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The West Seattle High Special Olympics teams will be at Husky Deli this Saturday from 1-4pm gto raise money for their Special Olympics Polar Plunge team.

The plunge event itself is set for Feb. 9. (see below for more info).

If you…MORE

On Saturday, Feb. 23, the Chess Mates Foundation will hold a West Seattle Chess Tournament at Schmitz Park Elementary (5000 S.W. Spokane St.).

Here are the details:

Awards: Team (top 4), individual, and grade trophies

First…MORE

Mike's Chili Parlor was featured in the national spotlight before, on Food Networks "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives"

Who can resist Mike's chili? Apparently not America.

Once again the quaint chili parlor nestled on the side of Ballard…MORE

If its one thing everyone should love, it's the Ballard Food Bank and the buskers who play their butts off outside at the Farmers Market (especially during these cold months!).

Well, those two things will be coming together on Saturday,…MORE

Mason, a Bull Mastiff, is happily at home with Mark Haller and his fiancé Martha Fletcher both of whom are residents of West Seattle for the past three months.

"Mason was a rescue dog," said Haller. "We were looking for a dog for the both…MORE

According to lore, the archaic form of Neapolitan-style pizza started in Naples, Italy in the 16th century. It was a peasant food cooked quickly in insanely-hot wood-fired stoves, with a diversity of ingredients slapped onto flatbread and sold…MORE

By Dusty Henry

“Mama” is a heartfelt film about the joys and blessings that come from raising feral children. Despite the difficulties, one family overcomes the odds and learns what it means to give the greatest gift parents can -– love.…MORE

By Pete Treperinas, UW News Lab

Ballard’s brewing community will have a new member in a matter of weeks.

Populuxe Brewing, located in the 800 block of NW 49th St, is set to open in early February.

Ballard residents Pete…MORE

  The latest Flu scare in the Northwest prompted me to recall an event from the days of my youth. 

     There was a lot of scarlet fever, mumps, chicken pox, diphtheria, small pox and pneumonia when I was growing up in Portland in the 20's…MORE

By Ryan Hueter, UW News Lab

To rebrand a restaurant that has been a Seattle institution for 40 years is no easy task.

To do so while maintaining the operation of a sister café and catering service on the same property would be…MORE