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Does Seattle Public Schools really need to close Stevens Elementary?
Seattle Public Schools says this week is about providing information and answering questions as it holds a series of community meetings including a districtwide online session Thursday and a local ...
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No, Bob, coyotes are not a Seattle public safety problem
Seattle City Council public safety chair Bob Kettle has more than street disorder and public drug use on his mind. The council member representing downtown, Magnolia, and Queen Anne also wants to ...
Capitol Hill Seattle Blog1d
Constantine announces he won’t run to keep County Executive seat — Balducci in, Zahilay ‘strongly considering’
After 15 years leading King County, Dow Constantine will step aside. Constantine announced Tuesday he will not seek reelection in 2025 throwing open the race to replace him as King County ...
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Donna Jean’s Place — hope for helping 100 women a year rise from homelessness on Capitol Hill
The plan for growing a Capitol Hill women’s shelter began when Frank DiGirolamo of Operation Nightwatch and Rev. Steve Thomason, dean and rector of 10th Ave E’s St. Mark’s, met at a clergy dinner and ...
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Mapping Scott and Rinck wins across Capitol Hill, the Central District, and the ‘blue city’ of Seattle
Maps of the neighborhood by neighborhood totals show recent political fault lines across Capitol Hill, the Central District, and Seattle held firm in the November election even as city leaders ...
Capitol Hill Seattle Blog2d
Capitol Hill’s Pedersen is new Majority Leader in the Washington State Senate
Capitol Hill’s Sen. Jamie Pedersen (D-Seattle) will be the new Majority Leader in the Washington State Senate. State ...
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Raiding JumpStart, new capital gains tax, Capitol Hill public safety line items on table in final Seattle 2025 budget push
The last big push of changes for the city’s 2025 $8.3 billion budget plan is underway as the Seattle City Council will host a ...
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It seems like the Capitol Hill Christmas Dive Bar comes earlier and earlier every year
Friday night, Capitol Hill’s Christmas Dive Bar reopened its pretty paper-wrapped doors: Joey Burgess and Murf Hall of ...
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Seattle City Councilmember Hollingsworth aids in Capitol Hill dog rescue — UPDATE
While her counterparts on the Seattle City Council were enjoying the Veterans Day holiday — or preparing proposed amendments to the city’s 2025 budget, District 3 representative Joy ...
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The Phillis Wheatley YWCA — How city’s effort to protect ‘a central hub’ in Seattle’s Black history could block affordable housing project
By Ayla Nye/UW News Lab With an affordable housing project set to demolish the building, a December landmarks board hearing could determine the future of a 21st Ave property the city calls “a ...
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Pikes/Pines | A vote for Barred Owls, Capitol Hill ambassadors to the wild
If you have seen an owl on Capitol Hill in the past decade, there is a strong chance it was a Barred Owl (Strix varia). In ...
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What people on Capitol Hill said when CHS asked about the election
With reporting and photos by Alex Garland There are many ways to try to explain this week’s election results and the victory of Donald Trump. Geopolitical trends. Inflation. Turnout. How to ...