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For first time since pandemic, King County Superior Court handled more than 5,000 criminal cases last year
The King County Superior Court is still recovering from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a presentation ...
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This week in CHS history | Chappell Roan Block Party crowds, 2023 Broadway street racing shooting, 2020 ‘Solidarity with PDX’ protests
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Junbi’s matcha and soft-serve set to fill in a little piece of E Pike
By Toni Guy, CHS Summer Intern Holes in the business community fabric of E Pike are being sewn up this summer. There are bigger gaps but one of the smaller tears also is ready to be filled. Junbi, ...
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On the List | Candidate Survivor, ’80s cover band Nite Wave in Volunteer Park, Indie Pop in the Park
Yes, the 2025 sit in a park watching free music, dancing, and movies season is underway across Capitol Hill and the nearby. Here’s a look at a few choice activities around the neighborhood ...
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2025 sit in a park watching free music, dancing, and movies season is underway around Capitol Hill
This weekend brings the 2025 edition of the now two-day Capitol Hill Block Party music festival to the streets of Pike/Pine.
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Group proposes plan including park rangers and new signs to keep Denny Blaine open — and nude
The Friends of Denny Blaine community group is calling on the city to adopt its proposed “abatement plan” for meeting a court ordered-deadline to address complaints of nudity and ...
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This 120-year-old Capitol Hill house isn’t making way for mixed-use development — It is rising up
They are not tearing down the 1905-era house in the middle of a slowly growing wave of multifamily development up and down 12th Ave. They are raising it up. Passersby of the corner of 12th and ...
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Police: Suspect in First Hill ‘drug squat’ murder arrested
The Seattle Police Department says a man wanted in an April homicide in a First Hill “drug squat” has been apprehended. SPD reports Ayub Mohamed was detained Wednesday for a ...
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County can’t yet say who will run it but officials answering as many questions as they can about possible Broadway Crisis Care Center
There are many questions surrounding the plan to locate one of five county Crisis Care Centers at Broadway and Union. One of the biggest — who will run it? — can’t be answered ...
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Mayor proposes adding SPD surveillance cameras around Pike/Pine, Garfield High School
Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell is proposing legislation that would bring Seattle Police Department surveillance cameras to Capitol Hill’s Pike/Pine nightlife district. CHS first reported on the ...
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Seattle Council president skips committee meeting in fight over Seattle Renters’ Commission — UPDATE
Sara Nelson was quiet about the decision. Her actions did the talking Wednesday as the Seattle City Council President joined fellow committee member Rob Saka in unexpectedly ditching a meeting of ...
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You’re right, the menswear guy — Capitol Hill’s Twice Sold Tales is pretty great
CHS has been giving love to Capitol Hill’s Twice Sold Tales for years. We celebrated its 35th year of serving Capitol Hill book lovers here a few years back. Owner Jamie Lutton and her ...