Features

A couple of weeks ago on Dec. 7, the United States commemorated the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

For most people, Pearl Harbor is now a history lesson found in textbooks. However, 88-year-old SeaTac resident Joe Dixon…MORE

By Jerry Robinson, Publisher

If you still don't have your Christmas tree up, here's a solution like we did when we were kids. You have to get up real early, before the neighbors, even.

We had no money (it was the Great Depression)…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 the Sunset Hill-Shilshole gateway.

Last month Groundswell announced that…MORE

By Katy Wilkens, MS, RD and Erin McCormick, RD

Also called staples, here are important food products that should always be kept on hand at home. They don’t go bad quickly and can used in a variety of ways. Here are our top picks for what…MORE

The Sustainable West Seattle (SWS) staff including President Christina Hahs was on hand at the West Seattle Farmers Market on Sunday gathering recycled Christmas lights. Their truck was filled with boxes each of which was crammed full of recycled…MORE

CAPERS Giving Tree benefiting Hickman House is accepting gifts for the holidays until Decmeber 21st.

CAPERS, specializing in furniture and home decorating is located at 4525 California Ave s.w.

Hickman House is a transistional…MORE

A follow-up to 2009’s WE ARE THE JUNCTION West Seattle holiday album, TINSELITIS: A WEST SEATTLE CHRISTMAS ALBUM continues in the tradition of bringing together West Side musicians.

A family-friendly collection of original holiday songs,…MORE

According to the West Settle-based counseling and consulting organization, Personal Safety Nets, we are pressured by our culture to feel cheerful each holiday season, fueled in part by perky TV commercials, colorful Christmas-lit streets, and…MORE

Thursday evening radio controlled and pre-programed robots took over the sound lab at the Burien Public Library. The Highline High Tekerz Robotics Team, known as FIRST #3574, was there to show off their completion robot and learn project…MORE

President Barack Obama released a statement Oct. 21 that the the Iraqi war will conclude Dec. 31. In it he wrote, "...So today, I can report that, as promised, the rest of our troops in Iraq will come home by the end of the year. After nearly…MORE