Archive for March, 2015

Amber Alert for toddler missing from South Seattle

Tuesday, March 31st, 2015 Posted in Not White Center but we're mentioning it anyway, White Center news | Comments Off on Amber Alert for toddler missing from South Seattle

(Cross-posted from our partner site West Seattle Blog) An Amber Alert was sent out less than an hour ago for Aaron Lopez, a toddler who is missing, likely with his (non-custodial) ... Read more..

North Highline Unincorporated Area Council: Here’s what’s on the April 2015 agenda

Sunday, March 29th, 2015 Posted in North Highline UAC, White Center news | Comments Off on North Highline Unincorporated Area Council: Here’s what’s on the April 2015 agenda

From North Highline Unincorporated Area Council president Barbara Dobkin: NHUAC meeting: When: Thursday, April 2 @ 7pm Where: North Highline Fire Station (1243 SW 112th Street) Mark your calendars and plan on ... Read more..

VIDEO: 2015 White Center 5K in semi-surprise sunshine

Saturday, March 28th, 2015 Posted in How to Help, White Center 5K, White Center news | 1 Comment »

After a rainy night, semi-surprise sunshine greeted the third annual White Center 5K this morning. Our video, above, shows the runners/walkers heading out from the starting line at White Center ... Read more..

Reminder: Highway 99 closures this weekend

Saturday, March 28th, 2015 Posted in Alaskan Way Viaduct, Traffic, Transportation, White Center news | Comments Off on Reminder: Highway 99 closures this weekend

Traffic/transit/travel alert! North of here, Highway 99 is closed from the West Seattle Bridge to the Battery Street Tunnel until 6 pm today and then again 6 am-6 pm tomorrow ... Read more..

Tomorrow! White Center 5K – not too late to participate

Friday, March 27th, 2015 Posted in Fun, How to Help, White Center news | Comments Off on Tomorrow! White Center 5K – not too late to participate

(WCN photo from 2014) Saturday morning brings the third annual White Center 5K, and even if you're not signed up already, you can be part of it! Though online registration is ... Read more..

Followup: Brodie Lamb sentenced to 22 years for murdering his mother Margaret Ryan

Saturday, March 21st, 2015 Posted in Crime, White Center news | Comments Off on Followup: Brodie Lamb sentenced to 22 years for murdering his mother Margaret Ryan

(December 2012 gathering honoring murder victim Margaret Ryan) By Tracy Record White Center Now editor 268 months in prison - 22 years and four months - is the sentence that King County Superior ... Read more..

VIDEO: Groundbreaking celebration for new White Center Library

Thursday, March 19th, 2015 Posted in White Center Library, White Center news | 1 Comment »

Local students will benefit mightily from the new White Center Library, so it was only fitting they participated in today's groundbreaking ceremony: Much ceremony and celebration accompanied the formal groundbreaking this ... Read more..

If you see this White Center house on fire tomorrow – it’s intentional

Wednesday, March 18th, 2015 Posted in Fire, Traffic, White Center news | 5 Comments »

We received an alert this evening including word that the 97-year-old house in that King County Assessor's Office photo is about to be no more: On March 19, 2015, the South ... Read more..

New noise rules for unincorporated King County

Monday, March 16th, 2015 Posted in King County, White Center news | 1 Comment »

Sent by County Councilmember Kathy Lambert today: Council adopts updated noise guidelines for Unincorporated King County Simplifying and clarifying The Metropolitan King County Council today unanimously adopted a modernized and ... Read more..

Update: SWAT standoff over near 14th/116th, suspect in custody

Friday, March 13th, 2015 Posted in King County Sheriff's Office, White Center news | 1 Comment »

1:25 PM: A person with a warrant out for their arrest is "holed up inside a house near SW 116th/14th SW," according to the King County Sheriff's Office, which says ... Read more..

Crash under investigation; KCSO says driver fled deputies

Sunday, March 8th, 2015 Posted in White Center news | Comments Off on Crash under investigation; KCSO says driver fled deputies

King County Sheriff's Office is at the scene of what media-relations officer Sgt. BJ Myers describes as a crash near 11th/108th, with a vehicle having flipped while its driver was ... Read more..

@ North Highline Unincorporated Area Council: Disc golf at the bog? – crimefighting in WC – marijuana concerns – more

Friday, March 6th, 2015 Posted in North Highline UAC, White Center news | Comments Off on @ North Highline Unincorporated Area Council: Disc golf at the bog? – crimefighting in WC – marijuana concerns – more

By Tracy Record White Center Now editor Another information-packed monthly meeting of the North Highline Unincorporated Area Council. You really had to be there to get it all, but here are what ... Read more..

Deadly crash at 1st/112th

Thursday, March 5th, 2015 Posted in White Center news | 3 Comments »

The King County Sheriff's Office has reported via Twitter that a motorcycle rider is dead after a collision with a truck at 1st Avenue S./112th. The rider was a 39-year-old ... Read more..

Did you hear the booms? Raid this morning linked to Seattle Police case

Thursday, March 5th, 2015 Posted in Crime, White Center news | 5 Comments »

This morning we happened onto an online discussion of early morning gunshot/explosion-type noises just east of White Center. Following up to see what we could find out, King County Sheriff's ... Read more..

White Center Sunday Market in the works

Wednesday, March 4th, 2015 Posted in Fun, White Center news | 2 Comments »

From a post in the forum of our partner site West Seattle Blog: To potential craftspeople and farmers: Several businesses in White Center are looking to begin a fun, eclectic Sunday ... Read more..

White Center Bog updates and more at this Thursday’s North Highline Unincorporated Area Council meeting

Monday, March 2nd, 2015 Posted in North Highline UAC, White Center news | Comments Off on White Center Bog updates and more at this Thursday’s North Highline Unincorporated Area Council meeting

Here's what's coming up this Thursday at the March meeting of the North Highline Unincorporated Area Council: Thursday, March 5 at 7 pm North Highline Fire Station (1243 SW 112th Street) Plan on ... Read more..