The Highline Historical Society is looking for volunteers for the 2012 Highline Garden Tour coming up on June 9, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Burien, SeaTac and Normandy Park.  

If you can be a ticket taker for the afternoon, and would like to receive free admission for your contribution of time, please call (206) 246-6354.

Garden Tour participants will have the chance to talk in-depth with Seahurst neighbors who recently joined forces to install a cluster of rain gardens up and down their street. They did this under the auspices of 12,000 Rain Gardens, a region-wide campaign that is working to reduce polluted stormwater run-off into Puget Sound and other local waterways.

SEA-TAC AIRPORT, Wash. -- Those who live near Sea-Tac Airport will have to get used to a bit more noise than usual over the next month.

The airport has closed down the runway closest to the terminal to make improvements to its adjacent taxi-ways. That means all air traffic will be using the center runway and the newer third runway.

It's the use of the third runway that will be most noticeable as that brings air traffic closer to nearby homes and apartments. When the Port of Seattle built the third runway, they said they'd use it sparingly because of the added residential noise.

"Yeah, we may have an airport that does bring some noise out here, but at the same time this is bringing goods, services, travelers, and tourists," said Sea-Tac spokesman Perry Cooper.

Cooper says the other side of the noise is Sea-Tac brings in some $13 million to the region.

But a lot of neighbors still feel helpless.

"What can I do about it? I can't do a darn thing about it," said Bob Forest. "I could complain but it's not going to do any good."

Runway 1 (34R/16L) will be closed through June 20. The center runway (16C/34C) will close July 20 to Aug. 8 for improvements there as well.

Flames and smoke caused significant damage to a garage and several cars early Sunday morning.

Just before 8:00a.m. emergency dispatchers received a report of heavy smoke and flames coming from the garage of a single family home in the 20800 block of 4th Place South in Des Moines.

Crews from South King Fire & Rescue, SeaTac and Burien responded to the scene.

When they arrived they found flames shooting above the roofline of the home.

Two cars parked in front of the garage were badly damaged due to heat and flames coming from the garage, said Gordon Olson, assistant chief with South King Fire.  

It took firefighters nearly 45 minutes before they were able to completely knock down the blaze.

Two men were home at the time the fire started but were able to make it out safely. They were treated for smoke inhalation at the scene.

Fire investigators are working to determine what started the fire.