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Whether or not Burien should annex the remainder of unincorporated North Highline, including White Center, has been a hot topic in our area for many months. In October two major stories rocked the discussion:

First, on Oct. 20, a multi-…MORE

In celebration of Ballard's green spaces, Groundswell NW features and celebrates a "Park of the Month" and the community around it. In November the spotlight is on Crown Hill Glen. Tucked away between 19th and 20th NW where the two avenues dead-…MORE

Hal and Jackie Baldwin love their dog Miss Piggy, who is so named because, "she has a soft palate and when she snores she sounds like a pig, and when she sniffs on the ground she sniffs like a pig." She's an American Pitbull and she's "3-ish"…MORE

I love movies. I love watching them and talking about them. Re-watching them and insisting that others watch them. I love them in black-and-white and color, in English and any other language as long as there are subtitles. I love them silent, and…MORE

Woodland Park Zoo's animals kicked it like the Sounders today as the Seattle Sounders make a run for the playoffs.

Among the soccer-playing animals was Rico, a 4-year-old male Sicilian miniature donkey, the zoo's latest addition to the…MORE

Seattle area tableware designer, Rosanna, and Bartell Drugs have teamed up to create a joint project that celebrates West Seattle with a custom design with a West Seattle theme.

It is one of more than a dozen neighborhood mugs, plates,…MORE

The New York Times has just published a story featuring the local grocery startup StockBox Grocers whose shipping container based neighborhood food store was covered by the West Seattle Herald in mid-September.

Kids and their parents, and especially toddlers took advantage of a bevy of treats that Westwood Village offered in a limited time frame, 5 to 7 pm on Halloween.

Hundreds of trick or treaters crowded the sidewalks and walkways of the…MORE

Canadian geese today on the west side of Harbor Av. on Alki took a gander at the other side and decided to go for it, slowing rush hour traffic.

By Mayor Mike McGinn

Many cities are struggling in the aftermath of the recession to keep the jobs they still have and attract new ones. We're still recovering from the job losses suffered during the recession from 2007 to 2009. Seattle…MORE