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by Pat Cashman

Valentine’s Day is named for a man: Saint Valentine. That was his name. Valentine. When he was a kid, he got beat up a lot.

He wasn’t Saint Valentine at first, of course. He would have gotten beaten up…MORE

by Kathryn Kingen

It's three o'clock and I am working at my computer. I hear a soft voice calling, "chocolate." A little louder it repeats itself, "choooocolaaaaate." No, go away I say, I'm trying to be good. "But chocolate is good," the…MORE

by Chef Jeremy McLachlan It seems that nowadays the check-out aisle in your local grocery store is inundated with different flavored chocolates. The traditional breath mints, People magazines and candy bars are getting shoved aside by high-end…MORE

At the end of 2014 Seattle Police department announced they will be conducting a yearlong pilot study to test body cameras worn by officers. A dozen East Precinct officers wear the cameras, and what the study finds could set the standard for…MORE

By Katy Wilkens, MS, RD Nutrition and fitness manager, Northwest Kidney Centers

There is nothing quite so pleasant as a mug of soup on a cold winter’s day. Homemade is much better than most canned soups, or those in boxes, or soup from a…MORE

Lafayette Elementary students parterned with the Admiral Menchie’s frozen yogurt outlet for the annual Walk-A-Thon this year. Menchie's pledged to treat any student raising over $200 to a day-time Menchie’s party.

Over 120 students…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

“Those folks are all gone,” a friend still working with the Nordic Heritage Museum’s Oral History project told me recently. Evidently “Voices of Ballard: Immigrant Stories from the Vanishing Generation” was aptly titled…MORE

Seattle has a brand new “green” fire station that is ranked the best in the Washington State in environmental efficiency measures.

Fire Station 20 meets the 2015 energy reduction guidelines of the Architecture 2030 challenge, and its…MORE

Burien Arts Gallery is seeking to host several shows focusing on the topical and timeless fine art of the print.  Submit four (4) images of works created in the past two years.

All works that include some type of fine art printmaking…MORE

by Pat Cashman

One of the big news stories in recent weeks---and I know because all the network newscasts lead with it---was the alarming return of measles. People figure it’s a long-gone malady---like the black plague, smallpox and…MORE