First Hill News

Vote-by-mail advocates have long argued that the system increases voter participation, particularly in traditionally low-turnout off-year elections, and this recent general election certainly doesn't provide any evidence to the contrary.

An SDOT official is on the agenda and will be ready and willing to gather your input on the updated Broadway parking plan.

The fate of a teen accused of membership in a West Seattle-based gang now rests with a jury, as attorneys on both sides summed up the pimping and human-trafficking case against him Friday.

In Holidays , West Seattle businesses , West Seattle news , Westwood West Seattle Chamber of Commerce members and guests were at Westwood Village tonight as WSCC president/CEO Patti Mullen and WWV manager Stuart Crandall cut the ribbon for Santa's new digs in the original Wyatt's Jewelers [WSB sponsor] storefront across the breezeway from 24 Hour ...

Seattle Public Schools will move to a neighborhood-based attendance plan, which will be phased in beginning with the start of the next school year.

Most city attractions for kids are clustered at Seattle Center, a 74-acre downtown venue with the Space Needle, Children's Museum, Children's Theatre, Pacific Science Center, Experience Music Project and an indoor-outdoor amusement park.

A man stands accused of attempting to hire a Mafia hit man to kill a business partner holidaying in Australia / AFP.

When I was growing up there circa 1960, Edmonds was a quintessential American small town.

ON 11/15/09 AT APPROX. 1:45 A.M., THE WITNESS WAS WALKING SOUTHWEST IN THE 1300 BLOCK OF SENECA ST, WEST SIDE, WHEN HE OBSERVED A GROUP OF 4 SUBJECTS SMOKING MARIJUANA ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STREET.THE WITNESS CROSSED THE STREET, AND LOOKED BACK INTO THE 1300 BLOCK OF SENECA ST WHERE HE SAW ONE OF THE SUSPECTS HIT THE VICTIM.ONE OF THE SUSPECTS ...

Some Northwest musicians are gathering to pay a uniqueA tribute to indie rock band Arcade Fire tonight at the Fremont Abbey .A The Seattle Rock Orchestra will play the band's critically acclaimed firstA album, "Funeral", in its entirety, along with a backup band,A a 60-piece full orchestra and several of the area's top vocalists including Matt ...

The two agencies made Streetcar 2013 official with this announcement released Monday: Seattle, Sound Transit execute agreement for expedited streetcar construction November 16 , 2009 The City of Seattle and Sound Transit are moving forward with plans to build a new streetcar line linking the city's First Hill neighborhood with Capitol Hill and the ...

Tonight's West Seattle Art Walk rocks at the Feedback Lounge with the Seattle premiere of " Double Down Live ," West Seattle filmmaker Jamie Chamberlin 's two-disc production of tour footage from the band - 1980 for one disc, 2008 for the other.

When police and fire officials arrived at the scene of a warehouse fire in Shoreline this morning, they found Kevin Todd Swalwell, who was already a person of interest in the recent rash of Greenwood arsons, near the warehouse.

ON NOVEMBER 12TH AT APPROXIMATELY 9:50 P.M., AN OFFICER OBSERVED 3 MALES RUNNING OUT OF A STORE IN THE 4400 BLOCK OF S. MEAD ST.

SHORELINE, Wash. - Police have arrested a man with a criminal history in connection with the string of 17 arsons that have terrorized the Greenwood community over the past two months.

A Kent man carried out a promise to "exercise his right to bear arms" by carrying a holstered Glock pistol into the Southwest Community Center on Saturday at high noon.

The second failure of an underground cable extended a power outage into Thursday afternoon at the Seattle Center.

Just under 30 years ago, Mike Gain started a small realty business with his high school friend Roger Cayce.

The Seattle Times is reporting the suspect arrested early this morningA isA Kevin Todd Swalwell, and a second person of interest wasA arrested about 11 a.m. today.A According to the King County Jail Register, Swalwell, age 46, was booked this morning on investigation of arson.

SHORELINE, Wash. -- Police have detained a person of interest in the string of Greenwood arsons near the scene of a 3-alarm fire that destroyed a building early Friday in Shoreline.