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Forty-eight antique wooden horses are the new attraction at the Woodland Park Zoo when a historic carousel opens on July 22.

The Philadelphia Toboggan Company was commissioned to build the carousel and horses for the Cincinnati Zoo in 1918…MORE

Safe and natural yard care is a concept that Seattle has embraced, placing it ahead of many cities across the nation.

Krista Nelson has learned the importance of community service and her work at the Ballard Boys and Girls Club has earned her the 2006 Spring Youth of the Quarter honor..

The fifteen-year-old joined other awardees at a King County Boys and…MORE

Under Washington State laws students at any age can get advice about reproductive services and receive birth control pills without parental consent at a teen health center at Ballard High School and other schools in King County. The health…MORE

Safe and natural yard care is a concept that Seattle has embraced, placing it ahead of many cities across the nation.

It's that wonderful time of year again when West Seattleites of all ages come out of the woodwork and spill onto the Junction streets for three fun-filled days of shopping, feasting, mingling with neighbors and toe tapping to tunes.

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If you shop at McClendon Hardware in White Center, you probably already have met the Duchess. She has been a cashier there for nine years.

Duchess is her nickname but her real name is Vida Rayfield and she hails from Chimacum but now lives…MORE

The Nordic Heritage Museum has completed a $5.1 million deal to purchase the Fenpro Building on Market Street to build a larger and more modern facility to meet its growing needs.

This is the prime location the museum Board of Directors…MORE

The Ballard High School Foundation Art Committee dedicated a new painting by T. Michael Gardiner, while introducing a number of other new acquisitions on June 28.

Artwork by Archie Graber, Margaret Harding and Willard Parker were also seen…MORE

Over 14,000 people participated in the 2006 Komen Puget Sound Race on June 17 and Ballard resident Linda Stroud, a breast cancer survivor, was singled out as the Honorary Team New Balance Member

"I was very surprised and pleased," Stroud…MORE