January 2023

Geekwire is reporting that the original Amazon Pickup store in Ballard is set to close at the end of the month. Located at 5100 15th Ave. N.W. the store was the first of its kind, opening in 2017.

It has been a place to both pick up groceries and and drop off returned packages.

The other Pickup location in SODO will remain open for now.

The closure is part of a broader move by Amazon to back away from brick and mortar operations.

Gregor Terjung, loving husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, brother-in-law, uncle, entrepreneur, artist, craftsman, passed away on the evening of January 9, 2023 at the age of 93 with his family by his side.

Greg was born an only child on September 19, 1929 in a rural area of Chicago, Illinois to immigrant parents from Hamburg, Germany.  He spent his boyhood working on local farms and playing in vacant lots joining friends in pranks and antics.  He told stories of rubber band pistol fights in the local cemetery, making their own ice-skating rinks and racing bikes with Wizard motors.

Information from Highline Public Schools

Tyee High School students will join Maritime High School students at the Olympic Interim Site for two years during the construction of a new Tyee. Highline Virtual Academy, Highline Virtual Elementary School and New Start High School will relocate to the former Southern Heights Elementary building.

"These changes will support our new construction project at Tyee High School and serve the various needs of learners at four of our innovative and alternative schools in the longer term,” says Highline’s Chief of Operations Scott Logan.

Currently, teachers from both online schools teach from classrooms at Olympic, and use building space for student and family in-person events and meetings.

Information from Seattle Department of Transportation

Following successful repairs and testing of the Spokane St Swing Bridge (low bridge), the bridge reopens this afternoon, Friday, Jan. 13. Crews have already begun removing fencing and traffic control equipment around the bridge, and expect to finish removing signs and barricades by 2 PM.

Through extensive collaboration and long hours, we made major progress over the past 21 days to bring the low bridge back into operation. This effort included building a cradle to successfully remove a damaged 15,000-pound cylinder, repairing underground conduit, and replacing valves and hoses on the eastern bridge span’s hydraulic power unit (HPU). We also completed reprograming and testing of the bridge’s movable spans using one less cylinder, to ensure safe and effective operations.