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Seattle residents Cheryl and Bill Gossman donated $1 million toward the establishment of the Gossman Center for Advanced Pediatric and Perinatal Simulation during the Swedish Medical Center's Annual Gala Dinner on March 24. It will be the…MORE

The upcoming Ballard Jazz Festival features an extensive lineup of performances by local, national and international artists and runs from April 25 to 28 in different venues.

The main stage concert at Mars Hill Church, 1401 N.W. Leary Way…MORE

Three remote villages in Ethiopia now have clean water to drink thanks to the efforts of Ballardites Judith Sanderman and her husband Dennis Wilkins.

The couple has collected donations to buy school supplies, as well as build wells as part…MORE

Sitting in front of her television, Chris Arace has always been good at solving the puzzles on the "Wheel of Fortune." When she finally appeared as a contestant on March 28, she won $49,000.

"I've always been good at it. I yell at the…MORE

The older sister minces her way over 5,000 meters of cross country terrain. The younger sister swallows meters at a time over 800 meters of track. With disparate stride and strength, each Johnson sister nevertheless lit up her respective West…MORE

For 10 years the Ballard Chamber of Commerce has presented the monthly Ballard Art Walk which has attracted thousands of visitors annually for a walking tour that brings together area artists, studios, galleries, restaurants, merchants and…MORE

A three-month-old female Sumatran tiger cub needs a name and the public is invited pick her name. The Malay-Indonesian names reflect the endangered tiger's native habitat: Hadish, or "gift;" Senang, "happy;" Sendiri, "single;" Berani, "courageous…MORE

Aromas of buttery brioche waft out the doors and into the Junction. Locals beam as they fill up their bike baskets with fresh-baked baguette and happily ride away to their first spring picnic.

I am lately persuaded that the fifth horseman of the apocalypse drives a small Japanese pickup truck.

They are the nightmare image of the cable-news age, these battered vehicles, packed with men and small boys armed to the teeth and…MORE

The small locks at the Ballard Locks are closed through Friday at 6 p.m. for it's yearly general maintenance. Crews drained the small lock and worked on the upstream service gate miter bars. The small lock can handle vessels up to 25 feet wide…MORE