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The National Weather Service has announced an Excessive Heat Warning for the next four days and urges people to take precautions.

By Lindsay Peyton

What would you do – and where would you go – in the aftermath of a major disaster?

Night Out is a national event promoted in Seattle by Seattle Police Department Crime Prevention.

This Saturday, July 29th, the Seattle Emergency Hubs will host a citywide drill.

The King County Sheriff’s Office Special Operations Section is hosting a multi-agency training drill Wednesday afternoon in Puget Sound between Harbor Island and Discovery Park.

What happens to Puget Sound communities once a 20 to 30 minute ferry to downtown Seattle is offered? Well, Bremerton, Kingston and Southworth are about to find out as Kitsap County unveiled the first of three fast ferries…MORE

Coming up on Saturday July 22 and Sunday July 23  you have your choice of events to attend or race around to be part of them all though that would take some doing.

Local nonprofit WestSide Baby will be making a fun difference to the lives of local babies in need at their upcoming Stuff the Bus Bash, celebrating the closing weeks of Seattle’s largest diaper drive.

The Woodland Park Zoo announced last week that a neonatal exam revealed the new baby giraffe born June 20 is a female.

The calf was born to first-time mother, Tufani, 8, and like her mother, she’s tall standing at 5 feet 9 inches and…MORE

Edward John Jacobsen, a longtime citizen of Ballard died of cancer on May 3, 2017.  Also known as "Bus", he died at home just 50 feet from where he was born on June 28, 1922, on property owned by the family since 1918. Ed is predeceased by his…MORE