West Seattle - Features

You can help bird populations around the world and you don't even have to leave home.

Go out into your backyard and count them this weekend. The Great Backyard Bird Count goes on from Feb. 14 to Feb.17, 2014. Song birds populations around…MORE

By Jerry Robinson, Publisher

I'm not much of a craftsman. I admit it. I do like to tinker in the garage and I've owned nearly every type of woodworking tool to make everyone think I know what I'm doing. Crosscut saws, rip saws, band saws,…MORE

By Scott Anthony

The Polar Vortex is tapering off now, but the weather across the nation is still pretty chilly. Smithsonian Magazine reported this morning that some parts of Michigan are showing temps of 42 degrees below zero, which makes…MORE

By Emile Monte

10 years ago, West Seattle author Carmela D’Amico was not yet the published novelist she aspired to be and the idea of a 400+ page novel was still too daunting a prospect considering her just 20+ years of life experience.…MORE

Seattle Schools Superintendent Jose Banda sent a letter out to his principals on Tuesday that offers them some leeway when it comes to school attendance Wednesday, in light of a parade now expected to draw up to 500,000 people by some estimates…MORE

By Greg McCorkle We love our technology. The ease in which we can communicate with each other has reached an amazing level. You can be half way around the world and send texts and emails to friends and family as if they were next door.…MORE

Few events bring us together each year like the Super Bowl. When the best of the best of the NFC and AFC meet for Super Bowl XLVIII, on February 2nd, it’s a signal to get together to critique the ads, eat and drink, and watch some football!…MORE

West Seattle icon Jim Sweeney, who passed away Feb. 5, 2012, influenced many lives, changing them for the better. As a mentor, friend, adviser, and American patriot, Sweeney was an example for many.

To honor his memory, his son in law,…MORE

By Cindi Rinehart

I need you to know that in my entire life, I have NEVER been fired from any of the 30 something jobs I had before coming to Seattle.

There was about to be a first. During my career at KOMO TV, I did a lot of…MORE

By Scott Anthony   For years I worked in a big printing plant in Tukwila. We had about 50 guys there, from all walks of life and of varying degrees of smarts. I learned a lot of things about human nature and working relationships there and one…MORE