Highline Times - Opinion

By Joey Martinez(Editor’s Note: Joey Martinez is a former Burien City Council candidate.)

The simple answer is Yes and No. It really depends on the context of how you ask the question.

There is certainly a perception of "East"…MORE

(Note: Parts of this Christmas story were originally printed in a 2002 issue of the Times/News.)

Who forgets childhood Christmas memories?

Not me. The thrill of colorful lights in downtown Seattle when our family-- Mom, Dad, Grandma…MORE

You'll see a colorful Christmas Tree filled with names in this issue.

(Editor's note: for an easier to read version of Jerry's list, please download the word file attached at the top)

I wanted to share with you why the tree is…MORE

The Great Depression hit Portland, Oregon in 1929 and like many other cities it had its struggles. Jobs were scarce and sometimes common sense was scarcer.

I was about nine and standing in line with my mom at the Pay n' Take-It grocery…MORE

By Julia Patterson King County Councilmember

I am often asked how actions in the “other Washington” influence King County residents. Sometimes, these decisions can affect our everyday lives, like the price we pay for gasoline.

Gas…MORE

Dear Mom and Dad:

One of my richest memories is of our Thanksgiving Day celebrations. I can’t recall one that didn’t include a turkey and all the trimmings. How you managed it in the Depression years with nine mouths to feed is something I…MORE

Just a few days before Jayme Lelani Thomas was shot in Redondo and later passed away, she stopped to pet my little Shih Tzu dog, "Miss Katrina," at Des Moines Beach Park.

She and I were strangers to each other, yet we had 
that common bond…MORE

Forty-five years ago, at the height of the race to the Moon, a young White Center dentist filled a void, helping to develop a special kids play area called Astro City Children's Park.

The White Center Chamber needed someone to spearhead a…MORE

(This summer I dropped by the all-class reunion for SeaTac’s Glacier High School and wrote a column about it. Some alums felt the column was a little too much about me (and a long-lost Glacier girlfriend) and not enough about the wonderful school…MORE

“We can’t get worse,” a voter noted in regard to Des Moines City Council candidates in the upcoming election.”

That and other unbelievable accusations are flying the sky like hateful, political, personal daggers.

How in this good…MORE