The region’s economy could be at risk, as well as its environment and even highways if one aging chokepoint is not addressed – the Ballard Locks. Needed work on the 100-year-old facility could take ...

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 ...

Three years ago, a Washington state senator from Ferndale introduced a bill to study the costs and benefits of breaching the Ballard Locks. Republican Doug Ericksen, who died in 2021, didn’t really ...

The small lock of the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks, also known as the Ballard Locks, will close next week as a maintenance crew installs a new timber to fix a leak. The small lock will be shut down for ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will be closing the Ballard Locks to boat traffic tomorrow while crews and dive teams inspect the salmon exclusion structure, which prevents salmon from being trapped ...

Editor’s note: Pacific NW magazine’s weekly Backstory provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the writer’s process or an extra tidbit that accompanies our cover story. This week’s cover story takes a ...