August 2020

Free citywide COVID 19 testing at Chief Sealth High School starts Aug. 28; Pre-registration required

In the Last Two Months, the City of Seattle has Administered More Than 128,000 Tests 
City of Seattle Sites Currently Providing More Than 15% of Tests Statewide  

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 While visiting the Rainier Beach High School free citywide testing site, Mayor Jenny A. Durkan today announced the expansion of City of Seattle testing at the Chief Sealth High School Athletic Complex, in the Westwood neighborhood of West Seattle. With the addition of this new walk-up testing facility, the City expects to administer approximately 4,000 tests daily and more than 75,000 tests monthly across all four sites. 

While the City continues to urge anyone with symptoms to get tested, the West Seattle Bridge closure has presented a significant challenge for residents on the peninsula. The Chief Sealth location is key to advancing testing equity for the community and City.  

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62 year old man arrested in connection with human remains found in West Seattle

Michael Lee Dudley expected to be formally charged with double homicide on Monday

A 62-year-old man, Michael Lee Dudley is in custody for the murder of two people after their remains were located in West Seattle on June 19.Seattle Police and Seattle Fire recovered several bags containing human remains that were located near the water in the 1100 block of Alki Avenue SW. The agencies initially responded to the area for reports of a suspicious suitcase washed up on the beach. Another bag was also found in the water, according to police.

Seattle Police homicide detectives, working closely with the King County Medical Examiner’s Office, identified the remains as 35-year-old Jessica Lewis, who died on June 16 from multiple gunshot wounds. The second body has been identified as 27-year-old Austin Wenner, who died on June 16 from a gunshot wound of the torso.

Both of the deaths were ruled as homicides.

On Wednesday afternoon, detectives arrested the suspect at a residence in Burien.

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Community Task Force Meeting 7 focuses on dialog with Mayor Durkan and Reconnect West Seattle survey results

Durkan says state and federal funding are a necessity;' There's no way this bridge gets repaired or replaced without it'

The seventh meeting of the West Seattle Bridge Community Task Force held via Webex on Aug. 19 began with a dialog with Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan.

She spoke about what the impact of COVID 19 have been, what it means to have the issue of racial equity take on more prominence while acknowleding that the issue of the West Seattle Bridge, "Still looms large" in her list of priorities.

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Community member feedback is needed for Roxhill Bog

West Seattle community members are being asked to participate in a survey of the Roxhill Park and its bog natural area as a part of the restoration efforts by a community lead partnership of organizations: Roxhill Champions, Duwamish Alive Coalition, City of Seattle, King County, and American Rivers. The purpose of this survey is to understand how communities are using the park and its natural area containing the bog. The community feedback on current uses, concerns and desires for the future will help ongoing planning efforts to restore the bog natural area and improve its use by community members. The survey is part of the hydrology study which was announced at a February “Stakeholders”meeting.

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