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Twenty-five teenagers from Seattle Urban Academy/Union Gospel Mission, Chief Sealth High School, Evergreen High School and Global Connections High School, along with teachers, program leaders and volunteers, will bicycle 200 miles from Seattle to…MORE

By Jasmine Whiting

The aroma of fresh-baked bread and roasted meats fills the air at the Seattle Roll Bakery. Owner Hop Nguyen, dusting flour from her hands, emerges from the kitchen smiling broadly. In this narrow White Center bakery…MORE

West Seattle Herald photographer David Rosen received an email from a West Seattle resident on Beach Drive calling his attention to a particularly patriotic display.

He shares that it was, "7 pairs of combat boots with plants - and…MORE

Where are you watching the fireworks? Impressed by the fireworks? Share your fireworks pictures with us! Send them to anner@robinsonnews.com to be posted on BallardNewsTribune.com

Four years ago, West Seattle residents Lori Gilliam and Sue Benyak moved their Chef du Jour Catering business from Delridge Ave. to the funky, up-and-coming Georgetown neighborhood just across the West Seattle Bridge and one exit south to combine…MORE

Former West Seattleite, Lorraine Montez is creator, co-executive producer and co-writer of a film now in production called Stop Requested. The film is taking an unusual path to the screen. Montez and the other producers are utilizing a crowd…MORE

As many recall, Fauntleroy resident William Khazaal organized a Multiple Sclerosis fundraiser on World MS Day May 25. He helped round up 69 restaurants and small businesses, over 20 in West Seattle and White Center, to donate a percentage of…MORE

My parents are the opposite of helicopter parents. On a high school trip to a foreign country, all of the students lined up at the hotel’s only pay phone while I read a book. “Don’t you need to call your parents?” a friend asked. “No, I replied…MORE

Bianca Knitter got her dog Oskar a pure bred Saint Bernard as a rescue dog and he came to live with her when he was just over 7 months old from Saint Bernard Rescue. "He's actually from Oregon. I drove down to Tillamook to pick him up there."…MORE

Over the years I’ve confessed to a slight obsession with anniversaries. Especially for the first year after a major life change I feel like I’m caught in the rip tide the life guards warn about when swimming; the more you fight it the deadlier it…MORE