[ February 27, 2010; 6:30 pm; ] There will be a “Family Movie Night on the Big Screen” this Saturday night (Feb. 27th) at 6:30pm at the Tukwila Community Center gym, located at 12424 42nd Avenue South.

Suggested donation is just $3 per ticket, or $10 for a family of four, which beats the heck out of movie ticket prices elsewhere. We’ve also [...]

[ February 27, 2010; 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. ] There will be a “Volunteer Work Party” this Saturday, Feb. 27th from 10am to 2pm, to help restore North Wind’s Weir Restoration Planting, which is located at the “big dig” across from Boeing Duwamish Towers (2914 South 112th).

Here are the details:

WHAT: Volunteer Work Party for North Wind’s Weir Restoration Planting

WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 27th from 10:00 [...]

[ January 29, 2010; 5:00 pm; 5:00 pm; ] The City of Tukwila is hiring a Director for its Parks and Recreation Department, with a pay range between $99,672 to $129,612.

The deadline is 5pm, Friday, January 29th, or “until the position is filled” but we recommend that you apply ASAP.

You can download a PDF of the job description here, which we’ve included below:
The City [...]

[ May 9, 2009; ]

Tukwila’s annual Backyard Wildlife Festival is a free all-day event on Saturday, May 9th, to educate and inspire people to welcome wildlife – such as birds, butterflies, and other wildlife – into their backyards, gardens and communities.

Appropriately, coming up on Mother (Earth)’s Day weekend, and it’s a free, all-day event to educate [...]

[ February 28, 2009; ]

Volunteers are needed to help plant native trees and shrubs at the Tukwila Pond Wetland Buffer Enhancement Project on February 28, 2009, starting at 9:00 am.

The project will improve the habitat for birds, small mammals and frogs along the recently restored wetland located on Andover Park West, south of Strander on the southeast side [...]

[ June 17, 2008 to June 22, 2008. ] The All Nations Cup is in semi-finals week this week, with the finals next, so be sure to head on down to Starfire Sports to see the only soccer tournament to unite members of over 35 immigrant communities in the Puget Sound return for a sixth year of cultural celebration and competition.

The festivities surrounding the [...]

TUKWILA – A semi-truck accident on I-5 last night has resulted in the spillage of possibly hundreds of gallons of diesel fuel into the Duwamish River.
Clean-up workers have placed absorbent pads near a storm pipe that carried about 200 gallons of fuel when a truck jackknifed and two tanks were punctured.
The truck jackknifed south of [...]