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Improvements are coming to the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks Fish Ladder thanks to a $400,000 grant awarded to Discover Your Northwest and The Corps Foundation.

The grant was presented to Corps and Discover Your Northwest representatives…MORE

Amazon announced last week the opening of their new AmazonFresh Pickup grocery location at 5100 15th Ave. N.W. in Ballard, and with the opening some Ballardites are showing support while others are showing bewilderment.

The store allows…MORE

Before last February Ballard resident, Rudy Pantoja Jr. a.k.a. “Hugh Mungus” never thought he’d run for City Council, but after becoming an internet viral meme and supporters giving him a hand, Pantoja has his sights on grabbing the at-large City…MORE

Ballard High School filmmakers are being recognized on an international level with three short films by twelve students in the Digital Filmmaking Program winning honors at the Dominisque Dunne Film Competition in Colorado Springs.

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Plans for a new hotel in Ballard are drawing the attention of Balladites and details for what the new six-story hotel on Leary Avenue will look like were revealed at a recent design guidance meeting; plans show the building aspect will be keeping…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant Contrary to one attendees’ misinformation the press had not been excluded from the 36th District’s Town Hall at Sons of Norway on Saturday, March 11, 2017. So when I learned mid-meeting that News Reporter Shane Harms had not…MORE

A coalition of Ballard business owners, labor leaders and community activists are voicing opposition to Mayor Ed Murray’s recent announcement for a framework for completing the ‘missing link” -- the gap in the Burke Gilman Trail in Ballard.

Customers visiting (Lux) Pot Shop (4912 17th Ave NW), formerly known as Stash Pot Shop, will notice that their doors will be closed for 15 days starting March 13 after they failed a compliance check.

The pot shop announced last week that…MORE

There are reports of a truck being stuck under the Ballard bridge at Leary Way and 15th Avenue Northwest.

Moving under the bridge it appears the truck took the corner too closely and jumped a curb, wedging itself under the bridge.

Information provided by Seattle Police Department

A 19-year-old lifeguard at the Ballard Pool was arrested Monday after staff discovered he had set up a cell phone to record video inside an employee locker room.

Police were called…MORE