Archive for August, 2020

North Highline Unincorporated Area Council: No September meeting, but set your calendar for October!

Sunday, August 30th, 2020 Posted in Coronavirus, North Highline UAC, White Center news | Comments Off on North Highline Unincorporated Area Council: No September meeting, but set your calendar for October!

Announced by the North Highline Unincorporated Area Council: North Highline Unincorporated Area Council meeting Thursday, September 3rd cancelled - But mark your calendars for NHUAC's virtual meeting on Thursday, Oct. 1st 7 ... Read more..

NEED MASKS? Grocery-store giveaway

Monday, August 24th, 2020 Posted in Coronavirus, White Center news | Comments Off on NEED MASKS? Grocery-store giveaway

Just announced by the King County Executive's Office: Customers at King County locations of Safeway will be able to take home free face masks with their groceries starting today with a ... Read more..

King County gives more small businesses a chance to apply for grants

Friday, August 21st, 2020 Posted in Businesses, King County, White Center news | Comments Off on King County gives more small businesses a chance to apply for grants

If your small business wasn't eligible for a county grant before, maybe it is now. Here's the update: Small businesses will get another opportunity to apply for a King County Small ... Read more..

FOLLOWUP: White Center’s first scooters have arrived

Monday, August 17th, 2020 Posted in King County, Transportation, White Center news | Comments Off on FOLLOWUP: White Center’s first scooters have arrived

That's Marcos from Lime, delivering White Center's first scooters about an hour ago in the heart of the White Center business district. As we first reported Friday night, this marks ... Read more..

Another White Center power outage

Sunday, August 16th, 2020 Posted in Utilities, White Center news | 2 Comments »

Thanks for the tip! 203 customers are without power as of 4:39 pm. There was a smaller outage, short-lived, in White Center early this morning too. UPDATE: The outage lasted just ... Read more..

FYI: Online ‘Town Hall’ for North Highline this fall

Saturday, August 15th, 2020 Posted in King County, White Center news | 2 Comments »

King County Local Services has sent early word of town halls coming up, including one for White Center/North Hghline: This year’s unincorporated King County community meetings will take place online via ... Read more..

FOLLOWUP: Scooter pilot program finally launches Monday in White Center and vicinity

Friday, August 14th, 2020 Posted in King County, Transportation, White Center news | 4 Comments »

(Photo courtesy Lime) This has long been in the works - and late today, County Councilmember Joe McDermott's office announced it's about to start: King County residents and visitors just south of ... Read more..

POWER OUTAGE: White Center included

Thursday, August 13th, 2020 Posted in Utilities, White Center news | 1 Comment »

4:36 PM: The mapped outage started shortly after 4 pm and is affecting 3,639 customers. Some traffic signals are out on Roxbury - remember that a dark signal = 4-way ... Read more..

NORTH HIGHLINE SUB-AREA PLAN: Restart, and more

Wednesday, August 5th, 2020 Posted in King County, White Center news | 2 Comments »

From David Goodman at King County: I am writing to provide you with an update on the North Highline Subarea Plan. When I last checked in back in March, we postponed ... Read more..

BIZNOTES; Unicorn White Center crowdfunding; new tenant for ex-studio

Monday, August 3rd, 2020 Posted in Businesses, How to Help, White Center news | 9 Comments »

Two White Center business notes: UNICORN BAR: The Capitol Hill entrepreneur hoping to open a south outpost of his one-of-a-kind club - at 9832 17th SW - is crowdfunding to save ... Read more..

HELPING: TLC for North Shorewood Park

Saturday, August 1st, 2020 Posted in Parks, White Center news | 1 Comment »

Thanks to Gill for sending news of last weekend's work party at North Shorewood Park. Gill explains, "Sean and crew including four volunteers worked hard for a few hours trimming back ... Read more..