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I have aways been pretty lucky in life. I had two great wives. My first was an amazing happenstance. I was a senior walking through a hallway in Portland's Franklin High school one day. As I passed the door of the auditorium I heard someone…MORE

Two words come to mind to describe police officer Eric Michl: dedicated and loyal.

Michl has had a long career with the Seattle Police Department and he is trusted as a voice of reason when it comes to driving under the influence.

By Peggy Sturdivant

To make a long story short: a Ballard family responded to a column I wrote entitled “Dear Santa” and this led to many good things.

The family enjoyed a delicious pancake breakfast and what seemed excessive…MORE

Thousands came out all over West Seattle on New Years Eve to see the T-Mobile fireworks show from the Space Needle. Cars jammed Harbor Ave. S.W. and people crowded into any viewpoint they could to see what was billed as the "largest number of…MORE

West Seattle will be the perfect spot to view one of the world’s largest structure-launched fireworks displays as the Space Needle presents “New Year’s at the Needle”. Typically Harbor Ave. S.W. and east facing hills and view points including…MORE

By Cindi Rinehart“I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in wood and I… I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.”

That is the last stanza of one of my…MORE

By Kyra-lin Hom

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas – if that’s your thing. If not, hopefully you had a wonderful Hannukah, Kwanzaa, and the like. Some of my friends have celebrated Aslan Day (Aslan, the lion from the Narnia series)…MORE

By Scott Anthony

So how did you do on your New Year’s Resolutions this year? Did you lose any weight? Did you kick that smoking habit and were you nicer to other people? If you are anything like me, the answer to those questions is not a…MORE

Oh do I have a history? Yes. My dad had a shovel on Russett street in Portland,Ore and used it with Irish skill. He got brother Albert to dig a big garden in our back yard when Albert was not busy as a caddy at Columbia Country Club, not far from…MORE

Oh do I have a history? Yes. My dad had a shovel on Russett street in Portland,Ore and used it with Irish skill. He got brother Albert to dig a big garden in our back yard when Albert was not busy as a caddy at Columbia Country Club, not far from…MORE