Kaiser Permanente’s upcoming $400 million renovation plans for its Capitol Hill campus mean Seattle Area Support Groups will be unable to use the health-care company’s 17th Avenue East parking lot for its Christmas tree sale this year, ending a traditional fundraiser spanning nearly 30 years.
Seattle Police arrested a man early Saturday for investigation of assault after he allegedly stabbed a patron at the Red Onion in Madison Park for refusing to give up his seat.
The new executive director for Spectrum Dance Theater in Leschi, Tera Beach’s introduction to the organization solidified her desire to lead it. “It happened a lot quicker than I thought it was going to happen,” she said.
Concerned residents gathered last Thursday to discuss with local law enforcement the needs of a community that’s been stricken by a rash of recent shootings in the Central District and nearby area.
Often, patients will ask me about staying active after they’ve been told they have arthritis. It can be very discouraging for people, and they might even feel like they can’t be active anymore when their joints are painful from the most common form of arthritis, osteoarthritis.
A Central District resident police investigated for more than a year for allegedly promoting prostitution will not face charges, the King County Prosecutor’s Office finding the case to be legally insufficient.
The Office of Economic Development is making $1.4 million in business district improvement funds available through its annual Only in Seattle initiative. Neighborhood organizations, businesses and property owners are encouraged to work on a common vision for a business district, and any can apply for project funding by 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 29.
The Washington State Department of Transportation and Seattle Parks and Recreation are working on a project to winterize the irrigation line from the Foster Island Bridge to the Washington Park Arboretum.
Medical professionals returning to help run the four-day Seattle/King County Clinic were happy to help, but disheartened that the state of healthcare has made the clinic a necessary annual service. “It says a lot about our society and our healthcare system that this clinic is even necessary,” said Dr. Rick Arnold, a Seattle/King County Clinic primary care director. “It is a problem. We need to fix our healthcare system.”
Save Madison Valley is facing a lengthy uphill battle when it makes its case for why the City of Seattle erred in permitting the construction of a major multifamily housing project in the neighborhood earlier this year.
Country Doctor Community Health Centers executive director Raleigh Watts says the nonprofit’s new Capitol Hill dental clinic is set to open on time and on budget, taking current clients first in an effort to maximize its suite of health care services.
The Seattle City Council will consider updating its ordinance regulating the purchase and installation of surveillance equipment after spending $150,000 this year to remove a network put in place in 2013.
