After a record-setting heat wave blasted the Pacific northwest this past weekend, maxing out at 108 degrees Fahrenheit in Seattle on Monday, more normal temperatures have settled into the Puget Sound region. Around Seattle, the heat caused disruptions in various ways. Seattle Public Schools closed meal sites on Monday; WSDOT…

After years of community efforts, it looks like Rainier Beach is finally going to get its beach. Be’er Sheva Park, the South Seattle neighborhood’s premier public waterfront access location, will be getting a makeover, thanks to the efforts of the Rainier Beach Link to Lake group. The volunteer-led group has…

Mayor Jenny Durkan announced last week that “the most significant parks” in Seattle would close over this past weekend and likely for future ones as well. Unlike many other parks excluded from the mayor’s list, Rainier Beach’s Be’er Sheva Park was ultimately closed over the weekend without an explanation (The…

The Port of Seattle owns six public parks and shoreline access areas along the Duwamish River, but the current names of the green spaces don’t quite reflect the cultural and ecological history of the region. To replace names based on former industrial sites, the Port of Seattle and the Seattle…

After more than six months of community outreach and coordination, six parks along the Duwamish River have new names. The new identities of the parks were announced at a virtual Port of Seattle meeting on Tuesday, October 27. The public spaces on the industrialized Duwamish River previously all had names…

On Thursday, August 27, King County Executive Dow Constantine released the county’s 2020 Strategic Climate Action Plan (SCAP), a five-year blueprint to confront the effects of climate change in our corner of the Pacific Northwest. The SCAP is a living document that is updated every five years to help King…

The attorney for Jeff Nelson, an Auburn police officer charged with second-degree murder and first-degree assault for the killing of Jesse Sarey in Auburn in May 2019, filed a motion to change judges in the case. King County Superior Court Judge Veronica Galván currently presides over the case, which is…

Jeff Nelson, the Auburn Police officer who shot 26-year-old Jesse Sarey in May 2019, was charged with second-degree murder and first-degree assault by King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg on Thursday, August 20. Nelson was arrested on Monday morning at the Maleng Regional Justice Center and his bail was set at…

Freetown’s deadly waste management system has been a known issue for decades and it’s only getting worse. More than three million kilograms of trash or nearly 4.4kg per person, are generated each day in Freetown and there is no safe method of disposing of it. That figure comes from a…