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Main Street honors variety of local excellence throughout the state

By NINA MILLIGAN

Washington state's Main Street program presented awards for outstanding achievement at its annual PLACES conference in Ellensburg earlier this month.

First-of-its-kind geothermal plant makes power from an underwater volcano

By LISA LANNIGAN

For 8.7 seconds, the Adélie test plant successfully generated more electricity than it consumed.



Long-planned West Seattle park is close to groundbreaking

By EMMA LAPWORTH

Seattle Parks and Recreation is hoping to break ground in December on a new city park at 4723 40th Ave. S.W. in West Seattle's Junction neighborhood.



State advances weatherization rules

By JOURNAL STAFF

The state Department of Commerce has filed draft rules for community-scale weatherization projects following a bill passed during the 2026 legislative session that increases funding opportunities for such work.


Bellevue's Airfield Park moves forward

By JOURNAL STAFF

The city of Bellevue is seeking a geotechnical engineer to turn 28 acres of open space, meadows and forest in Eastgate into an active park. Meanwhile, the shortlist is in for the project's progressive design-builder.




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