Running in Ballard just got a whole lot better because the Ballard High School Foundation is launching its first annual Bernie’s Automotive’s Running of the Beavers 5K event to benefit Ballard High School.
April Fools Day, April 1, marks…MORE
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Developer reneges on 400-unit parking lot at Eagle’s site, plans for hotel
Mon, 02/27/17
The plans to build a parking lot at a once Fraternal Order of Eagles commercial property have now changed, and what’s going up in its place is a five-story hotel.
The property at 5244 Leary Ave N.W. was once owned by the Salmon Bay Aerie…MORE
Industrial heavies speak out against SDOT dropping alternative BGT routes, City responds
Wed, 02/22/17
Steps toward a decision for how the Missing Link of the Burke-Gilman Trail will evolve were made last week with the Seattle Department of Transportation narrowing the route choice to Shilshole Avenue in Ballard.
The move was made in a…MORE
City sweeps ‘Ballard Jungle,’ relocates 12 campers
Wed, 02/22/17
After numerous complaints the City conducted a sweep and cleanup on Feb. 9 at an area outside the Ballard Locks known in some circles as the “Ballard Jungle.”
The site is located along a an easement and embankment on the west side of the…MORE
State of the City: Homelessness Response Consolidated Action Plan
Tue, 02/21/17
Mayor Ed Murray will be temporarily activating the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) to accelerate and coordinate our response to the homelessness crisis in Seattle.
Led by Director of City Operations Fred Podesta, activating the EOC will…MORE
Contention over row house setbacks mounts on N.W. 60th Street
Wed, 02/15/17
Ballard resident, Whitney Holody, never thought 14 inches would separate her from a her future neighbor’s home, but with construction of a new row house beginning next door the reality of not being to reach an entire side of her house looms.…MORE
Problems at plant lead to more waste water in Puget Sound
Wed, 02/15/17
After more rains inundating the West Point Sewage Treatment Plant, millions of gallons of raw sewage are flooding into Puget Sound.
King County officials said that the treatment plant is currently operating at 50 percent of its normal…MORE
Washington’s basic driver’s license fails federal REAL ID requirements
Tue, 02/14/17
By Tim Gruver WNPA Olympia News Bureau
Your driver’s license might not fly with airport security in less than a year’s time if the state fails to meet federal identification and travel laws.
Enacted by Congress in 2005, the REAL ID…MORE
West Point Treatment Plant dumping millions of gallons of waste water in Puget Sound
Thu, 02/09/17
Millions of gallons of untreated wastewater are dumping into Puget Sound after an equipment failure at the King County West Point Treatment Plant in the Magnolia.
County officials said this morning that the equipment shutdown combined…MORE
Otter pups have ‘healthy bill’ at Woodland Park Zoo
Mon, 02/06/17
The Woodland Park Zoo announced Feb. 3 that the four otter pups born at the zoo received their first veterinary examination and that the pups have a “clean bill of health.”
The pups underwent the Zoo’s standard examination, which included…MORE
