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As Seattle Police struggles to hire more cops, 911 response times across Capitol Hill and the Central District hold steady

While the Seattle Police Department grapples with a stalled effort to hire more officers, its latest performance metrics show 911 response times are holding steady with 70 patrol officers in the ...
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Where to watch Seattle’s 4th of July fireworks from Capitol Hill, USA! 250th birthday edition

If you feel a little weird chanting “USA! USA!” after every goal, don’t look great in red, white, or blue, and the idea of a fascist ethnostate makes you a bit queasy, join a few ...
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Seattle holds public hearing on proposal to protect development and affordable housing legislation from environmental appeals

The Seattle City Council is holding a public hearing Wednesday morning on the proposal to amend the Municipal Code to alter how the city’s legislative actions including major rezones and ...
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Seattle City Council: public safety street closures, CARE changes, Montlake Homes, and Central District upzones

The Seattle City Council is ready to finalize a busy roster of legislation from its committees Tuesday afternoon including bills hoped to open the way for new affordable development in the Central ...
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Seattle shaping spending plan for $1.3B voter-approved Families and Education levy

The Seattle City Council is shaping a six-year, implementation plan for the $1.3 billion Families, Education, Preschool, and Promise Levy passed by voters in 2025. A Tuesday morning committee ...
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Donna’s planning Capitol Hill sibling on its E Olive Way block

While it might feel like a lot of spaces in Capitol Hill food and drink are sitting empty right now, the appetite for more room for more bars and restaurants is apparently as strong as ever. There ...
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One arrested after assaults, egg-tossing in midst of Capitol Hill Pride festivities — UPDATE: Police report

Seattle Police took at least one person into custody after a group was reported assaulting people and tossing eggs at ...
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Seattle considers ‘Do Not Solicit List’ to block predatory real estate activity and slow displacement

The Seattle City Council is considering protections hoped to help shield homeowners from predatory home-buying practices that ...
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CHS Pics | 10 pictures from a weekend of Pride on Capitol Hill

We will have many, many more soon but here are 10 scenes from the weekend’s Pride celebrations on Capitol Hill including the ...
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This week in CHS history | Sentence in CHOP homicide, Kenji Spurgeon murder, Sea Dragonsss artist

FREE Subscribe to CHS to help hire writers and photographers to cover the neighborhood. CHS is a pay what you can community news site wit ...
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20 years after the Pride parade left Broadway, here’s a look at this year’s celebrations on Capitol Hill: Trans Pride, Dyke March, PrideFest street festival, and more

Twenty years ago, Seattle’s core celebration of its queer communities — the annual Pride parade — moved off Capitol Hill. In 2026, the neighborhood will still swell with Pride as ...
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Seattle restaurant group behind Capitol Hill steakhouse Jeffry’s faces union strike at Ballard’s The Walrus and the Carpenter — UPDATE: tentative agreement

Ballard’s The Walrus and the Carpenter has become the center of strife between management and workers at a family of Seattle restaurants that includes Capitol Hill steakhouse Jeffry’s ...