🌱 Why SeaTac is fighting the FAA over new airport expansion plans

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In today's newsletter:

• Why SeaTac is fighting the FAA over new airport expansion plans
• How a SeaTac date night turned into a deadly ambush

Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Periods of rain, with a high of 52 and low of 47 degrees.
• Friday: Cloudy with a shower or two, temps: high: 56, low: 45.
• Saturday: Low clouds, then some sun, with a high of 56 and low of 48 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• FAA Approves Environmental Assessment for Sea-Tac Airport Projects (flyingmag.com) — Major expansion plans at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport are moving forward after federal environmental approval, with projects like a new terminal, people mover, and cargo facilities slated through 2032. SeaTac, Burien, and Des Moines are challenging the FAA’s finding of no significant environmental impact, citing worries about added noise and quality-of-life impacts for nearby neighborhoods.
   

• Docs: Man waited outside ex-girlfriend's SeaTac home to shoot, kill her date (mynorthwest.com) — A man is charged with first-degree murder after allegedly ambushing and fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend’s date outside her SeaTac home, following a series of threatening messages. Court documents describe prior alleged abuse, angry texts, and multiple shots captured on a Ring camera before his arrest and $2 million bail.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in SeaTac

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Friday December 12

• Community Coffee Hour with REACH Renton
  Renton Library , 100 Mill Avenue South , Renton
  11:00 am
• Talk Time: English Conversation Practice
  Renton Library , 100 Mill Avenue South , Renton
  1:00 pm
• Strings & Things! Fiber Arts for Kids
  Woodmont Library , 26809 Pacific Highway South , Seattle
  2:00 pm
• Community Puzzle Swap!
  Renton Library , 100 Mill Avenue South , Renton
  3:00 pm
• Burien Library Book Group
  Burien Library , 400 SW 152nd Street , Seattle
  3:00 pm
• Gingerbread House Fun
  Des Moines Library , 21620 11th Avenue South , Seattle
  3:30 pm
• Creative Art Oasis
  Renton Library , 100 Mill Avenue South , Renton
  4:00 pm

Saturday December 13

• Introduction to Dot Painting for Adults
  Burien Library , 400 SW 152nd Street , Seattle
  1:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 11

• Young Toddler Story Time
  Des Moines Library , 21620 11th Avenue South , Seattle
  10:00 am
• Infant and Toddler Story Time
  White Center Library , 1409 SW 107th Street , Seattle
  10:15 am
• Kaleidoscope Play & Learn
  Skyway Library , 12601 76th Avenue South , Seattle
  10:30 am
• Preschool Story Time
  White Center Library , 1409 SW 107th Street , Seattle
  11:15 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Tukwila

• Washington High Schools 2025 Academic State Rankings (kissfm1053.com)
• Breathing easier: How community health workers help families manage asthma (auburnexaminer.com)
• PHOTOS: Roads, parks closed due to flooding Tuesday (whitecenterblog.com)

Burien

• Burien City Council welcomes new councilmembers, adjourns on high note at last meeting of 2025 (b-townblog.com)
• Burien Police arrest suspected armed carjacker after pursuit Wednesday (b-townblog.com)
• City of Burien invites artists to help define Chelsea Park's future look and feel (b-townblog.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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