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Visual and audio dampening components were installed on the roof of the Ballard on the Park/QFC development April 29 in an attempt to make the rooftop HVAC (heating, ventilating and air conditioning) units less audibly and visibly noticeable from…MORE

After a four-year hiatus, the Seattle Parks and Recreation project team and the Crown Hill community reassembled April 28 to discuss the design for the renovated Crown Hill Elementary Park in the project's first public meeting since 2006.

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Chief Sealth High School’s auditorium became hip and hopping as members of the Thelonius Monk Institute of Jazz visited, including six musicians from Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, or the “LACHSA “ Jazz Sextet performed Satin Doll…MORE

Goldman Sachs execs were on the hot seat Tuesday April 27, and just a few hours later, and a lot closer to home, King County Department of Transportation Director Harold Taniguchi was on the hot seat at the standing-room only South Park Bridge…MORE

Mayor Mike McGinn today named Christopher Williams as Acting Superintendent of Seattle Parks and Recreation, following the resignation on Monday of Superintendent Timothy Gallagher.

Williams, a Parks and Recreation employee for nearly 20…MORE

In response to an April 16 ruling by the King County Superior Court, the Seattle Department of Transportation announced April 28 that it will conduct an environmental review of the Burke-Gilman Trail’s future alignment along Shilshole Avenue…MORE

Seattle City Light crews restored power to all 4,750 customers affected by a power outage in Burien within one hour of the outage’s start today.

The outage began about 1:35 p.m. and included Burien City Hall and the Burien Public Works…MORE

On Wednesday, April 21st, at approximately 8:36 AM, Seattle Police responded to a two-vehicle collision between a van and a truck at 3rd Avenue Southwest and Olson Place Southwest. The driver of the truck later died from his injuries at the…MORE

On May 2, the Nordic Heritage Museum will hold its largest fundraiser of the year, the Northern Lights Auktion. This year’s auction and gala will take place at the Grand Hyatt Hotel Ballroom in downtown Seattle and is a part of Sweden Week.…MORE

The Woodland Park Zoo is all hands on deck in preparing for the May 1 grand opening of its new 58,000-square-foot West Entrance.

The new entrance will replace the current West Entrance and is located off Phinney Avenue North between North…MORE