Ballard News

The East Ballard Community Association will be hosting a kickoff for the 14th Avenue Northwest planter project from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Dec.

The new head of Seattle Public Utilities under Mayor-elect Mike McGinn will be Ray Hoffman, who has held the position as a caretaker under Mayor Greg Nickels.

Long list of awesome holiday events for The Weekend Before Christmas - and here's one where you can combine giving and receiving: The Holiday Giving Tree and Feast event 6-8 pm tomorrow at Hiawatha Community Center .

ORIGINAL 10:16 AM REPORT : Just announced by Seattle Police at SPDBlotter : Ryan Cox was arrested this morning by Southwest Precinct detectives near the intersection of 44th Avenue SW and SW Alaska Street.

A two-month-old infant is in serious condition after being ejected from a vehicle involved in a rear-end collision.

A Kenyon Christmas Kenyon Hall 7904 35th Ave S.W. 206-937-3613 December 18 and 19, 7:30 p.m. soprano Connie Corrick, tenor Aaron Shanks, dance troupe Balarico, and a special appearance by The Nashville Nightingale, all accompanied by host Lou Magor.

Seattle's new mayor come January, Mike McGinn, a former Sierra Club activist, withdrew his campaign threat to veto the highway tunnel planned to replace the Alaska Way Viaduct.

The man accused of killing a Seattle police officer has pleaded not guilty to aggravated murder, attempted murder and arson charges.

Police have charged a 22-year-old man with the murder of Max Gasoi in Seattle's First Hill neighborhood on Nov.

Less than an hour ago, the Christmas Ship , with Northwest Girlchoir Vivace on board, serenaded a goodnatured crowd along the shore at Seacrest: It'll be back later with Canterbury Belles on board, 8:50 pm at Lowman Beach , 9:40 pm at Alki.

It usually goes something like this: Seattle gets a little snow. It gradually turns to slush, then it freezes and voila! Road ice! In this case, we've had several days of sub-freezing temperatures but it's been amazingly dry; no rain since November 30.

Police are searching for a rapist who attacked a medical worker inside a Seattle parking garage Friday morning.

Architect Roger Patten has a dream - " to save Washington and Seattle $1.8 billion.

Seattle Children's Hospital on Sand Point Way is offering H1N1 swine flu vaccinations to all children between 6 months and 18 years old on Saturday.

A Seattle police officer suffered minor injuries in a collision early Thursday in the city's Capitol Hill neighborhood.

Port of Seattle officials canceled a Tuesday holiday party for union members and Port customers because a restaurant-workers union planned to picket the nonunion caterer hired for the event.

Outgoing Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels, who became a national leader on climate change issues during his two terms, on Tuesday announced that the city's greenhouse gas emissions last year were 7 percent below 1990 levels.

Summary We haven't had any snow in Seattle yet, but city workers are out there with anti-icing chemicals just to make sure you don't hit any slick spots.

A pedestrian was struck and killed early Sunday in Belltown by a motorist who then drove off, going the wrong way down a one-way street.

We've got a lot of checking to do when our Parks and Police contacts are back in the office tomorrow, but in the meantime, for late-night news checkers, a short update on this weekend's developments in the case of the missing totem pole.