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YOU CAN HELP: West Seattle High School woodshop crowdfunding for ‘essential tool’

We’ve featured many fundraisers during the school year that’s about to end – here’s an unusual one we were asked to share with you on behalf of a West Seattle High School program: Help Replace the Woodshop’s Planer Donate to Woodshop for a New Planer WSHS’s 26-year-old planer is broken and the District does not […]

Black and Brown Birders Find Community and Wellness in the South End

What starts with spotting eagles and hawks becomes something deeper: Black and Brown birders across the South End are finding healing, belonging, and wonder outdoors.

TRAFFIC, WEATHER, TRANSIT: Last Tuesday of spring

6:01 AM: Good morning! It’s Tuesday, June 16, 2026. Next Seattle FIFA World Cup match is Friday. WEATHER + SUNRISE/SUNSET Also over for now, the summery heat (record high again Monday, 91). Summer officially arrives early Sunday, so this is technically still spring. Today’s forecast is for increasing clouds, high in the low 70s. Sunrise […]

CRIME WATCH: Seen ths giant rat trap? Also: Car break-in

Two notes in Crime Watch tonight: STOLEN ‘RAT TRAP’: One of the three-dozen-plus area events we spotlighted this past Saturday was the annual Georgetown Carnival. During that big street party, says entrepreneur and preervationist John Bennett – who lives in West Seattle but has property in Georgetown – somebody stole the beloved “life-size” rat trap. […]

King County Transportation District approves new sales tax in close vote

The 0.1% tax will fund the county’s Roads and Services Division and sends tens of thousands, if not millions, to local jurisdictions for transportation projects.

WEST SEATTLE WEATHER: Another record high. Cooldown still on track

Thanks to Rainer Klett for the view from today’s mega-low tide (-4.3 feet, repeating Tuesday at 12:21 pm. The shore is a good place to be this afternoon because we’ve hit a record high for the second consecutive day – 89 degrees at the airport, second consecutive record high. We’ve seen the online airport temp […]

SOCCER: Special USA vs. Australia match in West Seattle on Thursday

Next FIFA World Cup match in Seattle is USA vs. Australia at noon Friday. The day before that, different USA and Australia teams will meet on a West Seattle field! Just announced by the owners of West Seattle Rhodies FC and West Seattle Junction FC: The road to the FIFA World Cup comes through West […]

PHOTOS: Another big win for West Seattle Rhodies FC

PHOTOS BY OLIVER HAMLIN FOR WEST SEATTLE BLOG The FIFA World Cup Seattle matches aren’t the only reason to pay attention to soccer this week. The big week actually kicked off Sunday afternoon at Nino Cantu Southwest Athletic Complex with West Seattle Rhodies FC – currently ranked #2 nationally – stomping on Bigfoot FC, 4-0, […]

HAPPENING NOW: First FIFA World Cup match in Seattle – Delridge’s big-screen watch party

The first of six FIFA World Cup 2026 matches in Seattle has just begun, and if you want to watch on a REALLY big screen, DNDA is hosting watch parties at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center in North Delridge (4408 Delridge Way SW) for all of them. The first one is under way now. As for […]

COLUMN | Remembering Tyjon Stewart and Tra'Veiah Houfmuse on Graduation Day at Rainier Beach High School

Deadly crash in Fauntleroy

We’re separating this coverage from the morning traffic updates as police are reporting this was fatal: A bicycle rider has died after colliding with a truck at 47th SW and SW Wildwood in Fauntleroy, south of the ferry dock. Updates to come.

As World Cup Kicks Off in Seattle, Beacon Hill Latinos Express Mixed Feelings

For some residents of Beacon Hill, the games are a time to celebrate with family and friends; for others, a time to keep their guard up about possible ICE enforcement.