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Seattle shapes Central District Black Legacy Plan to honor local history across neighborhood parks

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Powell Barnett being shown park development plans in October 1970 (Image: Seattle Municipal Archives)

Powell Barnett Park

Seattle Parks and Recreation is advancing a new capital initiative aimed at honoring the Central District’s pivotal Black activists, entrepreneurs, and philanthropists through improvements to neighborhood open spaces.

Dubbed the Central District Black Legacy Plan, the effort will fund site analysis, community engagement, and prioritized capital investments to transform selected Central District public grounds into spaces of remembrance and cultural celebration.

The initial phase focuses on three key neighborhood parks named after prominent Black historical figures: Continue reading →

Garfield High School: Coach Roy to return after cleared in recruiting violation investigation

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Coach Roy, middle (Image: @garfieldmbb)

Garfield High says former coach and NBA star Brandon Roy has been cleared in a recruiting violation investigation and will return to lead the school’s boys basketball team.

“Coach Roy is deeply connected to Garfield as a former student, parent, coach, and member of this community. He understands the pride, history, and responsibility that comes with leading this program,” the announcement from Principal Tarance Hart reads. “Coach Roy and I share a clear belief that Garfield basketball must be about more than winning. It must be about academics, accountability, discipline, pride, and helping young people grow as students, athletes, and leaders.” Continue reading →

Driver dead in 23rd Ave collision with dump truck — UPDATE

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Thanks to a CHS reader for this picture from the scene

The driver in a collision with a large dump truck was reported dead in a Wednesday morning crash near Medgar Evers Pool just north of the entrance to Garfield High School.

Seattle Police and Seattle Fire were called to the crash scene just after 9 AM to a report of the injured driver.

According to witness reports, the victim’s vehicle appeared to turn in front of the oncoming truck. UPDATE: A Seattle Fire spokesperson confirms the driver has died.

UPDATE 1:40 PM: SPD reports officers found the 63-year-old driver unresponsive inside the sedan after the crash:

Officers arrived and found an unresponsive 63-year-old male driver inside a sedan. Seattle police provided lifesaving measures until the Seattle Fire Department arrived. Despite lifesaving efforts, medics pronounced the man deceased at the scene. The 25-year-old driver of the dump truck remained on scene and cooperated with the investigation.

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City honors slain Garfield High student as 2024 shooting goes unsolved

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June 2024’s vigil (Image: Converge Media with permission to CHS)

June 6th will be Amarr A’Shaun Murphy-Paine Day in Seattle.

Two years following the 17-year-old’s killing in a parking lot shooting outside Garfield High School, the city is recognizing the teen’s legacy with the proclamation as the 23rd Ave campus prepares to host events recognizing National Gun Violence Awareness month and an annual blood drive held in Murphy-Paine’s honor.

At Tuesday’s session of the Seattle City Council, the slain teen’s family said they remain focused on a positive mission as they recounted frustrating interactions with the Seattle Police Department amid tearful complaints that not more has been done to bring justice in the case. Continue reading →

With hopes of completion this fall, $11M Super Block adds plan for new Garfield softball field

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Work underway around the old softball field setup (Image: Seattle Parks)

It has been a rough year for athletics at Garfield High School but the now $11 million Garfield Super Block construction project currently underway around the 23rd Ave campus is getting a sporting addition that will create a bright new home for one of the Bulldogs’ teams and provide an improved space to play for the area’s youth softballers.

Permits filed in recent weeks will set construction in motion for a $1.5 million overhaul of the team’s softball field set to join the swirl of Super Block development currently underway on the Garfield block. Continue reading →

The case for expanding Seattle’s Real Time Crime Center and more cameras on Capitol Hill (plus the one already above 12th Ave)

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A security camera above 12th Ave

As privacy advocates and those concerned about misuse of the technology by law enforcement and federal authorities continue their press, Mayor Katie Wilson is also facing a public campaign from the Seattle Police Department and City Hall advocates for the surveillance for the expansion of the city’s Real Time Crime Center cameras to Capitol Hill and the Central District.

So far, the new mayor seems willing to let the approved deployment play out. SPD says its stats justify the need.

According to a data analysis released by the Seattle Police Department last month, police are “three times more likely” to make an arrest in a case when working with the analysts who staff the Real Time Crime Center with access to a network of police and traffic cameras across the city, and access to important databases and resources that can be used to identify suspects and vehicles — and sometimes track them across Seattle.

SPD says it analyzed 220,000 911 responses over a nine-month period between the launch of the Crime Center and the end of February. “This finding — from SPD’s Performance Analytics & Research group –underscores the department’s commitment to transparency, continuous improvement, and evidence-based policing,” SPD said. Continue reading →

CHS Pics | ‘We Choose Community’ — 2026 Seattle MLK Day march carries city’s messages from the Central District

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The words and spirit of Martin Luther King Jr. carried the causes of 2026 in Seattle Monday as the city’s annual MLK Day march crossed from the Central District across Capitol Hill to downtown.

The volunteer MLK Jr Organizing Coalition took inspiration from a MLK question for this year’s day of workshops, gatherings, and marching from the Central District’s Garfield High School — Where Do We Go From Here? Continue reading →

‘Where Do We Go From Here?’ the theme of 2026 MLK Day in Seattle

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Seattle MLK Day organizers have turned to the writings of Martin Luther King Jr. for the message behind this year’s workshops, rally, and march from Garfield High School.

From the volunteer-run MLK Jr Organizing Coalition:

This powerful question comes from Dr. King’s 1967 book Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?. In it, he warned that America stood at a dangerous crossroads—facing deep racism, poverty, militarism, and division. He challenged us to decide: would we descend into chaos, or would we build a community grounded in justice, democracy, and love? Nearly six decades later, we face a strikingly similar crossroads. Democracy itself is under attack—from voter suppression and political violence to laws rolling back hard-won rights. And even Dr. King’s own legacy is under attack, with his words often misused to silence the very struggles he gave his life to advance. That is why this year’s theme is so urgent. “Where do we go from here?” is not just history—it’s a question for us, right now.

The group’s 43rd annual celebration begins Saturday with a youth forum at Washington Hall followed by an opportunity fair and workshops Monday morning at Garfield High School before a 11 AM rally in the school’s gym and a march set to begin at 12:30 PM from the Garfield parking lot.

Around 4,000 people took part in the event last year.

Learn more at seattlemlkcoalition.org.

 
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2026’s start at Garfield High School includes ‘Reclaiming the Village’ forum plus construction plans for classroom technology and school safety upgrades

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Meanwhile, the class of ’27 came up big time in the school’s winter sock drive (Image: @garfieldhsptsa)

The community around Garfield High School is continuing work to improve campus public safety and address social and economic challenges.

Over the weekend, city officials including Seattle City Councilmember Joy Hollingsworth joined attendees at the latest “Reclaiming the Village” gathering at Garfield. Organizers say they hope the events will grow into an ongoing series of forums to support Black families and students in Seattle’s Central District.

Garfield Principal Tarance Hart launched the forums as the school has tried to address community needs, public safety, and gun violence following the deadly 2024 shooting of 17-year-old student Amarr Murphy-Paine in the school’s parking lot. Continue reading →

SPD arrests warrant suspect after negotiation on 26th Ave

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Police were spread across the area Thursday afternoon as officers were negotiating with a warrant suspect barricaded inside a house under construction just east of Garfield High School. Continue reading →