The Ballard Chamber of Commerce is calling the City of Seattle’s plans for its neighborhood “disappointing,” after it failed to reach a compromise over a controversial homeless camp.

Fencing went up to keep a homeless camp from taking hold in the parking lot of a now-shuttered retail store, but that hasn't kept the tents out of Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood.

Tacos La Cuadra took Seattle by storm last summer with its Mexico City-style pop-ups. Now, the team behind that roving taco tent has put down roots in Ballard.

The Seattle City Council voted unanimously for a final 2013 budget this morning, making a number of revisions to the budget proposed by Mayor Mike McGinn in September. Those revisions include ...

February 24, 2025 Executive order seeks to expedite Ballard, West Seattle light rail A new city office will be created to oversee the project.