The year 2016 saw 211 reports of shots fired from Jan. 1 to Aug. 1, the second-highest number of incidences for the same period of every year from 2012. Only 2015 was higher, with 226 police reports that included evidence or eyewitness reports of gunshots.
A proposed retail and mid-rise apartment building will bring more than 1,200 vehicle trips a day to and from its location on East Madison Street, according to a traffic analysis entered into city record Monday, Aug. 22.
Some community members say a property on East Madison Street on has been in rough shape for more than 20 years and have approached the owner about fixing or selling it to no avail.
This week, 40 students attended Alexa Cafe — a science, technology, engineering and math summer program — on the University of Washington campus under a scholarship provided by former Starbucks President Howard Behar and his wife, social worker Dr. Lynn Behar.
It's hard to believe summer's almost over. But the first day of class for students on Seattle Public Schools campuses is less than three weeks away, on Sept. 7.
One of five city corridors identified for priority implementation in Seattle’s Transit Master Plan, the Madison BRT project will create a mix of exclusive and semi-exclusive transit lanes on Madison, from First Avenue to Martin Luther King Jr. Way, while also putting in new stations and making bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure improvements.
Fifty-one-year-old Trina Bolar was found dead by Seattle Fire personnel who were called to her home in the 2800 block of E. Arthur Place following a report of a shooting.
We hope to support and encourage responsible development for any building that replaces City People's Garden Store. But what does this mean?
The East District Neighborhood Council has recommended funding for improvements to the intersection of East Madison Street and East McGilvra Boulevard — and made it a top priority.
In July 2015, satirical news website The Onion, responding to a run of publicized police slayings of black men in the U.S., published an article bearing the title “Black Man Bids Tearful Goodbye To Family Before Daily Commute.”
Mayor Ed Murray’s July 13 executive decision to cut the city’s relationship with the 13 district councils that have been representing Seattle neighborhoods for nearly three decades isn’t sitting well with everyone — particularly longtime district council members.
In 1974, after the fall of Saigon, tens of thousands of Vietnamese citizens (civilians, not military) fled their country aboard an armada of 600 U.S.
Late in June, Mayor Ed Murray released a statement expressing his disappointment that the Seattle Police Officers’ Guild rejected the city’s labor contract proposal.
The divide — chasm, really — between urban cops and their communities has been the defining feature of this month’s seemingly unprovoked killings of Anton Sterling in Louisiana and Philando Castile in Minnesota and the slaying of five police officers in Dallas during a resulting protest.
The divide — chasm, really — between urban cops and their communities has been the defining feature of this month’s seemingly unprovoked killings of Anton Sterling in Louisiana and Philando Castile in Minnesota and the slaying of five police officers in Dallas during a resulting protest.