[ June 26, 2010 11:00 am to June 27, 2010 11:00 am. ] This weekend, local amateur radio operators (“hams”) from the Highline (Burien, Des Moines, Normandy Park, SeaTac, Tukwila, as well as the North Highline unincorporated area) Amateur Radio Club will be participating in ham radio’s annual national emergency exercise called Field Day, to simulate a disaster, and especially the loss of normal communications in a disaster. [...]

The Tukwila Police Department has partnered with the Preventing Auto Theft Through Regional Operational Links (PATROL) Task Force to distribute free steering wheel lock devices (aka “The Club”) to the owners of Honda Accords and Civics manufactured between 1991 to 1998.  These are some of the most commonly targeted vehicles by auto thieves.
Ten area police [...]

The Seattle Southside Visitor’s Center held its Grand Opening last Thursday, May 13th, at its new digs in SeaTac, and on hand for the ribbon cutting ceremony were dignitaries from Tukwila, SeaTac, Des Moines and Kent.
The event included a ribbon cutting by Program Director of Seattle Southside Visitor Services Katherine Kertzman as well as other [...]

[ May 13, 2010; 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Seattle Southside Visitor Services, the official tourism department for the cities of Tukwila, SeaTac, Kent and Des Moines, will be holding its Grand Opening event for a new visitor center in SeaTac on Thursday, May 13th from 4pm – 8pm.

This event will feature ribbon cutting and welcome speeches by Mayor Jim Haggerton [...]

[ 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 [...]