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Late Tuesday night a car lost control at Fremont Place North and 35th Street North and crashed into the north side of 9 Million Unmarked Bills, a cocktail bar in Fremont.

The crash occurred at approximately 10 p.m. Bystanders reported on…MORE

A recent letter to the editor discussed a cannabis shop opening in the Ballard Avenue Historic District. Readers may have thought the idea to be erroneous considering that the Seattle Municipal prohibits recreational and medical cannabis shops in…MORE

Last week the Associated Press released a report that revealed most shrimp eating Americans have been consuming a product processed and cleaned by slaves in Thailand.

AP reported that slaves are imprisoned by their captors and forced to…MORE

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray announced today that the City of Seattle has reached a tentative agreement on general contract terms with the Coalition of City Unions, which represents the largest group of represented City employees.

Among other…MORE

2016 brings some significant changes to the leadership and organizational structure of the Department of Planning and Development (DPD). After 38 years with the City and 14 as director of DPD, Diane Sugimura will be retiring. At the same time,…MORE

North Seattle’s Boy Scout Troop 100 has started their annual tree sale at St. Alphonsus Church in Ballard, continuing a tradition that goes back over 60 years in the Ballard community. In fact, this fall Troop 100 will be celebrating their 75th…MORE

Seattle Department of Transportation has done a new study that qualified an area in Central Ballard to one day be designated as a Restricted Parking Zone.

The Central Ballard Residents Association sent Seattle Department of Transportation…MORE

Metropolitan King County Council Chair Larry Phillips is calling the agreement announced in Paris at the end of the COP21 climate summit, a game changing document in the effort to reduce the impacts of global warming.

“On Saturday,…MORE

The Seattle City Council today adopted a resolution in support of Seattle’s Muslim community and speaking out against the rise in hateful rhetoric and violence targeting Muslims.

“We must never allow a religious test for families seeking…MORE

Four Ballard High School student filmmakers have won Cinematic Arts awards from the National YoungArts Foundation – tying the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA) for the most winners from a single school.

Ballard students…MORE