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By Katy Wilkens

Americans’ sodium intake has doubled in the past 25 years, largely because of salt and sodium preservatives added to convenience foods. About two-thirds of the salt you eat today comes from foods that have salt added in…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

Twenty-one years ago on the 21st day of March a nurse helped transfer my day-old baby into the virgin car seat placed in middle back of the Honda car. Along with other pregnant women the vernal equinox had worked like a…MORE

Jon Wells wants the Seattle Mariners to win the World Series as much, if not more, than anyone.

The West Seattle resident who publishes and edits The Grand Salami magazine about the Mariners wants to write the book when they do. But for…MORE

Rain showers (yes April showers), swept across Seattle yesterday and as the sun broke through just before sunset rainbows were reported across the region from Kirkland to Portland by West Seattle Herald readers.

Photographers Patrick and…MORE

The Next Fifty is seeking participants from Seattle neighborhoods in A Story Runs Through It, a community filmmaking project that will celebrate Seattle’s neighborhoods and the civic life within them, and connect neighborhoods together.

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The annual West Seattle Thriftway easter egg hunt featuring (no kidding) 50,000 eggs full of goodies and prizes will start at 9:00 am and since the current forecast is for sunny skies you can expect an early crowd to gather at both entrances.…MORE

John and Megan Zetlmaier got their dog Pebbles, who is an Affen Pinscher as a rescue dog from a puppy mill. "The puppy mill itself was the one that got shut down up in Skagit County," Zetlmaier said. That was six years ago and Pebbles just turned…MORE

For the past three years I have admitted to loving being a part time Mom. Sure I missed my kids at times, but I needed the break and time for myself so desperately that I also looked forward to my time away from them. I viewed it as my time at…MORE

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

It has been difficult for this school teacher type to realize that every up-side has its down-side as well. My family of origin always wanted things to be perfect. In the real world that is…MORE

The deadline has been extended for Pacific Northwest visual artists who wish to be considered for inclusion in one of eight gallery exhibitions. Submission deadline is April 10, 2012. Information 206-938-0963 x115 or www.artswest.org.

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