Opinion

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

By Michael Miller On a recent visit to the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle I was saddened to see that yet another landmark has disappeared. The Totem House, Seafood and Chowder, Family recipes since 1948, has given up the fight leaving a note on…MORE

There is an air of mystery about her that hauntingly recalls fairytale stories of a beautiful princess beckoning from the castle to her prince passing by. Perched high on a hill she is irreplaceable, one of a kind, a past haven to many, and…MORE

By Mark Davis

“Ballard is rapidly becoming a community of carpetbaggers and commuters.  More than 100 years after the first land boom in Ballard, another land boom is making affordable housing a faint but fond memory.” - quoted from Early…MORE

(Editor's Note: As promised last week, Jerry Robinson recalls some of the highlights of over half a centuryof bringing readers the local news. He starts with the White Center News.)

Though main street on the county side of White Center in…MORE

I have always gloried in being the father of a flock of boys.

Macho thing? Perhaps. But it gave me a sense of uniqueness. Just lucky, but I have always liked being envied for my brood. Of course, it is just chance at work.

Those…MORE

"In with the new and out with the old." Diet today and forget about it tomorrow. It's that time of year when changing is both fact and too often just wishful thinking. Happy New Year!

Des Moines has seen two significant changes at year's…MORE

I have often heard criticism of some of my articles because they offer no solutions to the educational problems that America seems to be facing.

While visiting my son in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area a significant news item dominated the…MORE

How high a “Priority” is academic achievement in Washington’s schools?

At a recent school board meeting there was recognition of some of the scholars at Todd Beamer High School. There was a National Merit Semi-Finalist, the first in the…MORE