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A car fire in the 6500 block of 34th Av s.w. just after 8:30 pm Monday Sept. 19 was quickly extinguished by Engine 37. The owner said that he had just come home, turned off the car, come inside when his car caught on fire. It appeared to be a…MORE

Press release West Seattle business owner, Gary Potter of Potter Construction, has installed of a larger-than-life sculpture of a yellow pencil on California Ave. SW.

The 13.5 foot sculpture was installed on the street side facade of…MORE

Press release: Seattle Department of Transportation crews will make spot pavement repairs to SW Avalon Way SW between 35th Avenue SW and SW Spokane Street on Friday and Tuesday, and possibly into Wednesday, if needed, September 23, 27, and…MORE

Update for Sept. 20 Four people are in jail after gunshots were fired from the Fox Hole Apartments on S.W. 160th St. into windows and cars at the Southwest Seattle Ambulatory Center on Sept. 19, according to the arrest record released by the King…MORE

Photographer Kurt Howard brought out his trusty camera to capture images from the 2011 Last Gasp of Summer swim races at Angle Lake on Sept. 17.

The event consisted of one and two-mile wetsuit and non-wetsuit races in the 60-degree lake.…MORE

Crews working to build Phase II of the Ship Canal Trail closed the Nickerson/15th Avenue West Ramp on Monday morning. The ramp that allows travel from westbound W Nickerson Street to southbound 15th Avenue West will be closed for up to one month…MORE

Both the large and small locks at the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks in Ballard will be closed to all marine traffic from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Sept. 27.

The closure will allow construction crews and dive teams the opportunity to close for the…MORE

WSU & Camp Long Challenge Course Official Opening 5200 35th Ave S.W. 206-684-7434 Sept. 24, 2 p.m course elements open to public, 4 p.m officials speak/ribbon cutting, 4:30 p.m. partners of next generation of course will speak, 5:15 p.m. hot…MORE

The Leif Erikson Lodge will be celebrating the 25th anniversary of the building of Ballard's Leif Erikson Lodge in October and the community is invited to witness this historic event.

This anniversary will be celebrated on Saturday,…MORE

White Center and Triangle Park, the tiny piece of real estate at the joining of Delridge Way, 16th s.w. and Roxbury Street was the scene for the ceremony that rededicated the space as a memorial to military veterans on Sunday, Sept. 18. A