Opinion

I cannot allow 2010 to pass without noting that it represented the centenary of two significant events: women's suffrage in the state of Washington and the birth of my late mother-in-law, also in the state of Washington.

Washington's male…MORE

(Editor's Note: Utter the words 'National Treasure' and images of the Grand Canyon, redwood forests and Sally Field come to mind. To these must also be added ninety-six-year-old Fauntleroy resident Morey Skaret, whose life not only links us with…MORE

Did you ever wonder why we know so much about some things and almost nothing about other things? It all depends upon who is able to secure a research grant to find out. I know you have heard it from me before but here again it depends upon the…MORE

To be safe, how can we know when people or pets really are brewing up a hurricane force of hatred &/or mental instability?

Miss Katrina, my Shih Tzu is a social butterfly. I've gotta watch that little girl every time we're in public…MORE

By Reid Hale

(Editor's Note: Reid Hale served as editor of the Highline Times for 18 years during the 1950s-1970s.)

Those who now call Burien home, probably do not know that when Al Sneed arrived in 1951 to take charge of the…MORE

Did you ever wonder why we know so much about some things and almost nothing about other things? It all depends upon who is able to secure a research grant to find out. I know you have heard it from me before but here again it depends upon the…MORE

To be safe, how can we know when people or pets really are brewing up a hurricane force of hatred &/or mental instability?

Miss Katrina, my Shih Tzu is a social butterfly. I've gotta watch that little girl every time we're in public…MORE

For ten years I have been driving down a narrow street to our house and almost every day I have been confronted by a plug ugly little spitfire of a dog who challenges me to a duel in the sun, rain or snow.

He is standing in the road,…MORE

By Gertrude Finney(Editor's Note: These are the final two diary entries to be printed in the Times/News. Mrs. Finney died last week at the age of 100.)Diary 7 Seattle Public Library had a station in Rossner's Grocery at 16th and Barton in '24.…MORE

Open Letter to Chief Diaz

At about 10:15 a.m. on November 30th I was traveling Westbound on the West Seattle bridge and noticed a car on the Eastbound side stopped precariously in the merging triangle. The car had its emergency lights…MORE