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It looks like Golden Gardens has become HQ for the local anti-coal folks.

On Monday, April 22, 1:30 p.m. at Golden Gardens, Mayor Mike McGinn and other elected officials from city governments and tribal nations across the Pacific Northwest…MORE

Upadate, April 24

We just received a full report from the Seattle Fire Department. Read it below:

"A Seattle Fire Investigator determined a North Seattle House Fire was an accidental fire. The most likely cause was determined to be…MORE

Update, April 24

According to the Associated Press, House Democrats have dropped the beer tax expansion.

AP reports, "Democratic Rep. Reuven Carlyle, one of the chamber’s budget writers, said the tax might have been subjected to a…MORE

Update

Seattle Police put up their report on SPD Blotter about the Ballard Corners Park explosion fiasco.

First, they explain a bit of background. Since the tragic marathon bombing in Boston on Monday, apparently Seattle Police…MORE

Press release from King County Executive Dow Constantine. Read our in-depth report on when police fatally shot mentally ill, 21-year-old Jack Sun Keewatinawin here.

King County Executive Dow Constantine today ordered an inquest into the…MORE

In response to the still-developing tragedy with at least two dead and scores wounded when bombs were detonated at the Boston Marathon finish line today, Seattle Police issued the following statement with regards to increased security locally:…MORE

By Pete Treperinas

Look for some of Ballard’s homeless people on 17th Ave NW and NW 56th St at the end of April. They won’t be asking for money and they won’t be sleeping outside. They’ll be residents.

Ballard is the destination…MORE

As construction of the Ballard Lofts apartments approaches, 2 and 1/2 Happy Barbers has left Ballard for a new spot in Ravenna, on the corner of NE 65th and Ravenna Blvd (502 NE 65th). According to the sign, it's a 10-minute drive East.

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A tragic event took place yesterday at the QFC on Holman Rd: a Lays-Doritos delivery truck driver accidentally ran over a man in his 30s, pinning him in between the truck and the loading dock. The man, who appeared homeless, according to KOMO…MORE

Another piece of Old Ballard is fading away as the Nielson Bros. Carpets building (2031 NW 56th St), is being torn down.

Nielson Bros., which closed down back in December, 2012, had been in Ballard since 1946.

In it's place? Street…MORE