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Ballard resident Darrell Kirk has been helping Seattle Central Community College students receive an education through the Nelson Mandela-Graca Machel Scholarship program.

Kirk and his wife, Elizabeth Devereaux, a teacher at Wing Luke…MORE

It was New Year's Eve, 1936. Just a few months earlier the New York Yankees won their ninth World Series, Franklin Delano Roosevelt won his second presidential election, and gas prices stood at 20 cents a gallon. And somewhere in the town of…MORE

High school students marched in n Seattle on April 18 to protest the war in Iraq. Here they are seen approaching the Seattle School District headquarters in the Sodo District. Over two hundred students left school for the demonstration that began…MORE

I never made a plan for my life. I knew that I wanted to be a writer, but I wanted it to happen without work. After college I took a job in retail at Crate & Barrel (as Section Head of Christmas Ornaments, it was assumed to be temporary). On…MORE

Every soldier's story follows an arc from bright dreams of glory into shadows of chaos - to a place where illusion is stripped away, leaving only the rawest elements of character and instinct to scrape against each other.

Combat drama, at…MORE

These salmon fry are being raised in an aquarium at Viewlands Elementary school. They hatched on Jan. 20 and 21, started feeding on March 15 and will be released into the imprint pond at Piper's Creek during the first week of April. Students can…MORE

Wayland, an Australian Blue Healer cattle dog chases down a cloth Frisbee at the Ballard Commons Park. The open space provided Wayland plenty of room to run and launch himself into the air. Dean Wong photo

Come to the Woodland Park Zoo this weekend and see what bears can do to an unsafe campsite set up as a demonstration. Learn how to prepare for bear encounters Saturday and Sunday, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Bear Affair is free with admission. Ryan…MORE

Despite construction, the Shilshole Marina is still a good place to walk your dog. A walk on the marina leads to Golden Gardens, one of the city's most popular parks year round. Dean Wong photo.

Seattle residents Cheryl and Bill Gossman donated $1 million toward the establishment of the Gossman Center for Advanced Pediatric and Perinatal Simulation during the Swedish Medical Center's Annual Gala Dinner on March 24. It will be the…MORE