Free Extra Yard Waste Pickup Every Collection Day in November   Seattle Public Utilities encourages residents to keep streets leaf-free to prevent flooding   SEATTLE (October 30, 2025) – Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) offers free extra yard waste pickup for all household food and yard waste customers each week throughout November.    When customers keep leaves off streets and out of storm drains, it reduces ponding and flooding during fall storms. To support this, customers

Link light rail will serve three new stations in South King County   In just over five weeks on Dec. 6, 2025, the 1 Line will add 7.8 miles and three new stations with the opening of the Federal Way Link Extension. The extension includes stations at Kent Des Moines, Star Lake and Federal Way Downtown.   Leading up to opening day, the final phase of testing called simulated service has started, where light rail vehicles run a normal schedule without passengers between Angle La

Executive action provides emergency funding to support food programs through end of the year or until the federal government restores SNAP funding Seattle —Today, Mayor Bruce Harrell proclaimed a limited civil emergency in response to the looming potential lapse in federal funding for the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) starting on November 1, 2025, due to the federal government shutdown and the Trump administration’s refusal to make funding available from

Additional trains scheduled for this week’s home games     Seattle sports fans can save on travel time, parking and gas by taking Sound Transit’s popular Sounder trains to this week’s Wednesday and Thursday Mariners playoff games, with 5:08 and 5:33 p.m. start times respectively, against the Toronto Blue Jays. Special Sounder service is available in addition to regular Sounder, Link light rail, ST Express and King County Metro service to and from T-Mobile Park.    For both d

Seattle  –Today, Mayor Bruce Harrell joined the Department of Finance and Administrative Services (FAS), union leaders, contractors, and training and community partners today to celebrate the 10-year impact of the City’s Priority Hire program.   Created in 2015 through a City Ordinance co-sponsored by then-Councilmember Harrell, the program is operated by FAS and establishes a community workforce agreement (CWA) among the City and labor partners. The CWA creates hiring goals

The City of Seattle, Seattle Sports Commission, and Downtown Seattle Association invite Seattleites and Mariners fans to join a community rally and march to T-Mobile Park in celebration of the Mariners’ postseason run. The UW Husky Marching Band will lead the march to the stadium. Seattle – Tomorrow, Mayor Bruce Harrell will proclaim October 16 2025, as “ Humpy Day ” in honor of Humpy the salmon — the beloved underdog mascot of the Mariners’ in-game “Salmon Run,” whose lon

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month….   While Black and white women have similar rates of being diagnosed with breast cancer, Black...

Investments would allow for expansion of CARE Department responders and efforts, add new fire recruits, increase the post-overdose...

Seattle – Today, Mayor Bruce Harrell issued the following statement after the City Council unanimously passed legislation proposed by his...

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After two decades of planning, design, and construction, the City of Seattle and operating nonprofit Friends of Waterfront Park mark a...

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OLYMPIA – Governor Bob Ferguson held a press conference today to detail the Washington State Office of Financial Management’s...

Seattle – Today, on the first day of school, Mayor Bruce Harrell highlighted new resources available to students across Seattle that...

OLYMPIA – The Productivity Board, a state employee incentive program of the Office of the Secretary of State, voted unanimously,...

The Washington State Fair Event Center Celebrates 125 Years! PUYALLUP, WA– –Get ready for an exciting year as the Washington State Fair...

Music fans attending concerts at Marymoor Park through the remainder of the season will be able to take the Link 2 Line to and from the...

Everyone in Seattle is invited to take a brief community survey that will help shape the Library’s future   How do you feel about The...

Mayor Harrell: “We cannot view this as a zero-sum competition between the regional spine and Seattle projects. Instead, we must work...

Seattle, WA- Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) encourages everyone from the Lake City community to participate in the development of the...

Top graduates to help shape city AI policy, streamline processes, and accelerate service delivery through technology  SEATTLE - On...