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This Saturday, July 29th, the Seattle Emergency Hubs will host a citywide drill.

The King County Sheriff’s Office Special Operations Section is hosting a multi-agency training drill Wednesday afternoon in Puget Sound between Harbor Island and Discovery Park.

What happens to Puget Sound communities once a 20 to 30 minute ferry to downtown Seattle is offered? Well, Bremerton, Kingston and Southworth are about to find out as Kitsap County unveiled the first of three fast ferries…MORE

Coming up on Saturday July 22 and Sunday July 23  you have your choice of events to attend or race around to be part of them all though that would take some doing.

Local nonprofit WestSide Baby will be making a fun difference to the lives of local babies in need at their upcoming Stuff the Bus Bash, celebrating the closing weeks of Seattle’s largest diaper drive.

The Woodland Park Zoo announced last week that a neonatal exam revealed the new baby giraffe born June 20 is a female.

The calf was born to first-time mother, Tufani, 8, and like her mother, she’s tall standing at 5 feet 9 inches and…MORE

Edward John Jacobsen, a longtime citizen of Ballard died of cancer on May 3, 2017.  Also known as "Bus", he died at home just 50 feet from where he was born on June 28, 1922, on property owned by the family since 1918. Ed is predeceased by his…MORE

Douglas L. Perske, 67, of Seattle passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 20, 2017 in Lynnwood, Washington. Born in Seattle, Washington on June 17, 1949, to Douglas W. and Laverne E. Perske, Doug grew up in Ballard. Doug graduated from Ballard…MORE

For many Seattle locals what comes to mind when they think of the Fremont Solstice Parade is a procession of naked bodies painted in a mosaic of colors leading the parade on bicycles.

Yes, that is a central thrust of the spectacle making…MORE

Seattle Police have arrested an 18-year-old man connected to a homicide that occurred last night in Ballard.

Police were dispatched to an address near the 300 block of NW 47th Street around 9:30 p.m. after a family member found a 55-year-…MORE