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A nurse I work with just gave me a bag of emeralds! Well, fuzzy emeralds – in the form of kiwi fruit.

This amazing fruit with the beautiful emerald interior grows locally here in the Emerald City and is harvested in the fall. Then you have…MORE

West Seattle High School senior Spencer Weglin, 18, is so enterprising, one of his teachers suggested he quit "wasting time" in school and dive right into his career. But which? He has so many, and he maintains a 3.98 grade point average while…MORE

Many of our readers are familiar with our stories on West Seattle filmmaker Jamie Chamberlin and his video work with rock musicians from ZZ Top to the local sounds of Villains of Yesterday, Star Anna, and Victoria Contreras.

Last week's…MORE

Longtime Seattle Seafair Pirate fans may recall the edgier era of those saber-rattling, masked men. Member Robb Zerr, was "Hurricane" from 1982-1990. He just wrote a new book, "Memoirs of a Buccaneer: 30 Years Before the Mast", a 432-page…MORE

In March of 2010 a small group of West Seattleites and members of St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church set out on a 9000 mile trek to build a secondary school in Mulundi Village, Kenya.

You can read about their trip here and here.

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The media coverage (some might say frenzy) leading up to this week’s storm hit the airwaves hard by mid January. There were predictions of over a foot of snow hitting the region and anticipations of society coming to a halt as a result. "…MORE

Like slowing down to leer at a gruesome car accident, viewers seem fascinated with popular TV shows that take them inside hoarders' homes. We can't help but stare at those obsessed with hanging on to everything, decades-old paper napkins, opened…MORE

Christina Gould loves Murray, her Cairn Terrier for many reasons but he can be a bit too curious at times. More on that in a moment.

Murray, came from a breeder (who named him) in Portland, Oregon about 7 and a half years ago. She feeds…MORE

Splish splash, the Alki promenade is taking a bath, especially by the Alki Bathhouse today as high winds and turbulent waves blow in over the more tranquil thick blanket of snow during this weather-eventful day.

While the weather was…MORE

White Center took the snow day in stride as people bought sleds, cleared sidewalks and went about their business, although a bit more slowly, during the big winter event.

Photographer Greg McCorkle took the time to wander around the…MORE