REMINDER: Downtown Burien is preparing to once again transform into a vibrant, open-air gallery as the annual Mural Masters Festival returns this weekend – June 20-22, 2025 – for a three-day run. The ...

A new photography exhibit by Enrique Barquet, which blends cityscapes and wilderness is now on display in downtown Burien. Urban Edges, Wild Horizons, a solo exhibition by local photographer and ...

Burien police found a man shot to death inside a vehicle outside a restaurant early Wednesday morning. Police responded to a reported shooting at El Pique Restaurant on Ambaum Boulevard Southwest just ...

It would also tie Burien’s minimum wage to that of the neighboring jurisdiction of Tukwila, where the wage cap is currently $21.10 and set to increase with inflation. “It just means that more people ...

A sign urging voters to vote no on Initiative 1 sits in front of local small businesses in downtown Burien. Initiative 1 would remove several exemptions from Burien’s current minimum wage law and ...

Courtesy Downtown on the Go. Steven Bird ... On the evening of Dec. 2, Bird, 63, and two friends were walking across a Burien crosswalk when an SUV, its lights off, failed to stop.

And unsheltered homelessness has continued to proliferate — currently there’s a large encampment near the center of Burien’s downtown — without any large-scale solutions.

Burien Police Officer Mark Hayden, center, asks Cydney Moore, right, to inform homeless campers about trash pickups and upcoming street fairs in downtown Burien.

In the meantime, Schilling, surrounded by Burien business owners at a Thursday morning news conference, said it’s time to stop the legal fight and for both sides to sit down face-to-face and talk.

Since early February, several people have been putting down their belongings and sleeping in tents on sidewalks in Burien’s downtown after 7 p.m. and then packing up and moving somewhere else by ...

A 17-year-old boy wanted in the fatal and apparently random shooting of a passenger who was resting on a Seattle bus last month has turned himself in, police said Monday.

Last month, Burien Toyota owners Dean and Mona Anderson donated $2,400–the maximum allowed amount for an individual and spouse–to deputy mayor Kevin Schilling, who is currently up for reelection.