Sneaking a meeting in before the snow began to fall, the West Seattle Crime Prevention Council met on Jan. 17 and heard from Southwest Precinct Lt. Pierre Davis and Officer William Witt of the Aggressive Driving and Commercial Vehicle Enforcement…MORE
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Seattle Public Schools cancelled for Thursday Jan. 19
Wed, 01/18/12
After opening two hours late and then closing two hours early on Tuesday Jan, 17 in anticipation of the winter storm bearing down on Seattle the Seattle Public Schools closed altogether on Jan, 18, joining nearly all other school systems in…MORE
SDOT now in 24 hour mode with snow removal
Wed, 01/18/12
press release: Seattle deployed a fleet of 30 plows, de-icing trucks, and graders to remove snow from approximately 750 miles of priority roadways in the city today. Residents are discouraged from traveling to help keep roads open and safe for…MORE
UPDATE: Metro route 54 restored to snow route
Wed, 01/18/12
Route 54 has resumed it's designated snow route east of 45 Av SW & SW Brace Pt.
Original postPress release: Due to road conditions, Metro Route 54 is unable to serve the portion of its routing to White Center.
Until further…MORE
Update- SLIDESHOW: Early morning road clearing worked well ; SDOT efforts paid off for the afternoon too
Wed, 01/18/12
Photographer David Rosen was out early, just after 5 am and did a driving survey of West Seattle providing a photographic record of the snowfall on area roads.
Rosen shot photos of both the lower level and upper level West Seattle Bridges…MORE
Metro cancels bus routes; Others on snow routes
Wed, 01/18/12
press release: With a major snow storm forecast to hit King County on Wednesday, King County Metro Transit is keeping most of its buses on snow routing until further notice, and is canceling 27 individual bus routes thismmorning, due to the…MORE
UPDATE:New South Park Bridge, dramatic slide show well-attended; bridge to open Sept., '13
Tue, 01/17/12
UPDATE, SUNDAY:
Over 40 curious and concerned citizens, plus five engineers from Kiewit-Massman packed into Napoli ’s Pizzeria in South Park Saturday, Jan. 21. A slideshow and lecture was offered by King County to update the public on the…MORE
Predictions for major snow event are looking more likely; NWS Winter Storm Warning after 10 pm
Tue, 01/17/12
While there is disagreement as to the amount of snow we can expect with estimates ranging from 2 to 6 inches to more than a foot there's little doubt that a major winter snow event is heading right for us and will arrive some time in the early…MORE
Rat City Rollergirls glide into Season 8 at KeyArena
Tue, 01/17/12
Press release:
The Rat City Rollergirls will kick off Season 8 on January 21st. See your returning favorites, along with up-and-coming new stars, as roller derby returns to Key Arena.
The evening’s first bout will feature everyone’s…MORE
Emergency Operations Center now active; Record snowstorm now predicted for tomorrow morning
Tue, 01/17/12
As the City of Seattle continues its winter storm response and prepares for forecasted significant accumulations of snow Wednesday. Forecasters now say that Seattle will get only a small amount today but are predicting an amount in excess of 6 to…MORE
