KUOW Newsroom The river runs alarmingly low in North Bend It’s been raining this July, but much of Washington is still in a drought, because of our hot, dry spring and early summer. Just 30 minutes outside Seattle, in the town of North Bend, most development is on hold till an issue of water is resolved.
Seattle plans to tap sales tax for affordable housing For the State of Washington, the sales tax is a firehose of money. For ages, cities have wanted to poke a straw into that firehose and get just a teensy bit of what's flowing inside. During the last legislative session, cities finally got that wish.
KUOW Newsroom These gardeners must raise 2 million dollars to save their P-Patch Here's why they think they'll succeed.
KUOW Newsroom This West Seattle parking lot is chock-full of drama Seattle is famous for its neighborhoods – but epic growth is bringing big changes, and lots of tension. One place that tension’s bubbling over is in parking lots. They’re an obvious place to build housing, but merchants need them to draw customers.
KUOW Newsroom In Rainier Beach, neighbors have a dream, but developers are holding cards close to their chests. In Rainier Beach, non-profit groups want any development that comes in to help the neighbors who live there now. And development seems likely, as recent upzones raise the height limit on some properties from four stories to twelve. Developers are holding their cards close to their chests. Rainier Beach is prepared to turn to civil disobedience if developers don’t listen.
KUOW Newsroom Seattle traffic drove the military from this place. Now locals see in it an 'opportunity of a lifetime' The National Guard wants to give up 25 acres of Seattle real estate. Locals have an unprecedented plan to turn that land into something special for Seattle and its visitors.
KUOW Newsroom Seattle may get a new neighborhood The Washington National Guard needs a new place to park their Humvees... someplace far outside Seattle's traffic mess. So the state is studying what to do with the 25 acre property just north of the Magnolia bridge where those vehicles are currently housed. On Wednesday, members of the public shared their blue sky ideas for the property.
How an invisible Seattle neighborhood is making itself known, one mural at a time. Lake City is a neighborhood at a tipping point.
Immigrant-owned businesses sue over displacement in SeaTac Immigrant business owners south of Seattle say they're being displaced - and now, they're suing.
