Officials from cities in north and east King County are recommending to their councils building a single 640 bed municipal jail facility to serve their collective needs
Two potential jail sites in the areas around South Park and White…MORE
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Tractor Tavern: Let me play
Mon, 07/21/08
"Hello, everyone. I want to play a show at the Tractor Tavern in Ballard, and I've done everything I could think of in the past two and a half years, but they still will not reply. So I'm offering $50 to anyone who will let me open for them."…MORE
Hearty souls set for swim across Sound
Mon, 07/21/08
On Saturday, Aug. 23, a number of hearty souls will swim from Des Moines Beach Park across Puget Sound to Point Robinson on Maury Island.
Funds raised by the third annual Brent Rice Memorial Swim will go toward a foundation that helps low…MORE
Pike Place Market levy to be on fall ballot
Mon, 07/21/08
The Seattle City Council has unanimously voted to place a six-year, $73 million levy for improvements to the Pike Place Market on November's ballot.
The last major renovations to the market were made in the early 1980s with $50 million in…MORE
Light rail to 272nd endorsed
Mon, 07/21/08
On July 10, the Des Moines City Council approved a draft resolution to the South Transit board of directors endorsing a South Transit 2 plan for light rail.
Council supported the extension of light rail to South 272nd Street and encouraged…MORE
Bottled water under local fire
Mon, 07/21/08
Mayor Greg Nickels signed an executive order in March to end the city's practice of buying bottled water for city employees and for public events because he said Seattle's water is reported to be "amongst the best in any major city in North…MORE
West Seattle Garden Tour de Force
Sun, 07/20/08
The Fourteenth Annual West Seattle Garden Tour took place from 9am to 5pm on Sunday July 20th. It was a beautiful sunny day, yet not too warm to visit all nine gardens on the tour. Each garden was designed to spend time in, showing a a high level…MORE
American Legion Grand Parade Proves to be Perennial Fun
Sun, 07/20/08
The American Legion Grand Parade was a big hit in West Seattle on Saturday July 19th as usual. Throngs of parade watchers lined California Avenue to see more than 70 entries pass by. 1st Place float went to Port Orchard who put over 3000 hours…MORE
Worker Trapped then freed in trench collapse on Avalon Way
Wed, 07/16/08
A construction worker was trapped in a trench at a construction site on July 16th . The trench was approximately 15 feet deep. A vacuum truck from City Light helped remove the dirt as workers shored up the trench around him. The trapped man was…MORE
Some buses are standing room only
Mon, 07/14/08
At 8 a.m. on July 7, the number 56 bus to downtown Seattle leaves the corner of 61st Avenue Southwest and Alki Avenue, the first stop of its route, with 14 passengers on board. By the third stop, that number has doubled. By the time the bus has…MORE
