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Bellevue ramps up affordable housing plan
City officials more than doubled Bellevue’s 10-year goal for preserving or developing affordable housing to 5,700 units in the next decade. Bellevue Mayor Lynne Robinson and Deputy Mayor Mo Malakoutian discussed the city’s affordable housing goals during the State of the City address last month. Robinson discussed city...
25 tiny homes at Seattle shelter damaged in fire
SEATTLE — Dozens of tiny homes serving as shelter in Seattle were damaged in an early morning fire on Thursday. The Seattle Fire Department posted that the fire had been extinguished just before 3 a.m., however at least 28 people have been displaced. Before they lived in the tiny home village they were experiencing homelessness.
The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Seattle This Weekend: July 19–21, 2024
Don't let your weekend go to waste. We're beckoning you out of the house with cheap and easy events from the Alki Art Fair to the Seafair Indian Days Powwow and from the Chinatown Seafair Parade to the Seattle Latinx Pride Festival. For more ideas, check out our guide to the top events of the week.
King County awarded $450K federal grant for alternative youth detention system
(The Center Square) – King County has been awarded $450,000 from the U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to support King County Executive Dow Constantine’s intention to transform the region’s youth detention system. King County will use the $450,000 award to implement its strategy and implementation planning for its Care and Closure initiative, which ultimately aims to close the King County youth detention center at the Judge Patricia J. Clark Children and Family Justice Center. ...
Sammamish Concerts in the Park 2024
The weekly outdoor concerts happen every Thursday between July 11 and August 8 at Pine Lake Park from 6:30pm-8:00pm. This event is free and open to the public. FINAL Concert will be Friday August 16 at City Hall for the Silver Jubilee celebration. Note: All entertainment has been finalized for...
'People are stressed' | Poll shows voters are increasingly concerned over the state of democracy
WASHINGTON — A KING 5 exclusive Washington poll shows protecting democracy is one of the top election issues for voters going into the November election. This survey was conducted last week in partnership with the Seattle Times and UW's Center for an Informed Public. This survey included 900 Washington adults and was conducted before a gunman opened fire on Former President Donald Trump.
Vice Seattle’s ‘next level of nightlife’ ready for red carpet debut below Capitol Hill’s Melrose Market
$20 “red carpet” tickets are on sale for the new Minor Ave club’s opening night as event producer White Rabbit Group begins its ongoing Friday residency in the premier of the new venue “with its world class custom sound system and visual display, built to bring party back to the Hill.”
Lake Burien facility for troubled youth opens with new state oversight, funding
(The Center Square) – Local officials held a ribbon cutting ceremony Wednesday for the new Lake Burien Transitional Care Facility for youth. The facility on the eastern shores of Lake Burien was built in the 1930s and was initially used as a 30-bed home for girls who became wards of the state. Most recently the property was a treatment facility for youths with serious mental illness or behavioral concerns, but...
It’s time for Block Party — Plus, Capitol Hill’s 2024 sit in a park watching free concerts and movies season is also underway
This weekend brings the three-day Capitol Hill Block Party music festival to the streets of Pike/Pine along with about 30,000 music fans inside the fences of the ticketed event. There will be a lot of activities going on outside those fences, too, including a mix of free events and activities in Cal Anderson Park.
City of Seattle oversight leads to tens of thousands getting $10 checks
It doesn’t happen very often: the city government gives you money. But a curious turn of events unfolded in Seattle, leading to 44,000 car owners and businesses getting unexpected $10 checks. This peculiar refund was the result of a bureaucratic oversight: The city had increased a vehicle tab fee without providing adequate public notice.
Seattle App-Based Workers And Restaurants Rally For Revisions To PayUp Ordinance
A comprehensive compromise bill awaits a vote as Seattle’s app-based workers and restaurant owners sit on the steps of Seattle City Hall, urging councilmembers Joy Hollingsworth and Cathy Moore to accept a compromise measure revising the Delivery Pay Ordinance and stem the losses associated with the new law. Seattle’s PayUp ordinance, which went into effect on January 13, 2023, requires large app-based delivery companies, like UberEATS and DoorDash, to pay drivers a minimum wage. The ordinance mandates that drivers are to be paid at least $0.44 per minute, $0.74 per mile, and $5 per delivery offer.
Seattle Now & Then: Artist colony, Hood Canal, 1924
(Click and click again to enlarge photos) and in Pacific NW Magazine of the printed Times on July 21, 2024. Orre Nobles’ artist colony once blossomed along Hood Canal. Beauty and stories abound here. We’re near Union, a wisp of a logging town formerly called Union City that once sought to be our state’s capital.
Visitors are filling downtown Seattle streets near pre-pandemic levels
Sunshine in Seattle means more people out and about. Data from the Downtown Seattle Association (DSA) confirmed visitors are coming back to downtown, filling the streets at levels close to 2019. According to DSA data, nearly 2.9 million unique visitors came to downtown in June 2024, 91% of the visitors...
Feliks Banel: Seafair Powwow commemorates layers of complex history
The Seafair Indian Days Powwow at Discovery Park begins Friday with the Grand Entry at 7:00 p.m. featuring drummers, dancers and other performers from around the western United States in a colorful and euphonious procession at Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center. The festivities continue through Sunday afternoon. There are many,...
Seattle's ‘Belltown Hellcat’ hires new attorney, seeks to overturn $83K judgment
SEATTLE - Miles Hudson, widely known as the "Belltown Hellcat" driver, has retained a new attorney and is claiming he was improperly served a Summons and Complaint on May 10. He is arguing that the process server's description of him exceeded his current weight by nearly 60 pounds, suggesting they served the wrong person.
Deaunte Damper Spotlights Seattle's Summer Meals Program on Good Day Seattle
Deaunte Damper, filling in for Besa Gordon on Good Day Seattle as she continues to focus on her health, joined Erin Mayovsky to shed light on the city's Summer Meals Program. Damper, a Seattle native, expressed his deep appreciation for the initiative, stating, "I'm just in awe of the work that the Human Services Department is doing right now to prioritize our youth under 18 and ensure they have access to food during the summer months."
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