THERE ARE PLENTY of reasons to go to the Hiram M. Chittenden (Ballard) Locks. Fans of civil engineering can marvel at the infrastructural feat of the Locks themselves, a massive complex spanning the ...

Named after an engineer who played a key role in their development, the Chittenden Locks are the busiest in the country, with as many as 50,000 vessels passing through each year. Locals typically call ...

Seattle would be a different city without the Ballard Locks and the ship canal, massive feats of engineering that connected Lake Washington to Puget Sound. This week we share with you an edited ...

The Ballard Locks are one of the latest victims of the federal government’s record-breaking shutdown. While the locks themselves will continue to operate, you won’t be able to watch salmon swim ...

The U.S. Coast Guard and Washington Department of Ecology responded Thursday to a diesel spill in Salmon Bay after the Army Corps of Engineers detected a strong odor near the Ballard Locks. Petty ...

Take care next spring when you cool your toes in the shallow water on Lake Washington's gravelly shores -- you're traipsing around key habitat for endangered salmon. Yesterday scientists working for ...