Drivers face increased congestion for the next six weeks on southbound State Route 99/Aurora Avenue North approaching downtown Seattle.
The countdown has begun for Lauren Furgason and her big dream of getting into space.
The story of Red Tails reminds us how patriotic African Americans once were and how we could not wait to get into the military and prove ourselves. This brought large numbers of African-American men off the farms and into new careers that were possible because of their military training.
You may not have noticed, but Seattle added a convenient, fast, new commuting route over the Christmas holidays. When the Evergreen Point floating bridge on state Route 520 began tolling in late December — up to $3.50 one-way during rush hour, plus a $1.50 surcharge for people without the state’s Good to Go electronic pass, or about $1,600 a year for a weekday, rush-hour commuter — traffic plummeted.
Only a few hours after Mayor Mike McGinn called the recent increase in the city’s murder rate an “emergency” and pledged to “stand firm with the people of Seattle against violent behavior,” two men were gunned down in the parking lot of a Southeast Seattle restaurant.
The weather forecast for the start of this week was predicting possible snow showers without much, if any, accumulation. That would be just fine with me. I remember the cold and the snow piling up when I was just a little kid living in Cincinnati. I even remember having snow one year for Halloween and trying to Trick or Treat with a heavy coat over my costume.
In January, more than 800 volunteers fanned out over Seattle-King County to count the homeless. Almost 2,600 people were found without shelter, sleeping under bridges, in greenbelts and in cars, among other places. Since an accurate count is impossible, a rule of thumb is to multiply that 2,600 by two, then add 6,000 — the number of shelter beds occupied on any given night. That means we now have more than 11,000 homeless in our county.
Last month, we learned that a massive proposed construction project on the top of Queen Anne Hill had claimed its first victim, as Metropolitan Market, a longtime neighborhood fixture which arrived as the original Thriftway in 1971, will cease to exist on August 1. The landscape of our neighborhood is in the process of changing forever, and we have one last chance to make sure it's done right, in a way that limits the negative impact it has on all of us.
In another one of those signs of the times, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer’s signature steel-and-neon globe, set to receive landmark status, appears headed for the Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI).
The Magnolia Historical Society, known for collecting Magnolia memories and memoirs in Magnolia: Making More Memories and Magnolia: Memories & Milestones is offering a free, fun writing workshop at the Magnolia Branch Public Library on Saturday, March 24, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Queen Anne Scouts Food Drive Food donations will go to the Ballard Food Bank and the Queen Anne Helpline. The donations will be picked up from homes with hangars on Saturday, March 17. People should clearly mark bags and boxes with “Scouting for Food” or tape the door hanger clearly on the donation items. For more information, contact Louisa Clayton at 206-335-8528.
This summer, Disney will dock the very happy 2,400-passenger Disney Wonder at Terminal 91 at Smith Cove.
One year short of its 10th anniversary, the Moisture Festival is well on its way to joining Seafair, Bumbershoot and SIFF as a Seattle tradition.
Police are still searching for the suspects responsible for beating a man in Kerry Park and firing a gun in the early morning hours of Sunday, March 18.