The Next “Mayor” of Skyway: Voters Heard from Zahilay and Balducci at Our King County Executive Debate

October 16, 2025

by Devin Chicras

West Hill Community Association teamed up with our friends at South Seattle Emerald to host Skyway’s first-ever debate for King County Executive on October 4, 2025. Not only did it give voters a chance to hear from both candidates (on topics ranging from safer streets, ICE, and homelessness to environmental justice and annexation), it sent an undeniable message that Skyway-West Hill neighborhoods are worth paying attention to, and can’t be ignored.

West Hill Moments We’ll Remember From 2015

January 11, 2016

by Devin Chicras

From taking on mountains and tackling wetlands restoration to the crazy costumes at Skyway Outdoor Cinema, 2015 was packed with unforgettable moments in West Hill. We look back on a few of our favorites in this round-up:

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Health Services Desert: West Hill’s Public Health Crisis

November 27, 2015

by Anne Althauser, photos by Matt Mills McKnight (Originally published by the South Seattle Emerald)

It’s 7:15am on a Monday morning and I need to get downtown by 8am for a meeting at Public Health – Seattle & King County (PHSKC).

West Hill’s Concrete Mountain: Over Three Decades of Suffering Still Not Over for Local Residents

June 1, 2015

by Brie Ripley (Originally published by the South Seattle Emerald)

A 30-year battle over the operations of an industrial company in West Hill is supposed to come to a court-ordered end on June 1, but despite environmental and health concerns alongside a bevy of complaints from the community and regulatory agencies, its mountain of concrete waste will continue to grow.

Skyway Outdoor Cinema in the News

April 20, 2015

by Devin Chicras

“You may want to watch your step for stray shards of shattered assumptions, as South Seattle readies for its own brand of outdoor film fun” – Marcus Harrison Green (South Seattle Emerald)