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Jim Vatn is Ballard through and through. He has lived in Ballard for all of his 65 years – graduating Ballard High School in 1962 – and in that time he has seemingly put the energy of a dozen men into improving and celebrating the community.…MORE

In times like these personal responsibility really matters. People have to take the initiative to make things happen, work hard and try to make ends meet. Gary Ashton is that kind of person.

Ashton has a one man business and most of the…MORE

After 80 years, award winning environmental writer Emily Ungerecht Horswill, 88, has finally seen her life’s work come to fruition with the release of her historical novel, “Follow the Hawk,” which she started at just 8 years old.

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Kelsey Waldon, a Chief Sealth High School junior, is participating in a week-long motherhood project in her child development class.

"It's to teach us about the responsibilities of a parent, to think before you act," said Waldon.

A man plays volleyball with his pal Wilson by the Alki Statue of Liberty on another sunny day by the beach Thursday, June 11.

When I moved to Ballard, the first thing that I looked for was the library. What can I say? I’m a voracious reader.

When I found it, I realized that Seattle was a city with very different priorities. The Ballard Public Library is not just…MORE

For Jessie Summa-Kusiak, opening a live music venue has always been a dream. So after eight years working as a design manager for Amazon, Summa-Kusiak left the corporate world in 2006 to open the Skylark Club and Café in West Seattle’s north…MORE

Bruce, who has been using Personal Safety Nets® tools since we met last year, wrote to us recently from his home in New York City.

"New York is a cold, hard and uncaring city, right? I live in a building with 19 floors and, perhaps, 300…MORE

KRAM Improv presents CSI: Seattle – Crime Scene Improv, a fast-paced improvised crime comedy about a team of investigators who use both bleeding-edge science and old-fashioned police know-how to solve crimes.

The show is this Thursday and…MORE

Live Girls! theater, located in downtown Ballard on Northwest Market Street, is excited to present Vrooommm! A NAScomedy,  a super charged spoof of America’s fastest sport!

An all female cast portrays the all-male universe of NASCAR…MORE