Opinion

By Kyra-lin Hom

When writing a column, I strive to keep with issues I feel strongly about. After all, if I'm to write an opinion column, it helps me to actually have that opinion. The downside is that I often feel like a one-woman doom…MORE

By Jennifer D. Munro

I know not much about Scandihoovia, although my great-grandmother was a full-blooded Norwegian. It’s no coincidence that this makes me at least 12.5 percent Norweirdish, since I also consider 12.5 percent to be an…MORE

Interested in serving your community? If so, you might consider applying for the vacancy on the Valley View Sewer District’s Board of Commissioners.

Of course, you do need to be a registered voter and live in the sewer district. But you…MORE

Jim Hughes was at the wheel of his Red 2003 Buick 4-door sedan on the afternoon of Jan. 13 on Southwest 128th Street, just west of Des Moines Way South. That is all he remembers of that winter day.

The official report tells the tale:"64-…MORE

For our 24th, we chose fire. On our milestone 25th, we went with ice.

Because we couldn’t wait another year, we flew to the volcano-infused islands of Hawaii in 2012 to mark our wedding anniversary. This year, we headed north to Alaska on…MORE

Kyra-lin Hom

Before anything else, I need to make a correction to last week's column. Based on the statistics that currently 1 in 5 high school-age boys and 1 in 11 high school-age girls in the US are medically diagnosed with ADHD, I said…MORE

Last week I stood on Pennsylvania Avenue, in the other Washington, and read the front pages of a newspaper from every state, plus ten from abroad. Washington, D.C. streets are on a grid, like in Ballard, with the exception of diagonal streets…MORE

By Kyra-lin Hom

I recently peer reviewed a classmate's statistics paper on ADHD. Her son had been exhibiting hyperactive traits. So she decided to look at the rates of ADHD diagnosis in children and the various treatments proscribed in…MORE

The letters went out in January. Seventy-two letters from the Ballard Historical Society informing homeowners their house had been nominated to be part of the 2013 Ballard Historical Society Classic Homes Tour. After that preparations really…MORE

By Marjorie Young

I recently returned from Switzerland to visit my ‘second family.’ It was a memorable trip many reasons…including an unforgettable sojourn to a reputedly ‘haunted’ manor. My friend’s friend, ‘Alain’ and his relatives have…MORE