The Madison Valley Community Council held an emergency preparedness informational meeting at The Bush School on Tuesday, Nov. 13.
Diane Moore, a volunteer from the Seattle Office of Emergency Management, shared with community members how to prepare for emergencies.

WSDOT is in the process of acquiring the property in the 2600 block of 22nd Avenue East, as well as the neighboring 76 gas station property, for the Montlake Phase of the State Route 520 reconstruction project. The department contends it needs those properties to build the necessary improvements, which is part of WSDOT’s I-5 to Lake Washington “Rest of the West” program.

The Seattle Fire Department is spending the last week of October setting fires inside a vacant Madison Valley house, so firefighter recruits can train for responding to real-life scenarios.

Imagine a publicly owned state bank that generates new revenue for the state without raising taxes. Is it too good to be true?
Washington 11th District Sen. Bob Hasegawa says it can be done, and he calls the idea a no-brainer.

The Washington State Department of Transportation has tapped Graham Contracting LTD to design and build the State Route 520 Montlake Project for $455.35 million, the firm submitting the lowest of three bids, which was still $30 million more than WSDOT’s higher-end estimate.