After four years of planning, designing and community input – as well as many more years of eyeing the property as a possible park location – Kirke Park had its grand opening last Saturday, Aug. 11, and is now open for public use.
The park…MORE
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If you enter Seattle via First Ave. So. or South Spokane Street traffic is going to be impacted soon
Sat, 08/11/12
SDOT is nearing completion of the Spokane Street Widening project so the remaining traffic impacts will be on First Avenue South and South Spokane Street. Repaving both the eastbound off-ramp to First Avenue South and the southern half of the…MORE
Normandy Park man sentenced to 41 months in prison for the hit and run death of cyclist
Sat, 08/11/12
According to Kingcounty.gov's Prosecutor's Office web page:
Sentencing in Seattle hit and run--Erlin Garcia-Reyes, 28, was sentenced to 41 months in prison for the hit and run death of cyclist Michael Wang on July 28, 2011 in Seattle.…MORE
SLIDESHOW: Wine in the Woods a winning combination
Sat, 08/11/12
More than 100 people came to The Nature Consortium's annual Wine in the Woods benefit event at Camp Long Friday Aug. 10.
The event (the third annual) was held in lieu of the organization's annual Arts in Nature Festival which Executive…MORE
Obit: Gene Roger Nebenfuhr, lifelong Ballard resident, passes away at 68
Sat, 08/11/12
Gene Roger Nebenfuhr, 68, a lifelong resident of Ballard, gained his wings August 3rd in Missoula, MT on his way to the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.
Born and raised in Seattle, he graduated from Ballard High School in 1962, then he proudly…MORE
Vacated storefronts mount on Burien's SW 152nd St. but some niche businesses do well
Fri, 08/10/12
Meander through quaint Olde Burien and you can't avoid seeing vacant storefronts along SW 152nd. Av. there, and east of there near 1st Ave. South. The cheerful blue color on the B-Town Burgers & Shakes exterior remains. But, other than a…MORE
West Seattle to be start and finish location for “Ride Around the Sound”
Fri, 08/10/12
More than 500 cyclists will take part in the inaugural “Ride Around the Sound” bike ride on September 15 to benefit for the American Lung Association in Washington. The ride features five distance options, ranging from 100 miles to a family-…MORE
Zoo says goodbye to JoJo, its last tiger
Fri, 08/10/12
Today was the last day on Earth for JoJo, Woodland Park Zoo's last Sumatran tiger, who was euthanized at 20 years old, according to a press release.
JoJo came in 2001 from the Memphis Zoo and was a breeding companion for the zoo's only…MORE
Water Taxi vessels will be replaced with new, larger boats by 2014
Fri, 08/10/12
The ongoing issues that the vessels serving as the West Seattle Water Taxis face were highlighted again Aug. 10 with the failure of an alternator aboard the Rachel Marie. That made the mention of efforts to replace both boats (the other is called…MORE
Burien proposed annexation plan misses out on tax-rich industrial land by the river
Fri, 08/10/12
As Burien’s proposed annexation area line moves east from 31st Avenue Southwest it passes through White Center’s business district, the Greenbridge development and the residential neighborhoods of Top Hat, Beverly Park and Glenacres. Just as the…MORE
