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Motorcyclist and young sidecar passenger enjoy a hot summer Saturday cruise south on 15th Avenue Northwest through Ballard.

City crews were hard at work on the "road diet" project on 24th Avenue Northwest between Northwest 56th and 65th streets last week. Lanes of traffic will be reduced from four to three with a center turn lane, as well as bike lanes on both sides…MORE

Photographer Michael Wang has an exhibit of his work at ArtXchange in Pioneer Square. Wang has been traveling Bolivia and Kenya as part of a PATH research team, a Ballard based non-profit creating sustainable, culturally relevant solutions to…MORE

The Phinney Ridge Neighborhood Association raised more than $4,000 for programs and activities at its 6th annual garden tour on Sunday, Sept. 9, when 10 homes were featured, all on 4th and 6th avenues northwest.

Host gardeners and their…MORE

Seattle Fire Department Station 18 celebrated its 100th anniversary on Sept. 19 with an open house and the Ballard community came to meet their fire fighters and equipment up close.

Fire Fighter James Rowe helped greet parents who brought…MORE

Like a Hummer on steroids, the UNICAT All-terrain vehicle can drive comfortably through almost any desert, jungle, snowstorm, or flood nature can stir up. But the 25,000 pound giant decided to plow through the tamer streets of Burien on a recent…MORE

For 25 years, West Seattle native Daniel Lilleness navigated thousands of 16-year-olds through his commercial driving school in Federal Way.

Gee Automotive, held a "Block Party" on Saturday featuring the band 'Unite', Pookie the clown, Seahawk Marcus Tubbs, free food and prizes.Gee put together a successful car business in Spokane before purchasing all of the dealerships previously…MORE

As a movie concept, the idea of a rat becoming a famous cook doesn't hold much promise. It's a counterintuitive storyline considering the rodents inhabit the opposite end of the hygiene scale from anything we would want associated with food…MORE

Summer fun in the 20th Century

By Kay F. Reinartz

While winters on Salmon Bay were, and are still, marked by lots of damp chilly weather, the summers were generally dry and sunny with light long into the evening.

Ballard,…MORE