Aspiring engineers build catapults at Wenatchee college

Wenatchee Valley College physics students will be hurling tennis balls from their ancient artillery today during the school's almost-annual catapult-building contest.

City Light to clean up Greyhound site where SLU substation may go

By KATIE ZEMTSEFF

Seattle City Light soon will award a contract for environmental and engineering work at 1250 Denny Way in South Lake Union. The site has been a bus maintenance yard for more than 60 years, and could become a future electrical substation.

Recession's rough on retail but here's one green shoot: Healeo

By JON SILVER

First-time business owner Justin Brotman can tell you the precise date and time he opened his nutrition store and juice bar, Healeo, on Capitol Hill: May 15, 2009, 4:06 p.m.

Pierce County gets $4.3M energy grant

This week, Pierce County received a $4.37 million grant to improve energy efficiency and conservation. The grant came through the U.S. Department of Energy from the federal stimulus.

Design Detailings

• New signs for Olmstead boulevards
• Learn about SLU design strategy
• Stormwater, grading rules change Nov. 30
• New officers for engineering board
• Heery wins Oregon commissioning job
• Studio SC designs WSU wayfinding
• Design award for Tacoma school

City seeks ideas for nursery site

The Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation is holding a public meeting to gather input from the community on the future of the Atlantic City Nursery. The meeting will be Dec. 3 from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Astoria LNG terminal gets two favorable decisions

Two decisions this week have boosted the prospects for liquefied natural gas company Oregon LNG's proposal to build a terminal on 92 acres near Youngs Bay.

Meeting Saturday on landslide issues

The city of Seattle on Saturday is holding a meeting covering landslide issues for property owners.