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HKS is betting on the PNW

Global design firm HKS opened its Seattle office in 2023 in the Rainier Square office building at 400 University St. The office is HKS's 27th overall and its first in the Pacific Northwest.

Rainier Community Center play area readies for a fun upgrade

Work will ramp up next week on the renovation of the play area at Rainier Community Center in Columbia City.

Marymoor building sells for $19M

An industrial building at 17617 N.E. 65th St. sold this week for $19 million, according to King County records.

Northgate library turns 20

The 10,000-square-foot branch at 10548 Fifth Ave. N.E. was the 18th project completed under the voter-approved 1998 Libraries for All bond program.

Mural debuts in Pioneer Square

The piece by Seattle artist Cristina Martinez is on the the American Life building at 1016 Occidental Ave. S. and is now the largest mural in the neighborhood.

Klein retires from PCS

Plymouth Housing headlines 2026 Preservation Awards

Historic Seattle also honored Seattle Public Schools, Smith Tower owner GT Capital and Greg Smith of Urban Visions.

Replica of 1962 World’s Fair Bubbleator appears atop Ballard Realty building

Drivers and pedestrians along 15th Avenue NW may have noticed a new addition on top of the Ballard Realty (1700 NW Market St) building: a large sphere modeled after the ... Read more

Ballard High students finish 10th in Race to Alaska sailing competition

A team of Ballard-area teenagers has completed the 2026 Race to Alaska, finishing 10th after sailing the 750-mile course from Washington to Ketchikan, Alaska. Team Fisheries Supply Darwin’s Interns crossed ... Read more

Seattle's Best Shaved Ice and Slushies

Brain freeze be damned.

Salmon Bay FC wins first NW Division title, will host playoffs

Salmon Bay FC has captured its first Northwest Division championship, earning the right to host the opening two rounds of the 2026 USL W League Western Conference playoffs at Interbay ... Read more

Parks Tacoma honored for replica building at Fort Nisqually living museum

The Clerk's House, the newest building at the Fort Nisqually Living History Museum in Tacoma's Point Defiance Park, has won an award for historic preservation from the city of Tacoma's Landmark Preservation Commission.