.2 billion with over 540,000 members. It is one of the top five financial cooperatives in the United States. As a [...]

In a struggling economy, every piece of positive news counts, and here’s some that’s very relevant to the area:
Tourists spent $615 million last year in the cities of Tukwila, SeaTac, Kent and Des Moines, according to a tourism group that represents the four southwest King County cities.
There were 5,350 tourism-related jobs that generated $181 million [...]

On Saturday, Feb. 14th, 15 or so area locals braved the chilly 45-degree temps of Puget Sound near the Redondo Pier in Des Moines for a special “Polar Bear Plunge” to raise money for Special Olympics.
Organized by Tukwila Police Officer Ted Rutt, the plunge took place around 11:15am.
We were there, and our own Bart Bryan, [...]

We’re proud to unveil our latest Local Blog, for our southerly neighbor Des Moines:
The Waterland Blog!
It will be updated frequently with Local News, Feature Stories, History, Events, Photos, Videos, Webcams and more for this exciting and beautiful waterfront city of over 29,000 residents.
Here’s our press release:
PUBLISHERS OF THE TUKWILA BLOG ANNOUNCE THEIR LATEST NEIGHBORHOOD WEBSITE: [...]

[ October 25, 2008; 5:30 pm; ]

Reba Gilman, Principal and CEO of Highline School District’s Aviation High School, will receive the Museum of Flight’s 2008 Pathfinder Award recognizing pioneering achievements in flying, engineering, education, operations, and manufacturing.

The award will be presented at the Museum’s William M. Allen Theater this Saturday, Oct. 25th. The evening’s program will start off with a [...]

[ July 4, 2008; ]
Lots of fun celebrations planned around the area for the 4th of July (which just happens to fall on Friday, July 4th this year):
TUKWILA:

2pm+: celebrate Independence Day AND Tuwkila’s Centennial at Tukwila’s “Family 4th at the Fort” at Fort Dent Park, located at 6800 Fort Dent Park Way.

Events include children’s fun, with inflatable bouncers, slides, [...]