Two people had to get out of the house and into the very cold early evening air when a fire broke out in a room in the back of a house at 45th and Trenton around 4:15pm on Saturday, Jan. 12.
Firefighters responded and quickly got control…MORE
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WS Crime Prevention Council to discuss drug laws, school safety on Jan. 15
Sat, 01/12/13
WEST SEATTLE CRIME PREVENTION COUNCIL Community Safety Meeting
TUESDAY, Jan 15, 2013 @ Southwest Police Precinct, 2300 SW Webster, 7 – 8:30pm
- What's new in the SW Precinct. Capt Poulsen has transferred to South Precinct and Capt…MORE
UPDATE: Suspected robber leads cops on chase out of West Seattle, wrecks, jumps off bridge, survives, and ultimately gets arrested
Fri, 01/11/13
Update for Jan. 12
Det. Jeff Kappel with the Seattle Police Department released an in-depth description on a wild chase that began at Don Armeni Boat Ramp in West Seattle and ended with the suspect jumping from Hwy 99 onto a rooftop in a…MORE
Security officers, teachers, react to possibility Highline Schools security officers will be disarmed
Fri, 01/11/13
The timing couldn't have been worse.
Two days before a gunman killed 20 students and six adults at a Connecticut elementary school, the Highline School Board held a work/study session to review a new security plan that could include…MORE
Seattle Public Schools explains roots of overcrowding
Fri, 01/11/13
According to Seattle Public Shools officials, we can blame the overcrowding of West Seattle schools today on a combination of demographic trends five years ago, the recession, and an anomalous number of five year olds being signed up for…MORE
High Point Library to celebrate new Sunday hours on, well, Sunday!
Fri, 01/11/13
Thanks to a $122 million library levy passed by Seattle voters in 2012, all Seattle Public Library branches will be open on Sunday this year.
To celebrate their new found hours, the High Point Library (at 3411 S.W. Raymond St. in West…MORE
Learn how to get money for a neighborhood project
Thu, 01/10/13
The Seattle Department of Neighborhoods set up the Neighborhood Matching Fund to get small, simple projects done in your part of the city. Things like traffic circles, certain kinds of plantings, drain improvements and more can all be…MORE
UPDATE: 15-year-old arrested in West Seattle 7-11 robbery
Thu, 01/10/13
UPDATE for Jan. 11 The day after Seattle Police released surveillance footage of a young man pulling a gun on a West Seattle 7-11 clerk in an attempted robbery, a tip came in leading authorities to Kent where they arrested a 15-year-old and…MORE
King County orders inquest into death of West Seattle man after tasing in September 2012 arrest
Thu, 01/10/13
Press release from King County:
Inquest ordered into death of West Seattle man with sword after struggle with policeFact-finding hearing is routine to determine causes and circumstances of any death involving a member of law enforcement…MORE
34th District Democrats elect new officers for 2013-2014
Thu, 01/10/13
The 34th District Democrats met on Jan. 9 to elect new officers and committee chairs for 2013-2014, according to their website.
The photo above and following information on officers and committee chairs was shared by the group:
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