It says something when more than 4,000 educators and their supporters rallied outside an empty Capitol building in Olympia last Saturday, April 25, to protest legislators who have yet to fully fund education.
Within days after the city introduced its new “9 1/2 Block Strategy” to combat illegal activity in the main downtown retail and business core, more than 100 people were arrested for selling various kinds of drugs.
Forty homeowners in the Greater Seattle area are inviting the public into their new, remodeled or energy-retrofitted homes this weekend for the fifth-annual Northwest Green Home Tour.
The Modern Home Tour returns to Seattle for a fourth year on May 2 to give people a chance to explore and view some examples of modern architecture via self-guided driving tour.
After Seattle City Councilmember Sally Clark announced that she was leaving her term early to take a job with the University of Washington, 44 applications spilled in to fill her position for the remainder of the year.
Mayor Ed Murray and Seattle Department of Transportation director Scott Kubly say more people are going motorless in Seattle. But tell that to the thousands of drivers who’ve been stuck in traffic for miles for upward of nine hours in recent weeks.
Garfield High School isn’t a stranger to testing protests, and now it’s the students who are speaking out.
With a permit in hand, Arboretum Neighbors for Safe Streets are closing the block of 26th Avenue East from East Boyer to Galer streets for a party on Monday, April 13.
The Seattle Department of Transportation has had three open houses since introducing the Move Seattle proposal across the city. Over the next three weeks, SDOT will host an additional round of opportunities for the public to learn about the proposal and provide feedback.
Just as the Seattle City Council is making heavy decisions about developer fees, affordable housing and renters’ rights, among other issues, Councilmember Sally Clark announced her resignation, effective Sunday, April 12.
The dichotomy between homelessness and rising real estate prices has Seattle facing a dilemma: Whom should it cater to?
If you love to cook, KCTS-9 wants to hear from you. Dig into your recipe cards and share your love of cooking.
Seattle City Councilmember Tom Rasmussen is hosting a public meeting on Wednesday, April 8, to gather community input about a proposal to establish a Neighborhood Conservation District (NCD) program in Seattle.
Noah Baumbach’s “While We’re Young” begins as an entertaining drama/comedy, exploring the intersection between Gen X and Gen Y, but it eventually drifts into an annoying, rather obvious critique of Gen Y (otherwise known as “Millennials).
“Danny Collins,” written and directed by Dan Fogelman, represents a slight step in the right direction for Al Pacino, who gives a soulful, funny and overall three-dimensional performance. It’s too bad the movie itself is a cliché-ridden mess that never quite finds its footing.
In the mid-’50s, Madison Park-ites could be seen on sunny days mowing lawns or cleaning out garages. That meant a trip to the Montlake landfill, north of the university, to cart everything from lawn clippings and weeds to whatever couldn’t be given away.
It’s a cliché of every local election: The dynamic candidate, in search of your vote, is going to do something about Seattle’s awful traffic.
If voters weren’t scared off by the number of levies they’ve approved in recent years asking for their tax dollars, the city’s Move Seattle transportation levy should do it.
If you haven’t driven by Yesler Terrace lately, you should. Nearly $300 million of your tax dollars are being invested in a complete makeover of this 28-acre, 560-unit public housing project owned by Seattle Housing Authority (SHA).
Washington was one of the last states to get statehood and become a part of the United States of America. Alaska came a while later, and from the beginning, these two states have been linked together at the hip.
A March “Community Corner” [update] in the Madison Park Times by Madison Park Community Council president Maurice Cooper stated that a planned highway lid at the Montlake Boulevard interchange with state Route 520 will be 400 feet in length.
According to the Northwest Multiple Listing Service (NWMLS), pending sales surged almost 19 percent in February compared to one year ago. At the same time, the inventory of homes for sale is near a 10-year low. There is speculation the increase in sales might be even higher but for the low supply of listings.
If your neighborhood would like to participate in Spring Clean, the city’s annual community cleanup event, the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods has a fund to support your activity.
Over the last decade, reverse mortgages have been marketed as an easy way for seniors to cash in their home equity to pay for living expenses. However, many have learned that improper use of the product — such as pulling all their cash out at one time to pay bills — has led to significant financial problems later, including foreclosure.
Sure, all of nature engage our senses — whether it be the sound of cottonwood leaves rustling in the summer, the painful spines of a blackberry or the sweet fragrance of lilac in bloom. While this is a fact of life, the act of beginning to connect with the natural world in a personal way is catalyzed with an amplified and direct sensual experience with the plant world. Such interactions may inspire healing, calm, creative expression or even connection with others.
Early spring in the Puget Sound region is known for numerous cloudy and rainy days. While everyone knows that a hot, sunny, summer day can cause sunburns, many do not realize that 80 percent of the sun’s harmful rays penetrate through clouds and rain.
A question that I hear quite frequently from clients is whether pet insurance is worth it. The answer to this question is not really black-or-white, however. There are a lot of factors that can go into your decision to purchase a pet insurance policy.
Yes, it really is OK to name a restaurant for yourself. Canlis, for example. Not quite as dashing, perhaps, as El Gaucho, but it does just fine, evoking the high plains of Central America. Steelhead Diner says it all if you’re a fisherman. But then consider Duke’s, Ray’s...or Shiro’s.
Seattle filmmaker Kristian St. Clair’s inspiration for his first feature documentary, “This is Gary McFarland,” stemmed from his childhood appreciation for McFarland’s jazz music and a concern that McFarland wasn’t getting a fair shake from music history.
Seattle Girls’ School will present its 2015 Grace Hopper Awards to Martha Choe and Dr. Maxine Hayes.
Kshama Sawant’s mission to reject the usual corporate politics on the Seattle City Council has drawn a great deal of attention. So much so that she doesn’t have time to take meetings with everyone who asks. But Sawant’s spokesperson maintains that Pamela Banks was never slighted intentionally.
Pamela Banks, 55, is a first-generation college graduate from the University of Washington who moved from Portland, Ore., to Seattle in 1977. She served as a senior policy advisor for former Mayor Greg Nickels, which is when she said she first considered making a run at office.
The following are selected reports from the Seattle Police Department. They represent the officers’ accounts of the events described.
Mayor Ed Murray announced last week that the City of Seattle will prohibit funding any city employee travel expenses for city business to Indiana. The announcement came after the Midwest state passed Senate Bill 101, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
Starting out adulthood with tens of thousands of dollars of debt is no way to set the future of our country up for success.
