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Today Mayor Ed Murray introduced legislation that would require all City-controlled and privately operated places of public accommodation to designate existing or future single-occupant restrooms as all-gender facilities. All existing City-…MORE

Some neighbors of a new music venue in Ballard are complaining that the loud music won't let them rest at night.

KIRO TV recently reported that the neighbors of the Ballard Substation at 645 NW 45th St. have filed complaints for loud…MORE

Last weekend thousands of eager Seattleites went to Fremont for the annual Fremont Solstice Fair to celebrate the start of summer.

On Saturday June 20, spectators lined the streets as naked and painted bicyclists cruised North 36th Street…MORE

Today in San Francisco, the nation’s mayors called on the federal government to find a workable solution that allows Somali families living in the United States to once again send money to friends and relatives still living in the Horn of Africa…MORE

An Ohio man and life-long fan of Jacque Cousteau wants to establish a historic marker at Pacific Fishermen Shipyard to recognize the place where Cousteau’s iconic ship, Calypso, was built.

Earlier this month, Alan Bundy of Cleveland…MORE

Two computers taken from apartment

Two Ballard people are missing laptops after a burglar managed to break into their apartment on the 1400 block of NW 64th Street on June 14. The complainants told officers that they left their apartment…MORE

Residents are invited to build a free disaster preparedness starter kit, as well as learn other ways to keep themselves and their families safe in a disaster, at the Fremont Fair this Saturday, June 20.

Points of Light, the world’s largest…MORE

The Western Washington Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists has awarded Ballard writer, Peggy Sturdivant, the second place honor for excellence in journalism for a column in a weekly paper.

For over 20 years the SPJ has…MORE

If your neighborhood needs funding to participate in the 31st Annual Night Out on August 4, the Neighborhood Matching Fund may be able to help. However, you’ll need to apply now to its Small Sparks Fund because the deadline is Monday, June 22 at…MORE

Officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency met environmental groups and activists at Fremont Brewery on June 1 to toast changes to the Clean Water Act.

The Obama Administration released the Clean Water Rule last May, and…MORE