When it rains in Ballard it dumps. When there is more than one tenth of rain, hundreds of gallons of sewage and stormwater rush into Salmon Bay from the Ballard Basin.
In 2013 Ballard accounted for over one-third of the entire city’s…MORE
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SLIDESHOW: Fairmount Park Elementary will open with a new look for new faces Sept. 3
Wed, 08/27/14
The West Seattle Herald was given a tour of Fairmount Park Elementary School which was originally built in 1964 but closed in 2007 and was subsequently given a nearly $20 million makeover.
It will open Sept. 3 following a ribbon cutting…MORE
Man taken to hospital after stripping naked on the street and growling
Tue, 08/26/14
A young male who had stripped off his clothes, growled and did pull-ups on a tree limb was taken to the hospital on Tuesday afternoon after he was restrained first by people in the neighborhood and then police. According to neighbors who called…MORE
UPDATE- SLIDESHOW: Fuel spill shuts down ramp and causes accident on West Seattle Freeway
Tue, 08/26/14
UPDATE 10:10pm Seattle Police report on the Seattle Police blotter that "officers spoke with the driver of the semi who said he was unsure of what punctured the tank, but he had been traveling in the direction of the leak. Officers scoured the…MORE
UPDATE: Seattle Parks celebrates Camp Long Mountain Fest on Sept. 14
Tue, 08/26/14
information from Seattle Parks
UPDATE: Full Mountain Fest schedule has been posted at the link.
Original Post Aug. 26 Seattle Parks and Recreation invites you and your family to celebrate Camp Long Mountain Fest and the 75th…MORE
Small kitchen fire at Neighborhood House floods the building
Tue, 08/26/14
A small kitchen fire around 7 am in the Highpoint Neighborhood House Community Center at 6400 Sylvan Way SW resulted in the setting off the sprinkler system in the building. The fire produced a lot of smoke and the sprinklers flooded the building…MORE
Fire in boarded house on 26th SW; Squatters suspected by neighbors
Tue, 08/26/14
UPDATE 8:30am Seattle Fire Department estimates $55,000 damage was done to the home on 26th Ave. SW. in West Seattle this morning. Cause undetermined.
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A fire in a boarded up home at 9213 26th SW after 6am resulted in…MORE
West Seattle native Dan Raley showcases his Seattle Rainiers book at White Center Library Wednesday
Tue, 08/26/14
By Bob Sims I remember the first time I walked on the lush Sick's Seattle Stadium grass as a 12-year-old kid. Vividly. It was on Little League Day in the summer of 1962, the year of the Seattle World's Fair.
I picked up a patch of the…MORE
Free face painting by Burien Arts featured at festival
Mon, 08/25/14
What’s fun and free? Answer: Face painting by the artists from the Burien Arts Association at the unique Burien Lantern Festival and Procession on Saturday, Sept. 6. Burien Arts volunteers will be dabbing on the face paint at Dottie Harper Park,…MORE
Start of the school year brings big changes to physical education in Highline
Mon, 08/25/14
Physical education (PE) teachers from across Highline School District are getting special training today, August 21, on an innovative PE curriculum that will launch on the first day of school, September 3. The goal is to build students’ lifelong…MORE
