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SEATTLE WA - To Scale (10,000 things for Mark Tobey) is a new large scale sound installation created by Pete Bjordahl (founder of Seattle's Parallel Public Works) and the Berlin-based artist Andy Graydon with funding and support from the…MORE

To help facilitate a peaceful march today, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray activated the City of Seattle's Emergency Operations Center (EOC) at 9:30 a.m. on November 25, 2014. The EOC will provide coordination amongst multiple departments during a…MORE

By Andrea Reay, Executive Director, Discover Burien


Saturday, November 29th is Small Business Saturday®. What is Small Business Saturday? It’s a day to celebrate and support our small businesses in Burien and all they do for our…MORE

Sustainable Ballard is hosting its 9th annual community holiday barter and celebration. This event brings together the community, encourages creativity and sharing, creates friendships and offers people a relaxing and enjoyable alternative to the…MORE


Fourteen years ago, I began teaching history at a public high school and my students and colleagues were awesome, but I could see that the school did not have the same resources as the schools I'd attended.



At my old high school, we…MORE

December’s B-Town Beat is coming up on Thursday December 4th from 6 to 9pm.  This month featuring Dickens Carolers at RE/MAX! Also, each business participating will host an artist and be accepting canned food donations on behalf of Transform…MORE

Over 600,000 travelers will be going through Seattle-Tacoma International Airport during the Thanksgiving holiday week, with the busiest traffic days when everyone is headed home. It’s not the busiest time of the year (the summer is) but it may…MORE

Being a graduate of Glacier High School I recently attended an all class reunion, a grand get together enjoyed by many Glacierites and friends. I was thrilled to visit with a number of people from my own class of 1972.

Let me back up…MORE

By Rob Ketcherside Rob Ketcherside writes local history articles from time to time for the Westside Weekly.

The old scene is about 1912 and shows the offices of the Seahurst Land Company near Lake Burien at what's now 22nd SW and SW 152nd…MORE

The Ballard Natural Drainage System (BNDS) project made progress last week with Seattle Public Utilities issuing a Determination of Non-Significance (DNS) for environmental impact.

Seattle Public Utilities, the lead agency for this…MORE