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Two Egyptian tortoises walked their way into the public spotlight this week at Woodland Park Zoo. Hatched at the end of December, the quarter-sized tortoises can now be seen in the Day Exhibit. The species is now extinct in Egypt and faces global…MORE

State Rep. Mary Lou Dickerson introduced legislation yesterday that would allow adults 21 and over to legally use cannabis and could generate $400 million of new revenue for the state by regulating the production, distribution and sale of…MORE

Nearly 25 blockwatch captains and West Seattleites gathered at the Southwest Precinct on Jan. 25 to celebrate the 30 year career of Southwest Precinct Crime Prevention Coordinator Benjamin Kinlow who is set to retire on March 15 (Herald story on…MORE

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The West Seattle Chamber of Commerce hosted a sold-out brown bag lunch Jan. 26 with a presentation entitled “Why the Tunnel Works” at the Kenney.

The event featured John Creighton Commissioner, Port of Seattle and Dave…MORE

The West Seattle Herald and Robinson Newspapers have updated the online commenting system for WestSeattleHerald.com to a system called DISQUS. As of August 10, 2010, the service had over 13 million registered users and 500 thousand communities.…MORE

Game Plan Fitness, the small gym that sits on the corner of 8th Avenue and Market Street N.W. has been closed for three months. Now, a former boxer is taking over and re-opening the gym.

John Ganley assumed ownership on January 1st and…MORE

As the West Seattle Herald told you about first in December a "Ropes Challenge Course" is being built in Camp Long in cooperation with Washington State University.

Last year, Seattle Parks and Washington State University 4-H entered into a…MORE

Update 5 Duane E. Starkenburg, 46, was charged this afternoon with assaulting three women in West Seattle's Lincoln Park. Prosecutors charged Starkenburg with two counts of Indecent Liberties for allegedly attacking a woman in August and another…MORE

Mike Winter lives immediately below the landslide prone hill on the 6200 block of Beach Drive s.w. and, along with city council members, voiced his concerns over a several year delay in fixing the problem to representatives from the Department of…MORE

Press Release: Westside School is honored to be one of 10 area schools to be selected to host two teachers from the Republic of Korea. This is Westside's second year hosting educators from Korea.

The Korean educators began their two…MORE