UPDATE 10:45pm
The Seattle Fire Department has released the cause of a fire in the 8600 block of 35th SW on Tuesday night. The triplex basement fire was "caused by overheated electrical cord. Damage estimate is $125k to structure $25k to…MORE
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Police looking for Ballard Bank Robber
Tue, 02/26/13
From Seattle Police Department Blotter:
Police are searching Ballard for a man who robbed a bank at gunpoint Tuesday evening.
Just before 6:30 pm, the man walked into the People’s Bank on NW 56th Street and 24th Ave NW, brandished a…MORE
Reminder: Inspection and a run will close sections of SR 99 this weekend
Tue, 02/26/13
WSDOT press release Drivers make way for safety inspections and chocolate on State Route 99 this weekend. The Washington State Department of Transportation will close the SR 99 Alaskan Way Viaduct this Saturday and Sunday, March 2-3 for its…MORE
Safety improvement to be installed at Morgan Junction intersection
Tue, 02/26/13
SDOT press release The Seattle Department of Transportation in conjunction with King County Metro Transit will install a safety curb on Fauntleroy Way Southwest just west of California Avenue Southwest. The work will begin Thursday, Feb. 28, and…MORE
Development: Ballard Station Public House applying for Sidewalk Cafe permit
Tue, 02/26/13
Outdoor seating may be coming to Ballard Station Public House (2236 NW Market Street), which just opened this last summer, according to a Sidewalk Cafe permit that the bar just applied for on Feb. 15.
By the looks of it, there should be…MORE
Highline’s feathered friends stop snowbirding
Tue, 02/26/13
A good number of Highline’s humans still head south for the winter as “snowbirds.”
As for our feathered friends--not so much.
So reported Andy Waters of Wild Birds Unlimited at the Burien Birdfest, held Sunday, Feb. 17 at Dottie…MORE
‘Reward’ for 2 Highline schools, some other Highline, Tukwila schools eligible for help
Tue, 02/26/13
Southern Heights Elementary School and Health Sciences and Human Services High School (HS3) have been named “Reward Schools” by state schools superintendent Randy Dorn. HS3 is on the Evergreen High campus in White Center. Southern Heights is in…MORE
Burien Health and Wellness Fair scheduled for March 16
Tue, 02/26/13
Highline Athletic Club and The BNI B-Town Business Builders Health & Wellness Power Team are inviting residents to the “3rd Annual Health and Wellness Fair” hosted at Highline Athletic Club Saturday, March 16th from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. This event…MORE
Wine festival coming up in Des Moines
Tue, 02/26/13
Don’t forget the Poverty Bay Wine Festival is this weekend, March 1-3, at the Landmark Event Center in Des Moines.
It features 25 Washington wineries and local food delicacie
More info at www.dmrotary.org.
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Chief Sealth students stand up to genocide with arts and crafts
Tue, 02/26/13
Taking a peek inside Patrice De La Ossa’s Chief Sealth International High School classroom on the afternoon of Feb. 21, it looked like your average arts and crafts activity hour. Inside, a mix of Sealth students and 4th graders from Tilden…MORE
