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King County Transportation District nears finalizing new sales tax

Board members agree cities should receive a portion of the $100 million in expected revenue, but are now debating minimum and maximum amounts.

Free Seattle Symphony-Chief Sealth concert, SSC mural celebration, book club, much more for your West Seattle Wednesday

(SSC photo from painting session for mural that’s being celebrated today, see below) Here’s our Wednesday list, mostly from the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar – which you can preview any time – here’s what’s happening today/tonight: BEYOND CHATTING: AI-info presentation at West Seattle Chamber of Commerce (5450 California SW), 10 am. WALKING FOR WELL-BEING: […]

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Art for awareness: What these orca fins are about

By Macey Wurm Reporting for West Seattle Blog If you’ve stopped inside Future Primitive Brewing‘s Alki Beach Bar in the last couple days, you might have noticed the wall newly adorned with an orca fin on a blue backdrop. The piece, created by artist Val Unger, is one of 75 life-size dorsal fins on display […]

TRAFFIC CAMS, WEATHER, TRANSIT: Cooler Wednesday

6:03 AM: Good morning! It’s Wednesday, June 3, 2026. WEATHER + SUNRISE/SUNSET 18 days until summer, and today is back to more spring-like weather – mostly cloudy, high in the upper 60s, breezy. Sunrise was at 5:14 am; sunset will be at 9:01 pm. (Recent sunrise photo by Theresa Arbow-O’Connor) TRANSIT TODAY Metro buses – […]

CONGRATULATIONS! West Seattle HS announces state champs and more

West Seattle High School athletes – and one alum – are celebrating major successes. The roundup and photos were sent by WSHS athletic director Corey Sorenson: We had an Exciting Weekend for West Seattle High School! Saturday: West Seattle’s Special Olympics Unified Soccer C1 Team (above) captured their second consecutive State Championship, while the West […]

VIDEO: Mayor Wilson proposes renewing, expanding Seattle Transit Measure by doubling the sales-tax percentagethat funds it.

Through the end of this year, 0.15% of the sales tax you pay funds the voter-approved Seattle Transit Measure. That would double to 0.30% if the City Council and Seattle voters approve the renewal/expansion that Mayor Katie Wilson officially introduced this afternoon. She said it’ll make living im Seattle more affordable by enabling more people […]

World Cup vs. Seattle area traffic | Cartoon by Frank Shiers

This cartoon by Frank Shiers references how road construction will be limited when the World Cup comes to town.

Woman found dead near North Delridge bus stop

We’ve been working today to get more information about a person found dead by the northbound Delridge/Andover bus stop this morning. Here’s all we’ve been able to get so far: SFD, which responded to the scene at 8:15 am, says the person was a woman in her mid-60s; they tried to revive her but could […]

DEVELOPMENT: 11 townhouses proposed for Harbor Avenue SW site

(South part of the site as shown on King County Assessor website photo) Residential-development proposals in West Seattle continue to be dominated by townhouses. One of the newest early permit filings is for 11 of them proposed on three vacant parcels in the 2200 block of Harbor Avenue SW [map], immediately southeast of the West […]

Ready to read more? New book club in West Seattle wants you to be part of its first chapter

West Seattle is clearly a peninsula full of readers. We regularly feature more than half a dozen book clubs in our West Seattle Event Calendar, and new ones pop up periodically – like this one: The Good Neighborhood Book Club is launching one week from tonight at The Good Society Brewery and Public House (2701 […]

Final 2 victims recovered from site of southwest WA mill implosion

The two remaining victims who went missing after a chemical tank implosion in Longview, Washington earlier this week have been recovered, raising the confirmed death toll to 11.