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Salmon is the epicenter of the livelihoods of thousands of people in the Pacific Northwest, and therefore contention can come up surrounding the regulation of the fish. Indeed, and come this January a proposal to change how much it will cost to…MORE

On Thanksgiving morning hundreds of runners and spectators met at 9:00 a.m. at the intersection of 32nd Avenue N.W. and N.W. 85th Street in North Ballard for the 10th Annual Seattle turkey 5K Trot.

This year nearly 4,500 participants…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

The address for Greenwood’s Preserve & Gather neighborhood café is 358 NW 85th which is very confusing because its front corner is right next to the street sign for 6th NW & NW 85th. At least it was until…MORE

A serious two car motor vehicle incident around 9:15pm on the Ballard Bridge Saturday Nov. 19 sent three people to the hospital.

One person had to be extricated from the wrecked car by Seattle Fire Dept. emergency crew members. The…MORE

Hundreds of activists gathered in the parking lot of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Hiram M. Chittenden Locks facility in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle last night for a vigil to show support for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and their…MORE

Update: 2:10pm

SPD confirmed earlier this morning that what was reported to be a drug operation in the building was not actually a lab and the white powder found at the scene was not a narcotic.

"After an extensive investigation,…MORE

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials announced that they would close the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks park grounds today at 4:00 p.m. due to the anticipated gathering of more than 700 people who support the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s action…MORE

On Veteran’s Day war stories are expected. They are laced with horror, humor, courage, grief and often, modesty. “Thank you for your service,” is an automatic response. But when a fallen veteran’s sacrifice goes unnoticed, somebody has to step up…MORE

“It’s the Vietnam War bond. I felt I had an obligation to these guys to tell their stories.”     The words of Vietnam War veteran and Ballard High School alumnus, Jerry Smith, ring true for many veterans. Many of them come back from serving with…MORE

Update:

Seattle Police have confirmed a fight disturbance near the Ballard Senior Center.

They report on Twitter that there was a "large crowd, but only two injuries."

Police scanner chatter indicated that the two injured…MORE