King County Metro's new summer Golden Gardens Direct route will run every 30 minutes between Ballard and Golden Gardens Park starting June 27.

Councilmember Dan Strauss says a court ruling against the owner of the ship Albert will reopen a Ballard public pier after years of blocked access.

A press briefing this week with CEO Dow Constantine clearly sought to assuage concerns that Sound Transit wouldn't be able to get all the way to Ballard. With a six- or seven-year "runway" to close a $9 to $11 billion gap, the pressure is clearly on to follow through on that commitment.

A beaver was spotted near the fish ladder at the Ballard Locks on Tuesday.

The Ballard Farmers Market will host its 4th annual Pride Celebration Day on June 14, featuring a market walk and drag show.

SDOT has released its 60% design for the Burke-Gilman Missing Link route through Ballard and is seeking feedback through June 29.

Councilmember Dan Strauss says the fight for Ballard light rail continues after Sound Transit approved a plan that leaves funding to Ballard unresolved.

The project to beautify the Brewery District is now complete, when a group of artists was commissioned to paint murals in locations around Ballard.

The Sound Transit board voted to approve a new “affordable” light rail plan on Thursday afternoon that indefinitely defers construction of light rail to Ballard, builds rail to West Seattle without a planned station on SW Avalon Way, and adds the long-deferred Graham Street Station back to the list of “fully funded” projects.

The Ballard Commons spray park is one of 12 spray parks across Seattle that reopened on May 23.

Ballard Light Rail is facing its biggest threat yet. Despite the fact the Ballard Link Extension is projected to serve as many as 148,000 people daily, the most riders of any project in Sound Transit history, the agency is considering postponing the project indefinitely to address its long-term budget issues.

Ballard resident Chris Mills created Sea Lion Radio, a streaming station of recordings of the sea lions that gather along the waterfront each winter.

Mark Zuckerberg's superyacht cruised through the Ballard Locks on Tuesday, the same day that Meta announced 1,400 job cuts in Washington state.

Councilmember Dan Strauss is proposing amendments ahead of Sound Transit Board vote that could indefinitely delay the Ballard Link Extension.

Dan Strauss says a new Sound Transit proposal still lacks funding to extend light rail to Ballard despite recent pledges to complete the project.

Five Ballard bookstores are teaming up for the inaugural Ballard Book Crawl May 22-24, featuring bookstore events, giveaways, and prizes.

Several Sound Transit board members said this week that they remain committed to completing the Ballard and West Seattle light rail extensions, even as the projects face sharply rising costs and a nearly $35 billion agency budget gap. During a transit town hall hosted on Tuesday by the Transportation Choices…

The annual flower planters are coming back to Ballard this spring. The flower planter project, organized by the Ballard Alliance in 2024, is entering its third year. It's part of the organization's Neighborhood Beautification efforts, which also commissioned artists to paint utility boxes around downtown Ballard a few years back.…

Brewery District Mural Week will feature five murals across Ballard and conclude with an artist market and open house at the Firestone Project.

Councilmember Dan Strauss is hosting a community meeting with Sound Transit on May 11 to discuss the future of light rail service to Ballard.