Residents and businesses that suffered property damage or other losses in the recent storm may be eligible for assistance to get their property back in order.

Eligibility is determined through a damage assessment process which takes into account the total reported losses within King County. In order to compute the losses, individuals and businesses are encouraged to submit reports to the King County Office of Emergency Management (OEM).

You can submit damage reports online or by calling 1-800-523-5044 during business hours. Both reporting systems will be open until 5 p.m. on January 31.

Residents should note that submitting a report to OEM does not guarantee reimbursement.

With the community meeting on Rapid Ride's F Line coming up Thursday night, we thought this blog post from Seattle Transit Blog was especially interesting. What do you think about the potential for Transit Oriented Development in Tukwila?

There are few neighborhoods in our region that have as good transit service as the International Blvd area of Tukwila does.  With that comes an opportunity to harness existing capacity and use it to stimulate development.  Yet Tukwila is often overlooked when it comes to TOD and land use.  Indeed, the town is largely suburban and low-density; however, it also has one of the State’s highest minority populations and is, geographically, situated at an important “crossroads” in South King.

Read the full story.

Waste Management has released the following update for Tukwila customers:

Due to inclement weather all week, service was delayed and/or stopped in many of the Puget Sound communities we service.

Residential Customers: If WM did not collect your recycling, garbage or food and yard waste during this past week, WM will collect up to twice your regular amount of recycling, garbage and food and yard waste on your next regular service day.

Commercial Customers: WM will service commercial and roll off containers Saturday and as soon as we can access them safely.

Residents with trees or branches to dispose of can place them in their Yard and Food Waste carts.

They must be trimmed to less than 4 feet in length and not exceed 4 inches in diameter. If you have more than your cart will hold, place them in cardboard boxes, paper or compostable bags, or tie them in bundles less than 3 ½ feet in any dimension as long as it doesn’t exceed 60 pounds.  Alternatively, excess tree branches and limbs can be saved for the next scheduled collection day or be disposed of at Pacific Topsoils in Tukwila, 1-800-884-7645.