It's a dark day for Seattle jokesters, as the iconic Archie McPhee close their Ballard storefront door after ten years of selling fake poop and punching nuns. more ›

• MyBallard has the exclusive: the beloved Archie McPhee's is leaving Ballard.
• While normally a sentence with puppies can be nothing but delightful, Lights & Sirens managed to write one that is the absolute opposite: "Parkland man who was mauled by puppies dies."
• Coyotes are not your cat's friend. Sadly, Capitol Hill Seattle has reported the death of another adored pet by coyotes on the hill to remind us.