As parents ready their kids for the first week of school, Mayor Ed Murray today unveiled his plan to reorganize of the city’s education and support programs into a new Department of Education and Early Learning (DEEL), the first of several…MORE
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Fair weather’s foul smells could come from many sources
Fri, 08/29/14
There’s an air of mystery around King County’s wastewater treatment facilities, and while it might smell like sewage, those odors could have other culprits.
Over the past several weeks, low tides and decaying seaweed have prompted an…MORE
Congestion likely at Northgate southbound I-5 on- and off ramps
Wed, 08/27/14
The Seattle Department of Transportation is scheduled to begin the last phase of its current repaving work on North Northgate Way on Thursday, Sept. 4. On that date, construction crews will move to the final phase of the project, the one-block…MORE
Spend More Time in Fremont! (as Bridge Painting Begins)
Wed, 08/27/14
Next week the Seattle Department of Transportation will begin a series of lane closures for painting the Fremont Bridge, a project which will last into February. These closures will occur during off - peak travel hours, but heavier traffic should…MORE
Something stinks in Salmon Bay and it’s not the fish
Wed, 08/27/14
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
'Go walk it off' with Seattle City officials
Thu, 08/21/14
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray’s ‘Find It, Fix It’ Community Walk, focused on several crime hotspots, makes its way to a sixth neighborhood in Seattle on Monday, Aug. 25.
At the walks, community residents, police, and city officials walk together…MORE
Ballard Development: applications for subdivision and new drinking establishment; one appeal for AT&T antenna project
Thu, 08/21/14
The Department of Planning and Development announced pending land use applications today. One application is for a property subdivision into five unit lots. The other application asks to change a retail space into a drinking establishment. In…MORE
Mayor Murray thanks Parks Superintendent, launches national search for replacement
Wed, 08/20/14
Mayor Ed Murray today thanked Christopher Williams, Acting Superintendent of Parks and Recreation for the past four years, who is stepping down to the role of Deputy Superintendent. Williams is returning to his previous role with the department…MORE
Lockhaven tenant fights back against ‘illegal eviction’ and ‘retaliation’
Tue, 08/19/14
The Lockhaven issue continues to spill like a cup of dark-roast Starbucks coffee across the news-desk of the Ballard News-Tribune even after the once affordable housing complex, Lockhaven Apartments, has become Cadence Apartments: upscale…MORE
SDOT is painting while the sun shines in North Seattle and Downtown
Mon, 08/18/14
Seattle drivers will soon have the benefit of repainted lines on major arterial streets throughout the city. Seattle Department of Transportation crews are out painting fresh stripes on major arterial streets—a total of 850 “lane miles”—on days…MORE
