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View MoreSewage overflow closes Matthews Beach for up to 7 days
A sewage overflow near Matthews Beach on Sunday, Sept. 27, forced Seattle Public Utilities to close the beach and the Sail Sand Point launch area for up to seven days, canceling boating and racing programs through at least early October.
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View MoreBreast cancer survivor highlights screening gaps at Seattle walk
Seattle's Emily Bullard-Clough, a non-binary breast cancer survivor diagnosed in 2024, is using the Sept. 26 Susan G. Komen More Than Pink Walk at Woodland Park Zoo to advocate for cancer care that reaches patients of every gender.
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View MorePetit Pierre Bakery fills former Ballard Starbucks
Petit Pierre Bakery is converting a former Starbucks at 2200 NW Market St. in Ballard into a 40-seat French café with in-house bread production, as Starbucks closes 250 more North American stores including two in Seattle.
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View MoreDiscovery Park's free beach shuttle runs through Nov. 1
Seattle Parks is running a free beach shuttle at Discovery Park on Thursdays through Sundays until Nov. 1, with Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center providing the bus, while the visitor center stays closed until summer 2027.
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View More14 canoe families paddle to Pier 62 for Salmon Homecoming
The 34th annual Salmon Homecoming celebration returns to Seattle's waterfront Saturday with more than 14 canoe families paddling from West Seattle, a Native vendor market, coastal songs and dances, and free programming across Piers 62 and 58.
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View MoreWALKDONTRUN art walk brings 200 artists downtown Saturday
WALKDONTRUN, a free art walk marathon, returns to downtown Seattle on Saturday, Sept. 19, with more than 200 artists performing and exhibiting along a 3-kilometer route from Westlake Park to Occidental Square.
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View MoreMacklemore pledges $1M in Sheeran tour earnings to Palestinian groups
Seattle rapper Macklemore pledged his full $1 million in net earnings from Ed Sheeran's Loop Tour to six Palestinian aid organizations on Wednesday, Sept. 16, and challenged New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft to match the donation. Kraft responded hours later with a $2 million pledge, saying Sheeran had called him before the public challenge.
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View MoreLaid-off Amazon engineer sells $219 Seattle transit boards
A laid-off Amazon engineer turned a birthday gift for his wife into Seattle Transit Live, a $219 LED circuit board that tracks the region's trains, ferries and water taxi in real time, with September orders already sold out.
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View MoreKing County commute costs $10,381 a year, study finds
A new analysis of Census data finds King County workers lose $10,381 a year in unpaid commute time, the steepest in Washington, as Sound Transit pursues billions in new financing and I-5 construction squeezes Ship Canal Bridge traffic.
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View MoreSeattle approves We Heart Seattle for volunteer day amid probe
Seattle's Department of Neighborhoods approved We Heart Seattle to host an encampment cleanup at the city's Show Up, Seattle! volunteer day on Sept. 26, even as the nonprofit faces two open state investigations into unsafe needle handling and its co-founder pleaded guilty to identity theft in 2025.
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View MoreFishermen's Fall Festival returns to Interbay Oct. 3
The free Fishermen's Fall Festival returns to Fishermen's Terminal in Interbay on Saturday, Oct. 3, with boat tours, survival suit races, live music, seafood and kids' activities benefiting the Seattle Fishermen's Memorial Foundation.
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View MoreBallard's Town & Country Markets celebrates 40 years Sept. 19
Town & Country Markets Ballard marks 40 years at 1400 NW 56th St. with a free community celebration Sept. 19 featuring a pickled herring contest, '80s music, and a prime rib fundraiser lunch for the Ballard Senior Center.
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View MoreQueen Anne retirement home pairs toddlers with seniors
Bayview retirement community at the base of Queen Anne Hill runs a licensed daycare for 42 children alongside 200 adult residents, one of only about a dozen such intergenerational programs in Washington state.
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View MoreBallard muralist paints Jimothy raccoon into new Salmon Bay mural
Muralist Andrew Miller is painting a new work on the Salmon Bay Sand & Gravel building in downtown Ballard, featuring hummingbirds, a fishing boat, mountains and a hidden Jimothy the raccoon — a project the property owners and Ballard Alliance organized to reduce tagging and add public art to the neighborhood.
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View MoreSeattle Black Nerd Festival doubles in size
The Seattle Black Nerd Festival returns to the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute in the Central District for a free, three-day celebration of cosplay, comics, anime and gaming, with more than 1,400 registered attendees — more than double last year's inaugural crowd.
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