Midweek Roundup: Metro Superhero

Seattle Transit Blog 11/19 11:00P Nathan Dickey

Trolleybuses and cars roll over a newly repaved Ballard Bridge on January 9, 1941. Bring back the wires! Item 16410, Seattle Municipal Archives. Transit & Streets: Council Affirms Support for SLU...

Edmonds council delays decisions on cuts in staffing, work hours

My Edmonds News (City Government) 11/19 9:15P MyEdmondsNews

Despite a long list of budget amendments up for consideration Tuesday night many aimed at reducing the city s 2025-26 deficit the Edmonds City Council ended up delaying a...

Thousands without power, one dies in SW Snohomish County after windstorm

My Edmonds News (Public Safety) 11/19 6:54P MyEdmondsNews

Thousands were without power in Southwest Snohomish County Tuesday night after strong winds and heavy rain struck the region. Snohomish County PUD reported that crews were seeing major damage throughout...

Ridership Patterns for King County Metro Route 8

Seattle Transit Blog 11/18 11:00P Michael Smith

King County Metro’s Route 8 travels inbound from Uptown to Mount Baker, primarily east and south through South Lake Union, Capitol Hill, Madison Valley, and the Central District. Outbound trips travel...

Support 7 selling former emergency response vehicle

My Edmonds News (Public Safety) 11/18 6:47A MyEdmondsNews

Support 7, which for more than 40 years has assisted survivors and families following traumatic events in South Snohomish County, is selling its Class C Motorhome a 1995 Ford...

West Seattle Link Route Selection

Seattle Transit Blog 11/18 12:59A Martin Pagel

During their meeting on October 24th, the Sound Transit Board selected the preferred alignment for the West Seattle Link Extension (WSLE). They also authorized staff to have their partners develop the...

Olympic Ballet Theatre presents The Nutcracker in Edmonds December 19-23, 2024

Shoreline Area News 11/17 8:36P DKH

Join Olympic Ballet Theatre for this favorite holiday tradition featuring dazzling snowflakes, a dramatic battle, waltzing flowers, Tchaikovsky’s timeless score, and much more! Choreographed by OBT artistic directors Oleg Gorboulev and Mara...

Edmonds Police Blotter: Oct. 30-Nov. 12, 2024

My Edmonds News (Public Safety) 11/17 8:00A MyEdmondsNews

Oct. 30 7000 block 196th Street Southwest: Edmonds PD assisted Lynnwood PD with a collision investigation. 8600 block 238th Street Southwest: A woman had a package stolen from her...

Slow start for Washington office tasked with probing police violence

My Edmonds News (Public Safety) 11/17 4:34A MyEdmondsNews

An hour before the fireworks went off at Poulsbo, Washington’s annual Fourth of July celebration in 2019, three police officers approached Stonechild Chiefstick, a citizen of the Chippewa Cree Tribe...

Sunday Double Feature: Winnepeg & Apartments

Seattle Transit Blog 11/16 11:00P Mike Orr

Winnepeg transit potential. (RMTransit) Updating rules could create better apartments. Praise for Seattle at 3:06 and 5:10. (About Here) This is an open thread.

Rain didn't stop food donations to Richmond Beach Congregational Church Food Drive

Shoreline Area News 11/16 7:54P DKH

Richmond Beach Congregational Church volunteer with food collected in rainy food drive Photo courtesy RBCC Richmond Beach Congregational Church says "Thank you to all those folks coming out in the wet weather to share food with our neighbors on...

Ballard Link Extension: 4th Ave Shallow is Dead, Long Live 5th Ave Diagonal

Seattle Transit Blog 11/15 11:00P Nathan Dickey

Slide from a November 14 presentation to the Sound Transit Board s System Expansion Committee. Eight years after Sound Transit 3 was approved by voters in 2016, the Sound Transit is still trying to...

Restaurant Review: Bucatini - Italian restaurant on Edmonds Way

Shoreline Area News 11/14 10:54P DKH

Bucatini 9818 Edmonds Way, Edmonds WA 98020 425-361-1487 ‘Bucatini’ translates to a pasta shape that is long like spaghetti, but is a hollow tube, like a hose. This unassuming bistro, tucked in a...

Yost Park trail system to be closed week of Nov. 18 for PUD work

My Edmonds News (City Government) 11/14 4:21A MyEdmondsNews

The trail system at Yost Park will be closed for a week beginning Nov. 18, the City of Edmonds said. Snohomish County PUD will be performing routine maintenance of transmission...

WA Supreme Court weighs controversial step to solve public defense crisis

My Edmonds News (Public Safety) 11/14 4:09A MyEdmondsNews

Supporters and opponents of a proposal to slash public defender caseloads in Washington made their closing arguments to the state Supreme Court on Wednesday. For two hours, justices listened to...