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It is no surprise to anyone that human beings are a combination of nature and nurture. The trick is to determine which traits result from heritage and which result from training after birth. Very early in life boys gravitate to playing with guns…MORE

By Elizabeth Wang

Nineteen-year-old Ben Hirshberg used to love Cheez-Its and, chicken nuggets and Cocoa Pebbles. But after choosing to eat like a Paleo, he had to eliminate the food he normally craved. The hardest thing for Hirshberg to…MORE

WestFest, the fall festival staged on the grounds of Holy Rosary School in West Seattle is back on Sept. 14 and 15 and promises to be better than ever. And you can help!

There's so much going on in fact they need more volunteer help, with…MORE

Shilshole Bay Marina Celebrates 50th Birthday

While everyone is tied up celebrating Seattle Center and the Space Needle's 50th Birthday -- a.k.a. the anniversary of the 1962 Seattle World's Fair -- there is another, perhaps overlooked…MORE

October 3 will mark the one-year anniversary West Seattle-raised Amanda Knox was acquitted with her former Italian boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, of the brutal murder of her British college roommate, Meredith Kercher, in Perugia, Italy. Ms.…MORE

Ballard is about to be home to one of the few (if only) Thai restaurants in Seattle that serve Isan ethnic Thai food.

Co-Owner and Chef of Jhanjay Vegetarian Thai Cuisine (on Ballard Ave), Nanta Jawpliphon, along with her business partners…MORE

Danica Smith is the proud owner of Roxy, an American Cocker Spaniel, who is a former show dog. Roxy is eight years old and participated in shows "around Washington State," said Smith and won "Best in Junior Showmanship" at one event. Roxy came…MORE

Giant thistles: artichokes for the last of summer’s bounty

By Katy Wilkens, MS, RD

Toward the end of August, I was looking in my garden to find that giant thistles about six feet tall are growing in my garden. They were artichokes…MORE

Thumbing through an old volume of the White Center News this week I spotted a picture of the officers of the Kiwanis club taken at a meeting at the once famous Epicure restaurant. Now empty, the Epicure was the focal point where the "elite met to…MORE

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

Remember last year when I waxed poetic about a visit to the Cedar River? I was excited when I was invited to experience that wonderful place again, this time sharing it with not only my special friend Emil, but…MORE