‘General’ Archives
Grow a sustainable backyard
with advice from King County at NW Flower & Garden Show Annual show, Feb. 3-7 in Seattle, includes easy tips on creating a beautiful yard Learn simple tricks for making your yard the best on the block with practical and affordable natural advice from King County at this year’s Northwest Flower and Garden Show, running now through Feb. 7 [...]
Online Community
Won’t You Be My Neighbor by Fred Rogers “It’s a neighborly day in this beauty wood A neighborly day for a beauty Would you be mine Could you be mine I’ve always wanted to have a neighbor just like you I’ve always wanted to live in a neighborhood with you” Join our neighborhood social network
HCC Foundation receives $60,000 donation to help needy students
DES MOINES, Wash. — Highline Community College Foundation received a $60,000 donation to help provide emergency assistance to Highline students who are struggling to pay for their college education. Emergency assistance may include funds to pay for books, supplies, child care or transportation. Funds will be distributed through Highline’s [...]
Highline Community College’s StartZone offers free tax help
Assistance available to King County’s small businesses DES MOINES, Wash. — Highline Community College’s StartZone is offering free tax preparation workshops and filing assistance to self-employed individuals in King County with total household income of less than $50,000. Eligible individuals will receive assistance from a trained [...]
Fuller is court's queen and jester
By David Auguste ESPN RISE Magazine Kennedy (Burien, Wash.) guard Yasmine Fuller credits her relationship with WNBA star Sheryl Swoopes for developing her work ethic. This story appeared in the Greater Seattle edition of the Jan./Feb. ESPN RISE Magazine. As the girls on the Kennedy (Burien, Wash.) basketball team positioned [...]
BYU graduate presented national math teaching award
On Jan.6, President Barack Obama honored SeaTac teacher Michele Brees for excellence in mathematics and science teaching. Brees, of Burien, Wash., was selected to receive the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching by a panel of distinguished scientists, mathematicians and educators. This honor is awarded [...]
King County H1N1 Vaccination
Public Health H1N1 vaccination: Free swine flu vaccinations for people who can't afford to pay H1N1 flu vaccination is the best protection against H1N1 influenza (swine flu). Public Health is offering H1N1 vaccination for uninsured people who are more likely to have serious illness and hospitalization if they get H1N1 influenza. WHO can get the [...]