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The twelfth annual Stories of the Sea/Fisher Poetry Slam will take place at the Highliner Pub & Grill tonight.

Presented in cooperation with Pacific Marine Expo, the Stories of the Sea contest is part of the Seattle Maritime Festival…MORE

The Seattle Department of Transportation has once again signed off on the updated design for the "Missing Link" stretch of the Burke Gilman Trail.

In February King County Superior Court Judge Rogers sent the designs for the completion of…MORE

The Ballard High School DECA club travelled to Salt Lake City to compete in the 66th annual International Career Development Conference earlier this month.

DECA is a non-profit student organization that prepares emerging leaders and…MORE

Chef Don Curtiss and Managing Partner Michelle Quisenberry, the duo behind Ballard Avenue's Volterra restaurant are opening a second location in Kirkland, Wash.

The new 2,500 square feet eastside location is scheduled to open this fall.…MORE

People shopping at Fred Meyer or passing by Shilshole Avenue N.W. on Sunday evening got a rare glimpse of a Ballard Terminal Rail Road locomotive. The train whistled as it went by and people quickly whipped out there camera phones to snap the…MORE

Swedish Medical Center in Ballard has 470 employees, 162 of whom are registered nurses. They are some of the first people we see when we visit the hospital and the ones we spend the most time with. From changing bed pans to helping mothers birth…MORE

Saturday is Cinco de Mayo and here are some ideas on where in Ballard to celebrate this day:

Bad Albert’s Tap & Grill – 5100 Ballard Ave NW From 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Bad Albert’s will host live music and much dancing. Ed Taylor Band and…MORE

Seattle Department of Transportation reports that over the next two weekends, the intersection of Greenwood Avenue N and N 85th Street will be closed to repay the road.

This work will close the intersection to traffic in all directions…MORE

By Ana Sofia Knauf, UW News Lab

Northwest Folklife will hold its fifth annual preview party tonight at the Tractor Tavern. Country and folk acts Big Sur, Denver, and the Annie Ford Band will kick off the evening starting at 8 p.m. to give…MORE

Lace up your walking shoes and brush up on your Norwegian. Seattle Parks and Recreation’s Sound Steps Program and the Seattle-Bergen Sister City Association are co-sponsoring the 9th Annual Seven Hills Walk on Saturday, May 19.

This free…MORE