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The tragic shootings that have dominated headlines and led to a renewed national debate over gun control have prompted the first area gun buy back program in 20 years. In a partnership effort between the City of Seattle and King County an event,…MORE

Get your Ballard fix this Wednesday, Jan. 9 at this month's Ballard District Council.

Bringing in the new year will be proposed Neighborhood Street Fund projects; an introduction of our newest representative in the 36th District, Gael…MORE

For those who know how intimidating and downright scary crossing Leary Ave NW can be, it might be comforting to know that a new signal was installed last week over the crosswalk in front of Ballard Landmark, the building that houses retirees.…MORE

If there's one thing that Ballard is good at, it's polluting the Puget Sound.

It’s the grim picture painted by statistics for combined sewer overflows in the month of November, a month which brought a whopping 8.28 inches in rainfall at…MORE

The owner of the Ballard Smoke Shop (5439 Ballard Ave NW), Anastasios "Tommy" Economou, passed away recently. His daughter said he had been "healthy as a horse" when he came down with the flu, which eventually turned into pneumonia.

As for…MORE

You might have seen the sirens and the smoke yesterday at Jensen's Smokehouse in Greenwood.

At 12:04 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 2, someone put in a 911 call reporting a fire at the Smokehouse's two-story business located at 10500 block of…MORE

Got a gun? Don't shoot it. Not even to celebrate the new year.

So says King County Sheriff John Urquhart. A shooter can be charged with Reckless Endangerment, which can land a person in jail for up to 364 das and imposed a fine of up to $5…MORE

Another day, another episode in the Missing Link saga.

Yesterday, Mayor Mike McGinn held a press conference with City Councilman Tom Rasmussen and Seattle Department of Transportation officials to announce upcoming road safety improvements…MORE

In order to better engage the community about Phase II of a work-in-progress road-side rain garden project -- meant to mitigate combined sewer overflow -- Seattle Public Utilities is sending out a survey to Ballard residents to gather feedback.…MORE

We reported on a letter exchange Monday, Dec. 16 where members of the Ballard District Council felt that Seattle Public Utilities was not doing all they could to collaborate and consult with the community.

Representatives of Seattle Public…MORE