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With Seattle’s mild winter this year, it will most likely mean a boom in the City’s already abundant rat population. Follow along with Don Pace and Carol Coombs, rat hunters for Public Health Seattle/King County as they fight the City’s rat…MORE

The man who saved fireworks in Seattle is venturing south to Burien May 15 and 16 to create some musical sparks in Choral Sounds Northwest's "Red, White and Musicals."

The Burien-based choral group's spring production is billed as a…MORE

ChoralSounds Northwest, comprised of 65 volunteers who enjoy singing, is putting on its spring show, "Red, White and Musicals" on May 15-16 at the Highline Performing Arts Center in Burien.

The politically-themed show also features an…MORE

A friend of mine was leaving town to go back to Finland recently and gave me his bicycle. His generous gift has made me rethink my commute and see the Burke-Gilman Trail and its importance to Ballard through new eyes.

It also makes me…MORE

The official "1st Ride" for West Seattle Spokespeople wasn't a group of public speakers. This was an eclectic assembly of people brought together by Sustainable West Seattle co-founder Bill Reiswig and Alki Bike and Board owner Stu Hennesey to…MORE

Overcast skies and a slight drizzle May 1 didn't keep Ballardites from flocking to the first-ever Ballard Urban Picnic, or BURP, where lines for some of the premiere street food vendors in the city were occasionally 40 people deep.

The…MORE

Boats were filling the waters off Harbor Avenue in Elliott Bay for the first day of the recreational shrimp harvest, May 1. From 7:00 AM to 3 PM shrimpers were allowed to go into the bay (Marine Area 10) to catch their limit of 80 shrimp. The…MORE

The Herald heard about a very special invitation that was offered to a student at West Seattle High School. We asked her to write about it in her own words.By Tailor Kowis

On Tuesday, April 13th after non stop thinking about who I would go…MORE

As “The Last Station” would have it, Leo Tolstoy spent his final days struggling to master the perils of celebrity rather than the written word. Czarist Russia is shambling towards its doom (the film is set in 1910) and Tolstoy’s ideas on…MORE

Elois Gruenhagen is retiring after 45 years at Hope Lutheran Church and School. She's served as a first grade teacher for over 4 decades. On May 16th there will be a celebration of thanks to the Lord. Students, parents, teachers, as well as…MORE