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Seattle Public Schools approves 2024-2025 school year budget; deficit cut to $94M
Seattle Public Schools has adopted its budget for the 2024-2025 school year, including using a short-term loan to lower the district's budget deficit. The General Fund Operating Budget for the 2024-2025 school year is set at $1.25 billion. General fund revenue is projected to be approximately $1.3 billion for next school year, meaning total revenue does not cover the district’s planned spending. As a result, the district is utilizing a loan to cover the deficit.
Seattle space miner receives NASA grant
Interlune will use TechFlights to advance its proprietary technology for recovering helium-3 and other resources from the Moon. Interlune, a Seattle-based space mining tech startup led by a team of seasoned space exploration executives, has been awarded a $348,000 grant from NASA to advance a proprietary technology designed to recover helium-3 and other minerals from the Moon.
New location, new date for Low Rider Block Party
Since its inception, the Low Rider Block Party presented every summer since 2021 by Nepantla Cultural Arts Gallery has been near the gallery in South Delridge, and it’s been in August. This year, it’s moving to White Center proper, and moving up to July. A reader just tipped us that the block party is this Saturday, July 20, 11 am-8 pm, on 17th SW between SW Roxbury and SW 100th. The cars are just part of it! Art, music, food, more.
With homelessness rising, KCRHA-backed nonprofits call for more housing, funding
Nonprofit organizations working to address the worsening homelessness crisis in King County say the need for housing is higher than the region’s current capacity, even as more public dollars are funneled to the cause. The King County Regional Homelessness Authority has served as the organization responsible for coordinating funding...
Snohomish Aquatic Center patrons petition to prioritize seniors’ open fitness hours in summer
SNOHOMISH — Mother and daughter Elizabeth and Kelly Holderman began going to Snohomish Aquatic Center together as a way to bond. Kelly Holderman, 72, has been going to the center for a few years, her daughter joining more recently in May. Soon after Elizabeth joined, the aquatic center’s schedule...
PenMet Parks celebrates installation of final recreation center beam
PenMet Parks’ community recreation center reached a milestone Tuesday with placement of the final beam. About 25 parks district staff and commissioners, construction team representatives and Peninsula Art League board members attended the topping-out ceremony. They signed their names on the 22-foot-long steel beam with colored markers and clipped a PenMet 20th anniversary banner to it. They then watched as a 100-foot crane hoisted it high into the bright blue sky and maneuvered it into the roof framework, where workers in scissor lift trucks bolted it on.
Confluence Parkway Project Updated – Restaurant, Bar Will Stay
Plans are moving forward with Phase 1 of the Confluence Parkway Project in Wenatchee. An public update on the project was presented this week during an open house at the city coucil chambers. Roadway improvement will start at the intersection of North Miller Street and Wenatchee Avenue, where there will...
Wenatchee Salmon Derby is Friday and Saturday
Anglers have a chance at big money for catching a big salmon this weekend in the Wenatchee Valley…. The Wenatchee Salmon Derby kicks off Friday morning and runs through Saturday afternoon with over 75-hundred dollars up for grabs…. As of last Friday, 42,947 chinook salmon had crossed over Rock Island...
Spend Summer Nights with The Grand Cinema’s Outdoor Movie Series
The Grand Cinema in Tacoma recently announced the lineup for its Outdoor Movie Series, a yearly event that screens free movies in local parks and other event areas in the city. The 2024 series is sponsored by Tapco Credit Union and additionally supported with funding from Tacoma Creates, according to...
Tacoma Animal Shelter Seeks Community Support Through ‘Name Your Price’ Adoption Promotion
Following the Fourth of July holiday, a period that notoriously increases animal shelter intake, the Humane Society for Tacoma & Pierce County is offering a ‘name your price’ adoption promotion for all pets in the shelter from July 17-21. Between July 1-15, the open-admission shelter took in 495 pets, a 12% increase from the same period in 2023.
Tumwater to receive $5.8 million in state funding for Deschutes Valley Trail project
Tumwater City Council authorized Mayor Debbie Sullivan on Tuesday, July 16 to accept $5 million from the state for the continuation of the Deschutes Valley Trail Connection project. With the council’s approval, Sullivan will sign a project prospectus from the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT). According to the...
Donkey Fire southwest of Pe Ell fully contained
The Donkey Fire burning in timberland 7 to 8 miles southwest of Pe Ell was 100% contained after torching about 38 acres as of Wednesday morning, according to an update from the Western Washington Type 3 Incident Management Team. The blaze, which started Friday afternoon, is in steep, “dry and...
Going green isn’t what you think when it comes to WSDOT safety
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is tired of people plowing into its trucks and work zones, and it’s taking a green new approach to get drivers’ attention. There were nearly 1,400 crashes in Washington work zones last year. That’s a 5% increase over the year before....
Puget Sound Office Market Struggles: Key Insights from the 2nd Quarter 2024
Seattle’s office market continues to grapple with significant challenges, marked by weak tenant demand, rising sublease space, and record-high vacancy rates, according to a recent Q2 2024 industry market report by brokerage firm Kidder Mathews. The Puget Sound region as a whole is experiencing a suppressed office market, with fundamentals underperforming. The market-wide vacancy rate has now increased for the tenth consecutive quarter, and net absorption totals were negative 1.5 million square feet for the first half of the year. Additionally, asking lease rates dropped by 4 percent year-over-year. These trends are particularly pronounced in Seattle, the region’s largest market, which is struggling with elevated levels of remote and hybrid work, reduced foot traffic (50 percent lower than pre-COVID levels), and the lowest occupancy rates in the area.
Boeing factory workers in Washington state vote in favor of strike mandate, union says
Earlier in the day, many of the estimated 30,000 workers who build Boeing's 737 MAX and other jets crowded to vote at Seattle's T-Mobile Park, although they cannot strike before their contract expires on Sept. 12. Boeing's labor talks come as the U.S. planemaker loses ground to rival Airbus and...
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