Tukwila resident Serges Hakizimana (pictured, above) will be honored on Thursday, March 11th, by the American Red Cross at their 2010 Heroes Breakfast.

Hakizimana, originally from Burundi, has been serving as part of the Red Cross Language Bank in Seattle, where he learned how to bring people together and help them understand each other. From [...]

Michelle Tuncap is a soft-spoken woman from Tukwila. Soft-spoken is how she stayed when she found out she won $250,000 playing Mega Millions, though it isn’t how she felt.
“I’m freaking out,” she said quietly the day after learning that she’d won.
Michelle doesn’t play the lottery all that often.
“It’s just for fun. [...]

[ March 8, 2010; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] The Museum of Flight is presenting An Evening with Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger on Monday, March 8th from 7pm to 9pm in its William M. Allen Theater.

As many Readers may recall, “Sully” Sulenberger is the heroic airline pilot who safely landed US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River in January, 2009. He has over [...]

[ February 27, 2010; 6:30 pm; ] There will be a “Family Movie Night on the Big Screen” this Saturday night (Feb. 27th) at 6:30pm at the Tukwila Community Center gym, located at 12424 42nd Avenue South.

Suggested donation is just $3 per ticket, or $10 for a family of four, which beats the heck out of movie ticket prices elsewhere. We’ve also [...]

[ February 27, 2010; 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. ] There will be a “Volunteer Work Party” this Saturday, Feb. 27th from 10am to 2pm, to help restore North Wind’s Weir Restoration Planting, which is located at the “big dig” across from Boeing Duwamish Towers (2914 South 112th).

Here are the details:

WHAT: Volunteer Work Party for North Wind’s Weir Restoration Planting

WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 27th from 10:00 [...]

[ February 25, 2010; 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] If you’re looking for a job and you’ll be in/around Tukwila this Thursday (Feb. 25th), you should polish up your resume and show up at the Best Western Rivers Edge from 1pm to 5pm for a Job Fair.

Sponsored by Nationwide Job Fairs, this event will feature companies with job openings in the fields of [...]

[ April 17, 2010; 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. ] A group called “Washington New Americans” (WNA) is seeking volunteers to help with “Citizenship Day,” which will be Saturday, April 17th.

WNA is looking for immigration attorneys, paralegals and other volunteers to assist on this day, which is an annural day with free assistance to those seeking US citizenship in 12 cities in [...]