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Seattle Libraries Reinvent Themselves in Digital Age
Today’s library system is reaching out to touch patrons in new ways, keeping our local libraries more relevant than ever.
Seattle librarian Toby Thomas, right, helps Ralph Cross, a resident of Tent City 5, with a Wi-Fi hot spot that’s available for check out.
How the Ballard Locks Changed Seattle Forever
As we celebrate 100 years since the construction of the Ballard locks and ship canal, we look back on how carving out Seattle’s waterways forever reshaped our landscape and economy.
The site where the Ballard locks were to be built needed to be kept dry, so a cofferdam was erected around the construction area, seen in this photo taken in 1915.
Seattle Opens $30 Million in Homeless Service Contracts for Bidding, Wants More Accountability
For the first time in a decade, the city rebid the homeless service contracts.
The city’s Human Services Department issued a request for proposals today for $30 million in homeless services—the first time in more than a decade that a majority of the city’s homelessness contracts have been put out for competitive bids. At a press conference Wednesday morning, Mayor Ed Murray said he found it “shocking that this…
Fourth of July Fireworks Can be Terrifying for Dogs. Here’s How to Help
5 ways to keep your dog from freaking out over fireworks.
If you have a dog, you may already be worrying about the snap, crackle and pop that inevitably come with our Fourth of July holiday and send dogs cowering. “Dogs are afraid of the fireworks simply because they don’t know what they are,” says Aly DelaCoeur, a Seattle-based dog trainer and founder of the dog…
Lake Washington ‘Float Party’ Cancelled After Seattle Cops Crack Down
Looks like the huge innertube party's over.
If we’re to believe attractive TV weather people, it’s going to be super hot in Seattle this weekend. The kind of hot that leaves the fan aisle at Target looking like a scene out of The Walking Dead. Serendipitously, a group of would-be innertubers had planned to hit Lake Washington at Magnuson Park en masse…
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