Opinion

We had been to Humpback Lake before, but this time we left the kids home and tackled the famous Ketchikan favorite after Bob Pickrell told us they had a new cabin on the famed home of giant cutthroat trout, and maybe we could even hook the world'…MORE

So I'm upstairs working at my computer, when I hear this raucous squawking and wonder what's happening to my chickens. I scramble downstairs, swing open the door, and find all three of them parked right in front of the door.

I'm thinking…MORE

This past week the State filed its application for “Race to the Top” funds from the Federal Government. The Feds have promised states, who present a proposal that seems to have promise, dollars, that is your dollars, for the implementation of…MORE

One of my school board friends, yes I do have friends who are school board members, told me this past week about a parent who called him because their child would not be graduating on Saturday.

They suggested that they were unaware of…MORE

By Sally Clark, Seattle City Council

Ed. Note: This article originally appeared in Sally Clark's newsletter "Seattle View."

Do you have a favorite taco truck? Have you tried a sandwich from the roving pig truck? Have you tracked…MORE

By Tom WatsonKing County Solid Waste

While most people in King County say they recycle, the fact is that more than half of what ends up in the regional landfill could have been recycled.

In the 1970s, curbside recycling was all but…MORE

Don Peter, a Highline Times/Des Moines News reader and Des Moines resident, wrote a letter to the editor saying my column is delightful, yet I'm wrong writing about immigration on June 4th.

Now most savvy guys know from experience that you…MORE

It's a bird

In the yard I snapped a picture and sent it to Cyndi Upthegrove, driving force of the Highline Historical Museum and asked her what it was.

She lives on Lake Burien and knows a lot of stuff and she e- mailed me back…MORE

My Father’s Chair

Our dinner table seated four And with a leaf had room for more But since our count was only three It suited Sister, Mom and me

There was a time, till I was five When our whole table was alive Because in that now…MORE

By Mike Wayte

The June 4 issue of the Herald published an invitation to a TOWN HALL meeting on the King County Water Taxi and King County Ferry District. I was mildly interested until I read the Special to the Seattle Times on meeting day…MORE