Capitol Hill Seattle Blog23h
This week in CHS history | The Stranger leaves Capitol Hill, R Place loses lease, Fred Wildlife Refuge announces closure
Seattle Fire battles blaze in basement of boarded-up house set to be demolished for new apartment building across from Broadway Hill Park What a scuttled eight-story development north of Cal Anderson ...
Capitol Hill Seattle Blog23h
Demolition reveals a ‘new’ Capitol Hill ‘ghost sign’
The construction process to build the Broadway Center for Youth affordable housing and job training facility at Broadway and Pine includes a plan for the development that will recreate the facade ...
Capitol Hill Seattle Blog1d
Seattle Police investigating first East Precinct homicide of 2025 after man dies in shooting near youth jail campus
The new Seattle Police chief’s first weekend on the job includes a homicide investigation in the East Precinct. Multiple callers reported gunfire early Saturday near the King County Youth ...
Capitol Hill Seattle Blog2d
Laurel, now open for coffee, beauty, and light on E Olive Way
Seattle is a big city and sometimes it takes a really long time to open something new here — even one of the tiniest joints on Capitol Hill. After a year of planning, paperwork, and elbow ...
Capitol Hill Seattle Blog5d
City Council chooses Solomon to fill open International District and South Seattle seat
Mark Solomon has ten months to change Seattle. Monday, the Seattle City Council voted to appoint the longtime Seattle Police ...
Capitol Hill Seattle Blog4d
Seattle anti-Trump protests including ‘PUNCH A NAZI’ illuminated display continue at Cal Anderson Park
Yup, F Donald Trump,” says a Capitol Hill resident in their video posted to the CHS Facebook Group showing a hundred or so chanting protesters streaming by Wednesday afternoon on E ...
Capitol Hill Seattle Blog3d
Still not much preserved when Pike/Pine preservation projects dig in — but the Booth Building will rise again
On Capitol Hill, history repeats. At Broadway and Pine, passersby are learning one of the cold, hard facts of the neighborhood’s historical conservation incentives: Not much is preserved ...
Capitol Hill Seattle Blog2d
New Seattle Police Chief Barnes arrives with support for cops in schools and a focus on ‘recruitment and retention’
New Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes chose the look of a civilian executive as he was introduced to the city with media interviews and press releases this week. Barnes has promised to hit the ...
Capitol Hill Seattle Blog2d
SNOWBRUARY? Not quite, but Capitol Hill forecast calls for wintry mix of cold, rain, and snow
This will probably not be a SNOWBRUARY storm but forecasts predict Capitol Hill is likely to see some snowfall over the coming weekend — and week ahead. Here is what our federal friends at ...
Capitol Hill Seattle Blog2d
Voices Off Lounge, a hub for the Deaf community, now growing on Capitol Hill
Since moving to Capitol Hill 15 years ago, Kellie Gillespie has wanted to create a safe, inclusive, and dedicated space that could serve the Deaf and hearing communities alike by offering ...
Capitol Hill Seattle Blog9d
Seattle outlines $22M in Equitable Development Initiative funding including boost for Central District’s Africatown Plaza
A program hoped to help slow and reverse displacement in Seattle has announced its latest roster of funding including $1 ...
Capitol Hill Seattle Blog9d
911 | First Hill shooting, helicopter search over Capitol Hill for stolen truck
See something others should know about? Email CHS or call/txt/Signal (206) 399-5959. You can view recent CHS 911 ...