West Seattle - Features

The path to musical stardom has never been easy. Today with competition for your attention coming from seemingly everywhere it's more difficult than ever. In the U.S. the music development culture that found record company executives (A & R…MORE

Whether it is an unbelievable tale from your past, a family history you want to leave your children or a collection of lessons life has taught you, you have a story to be told. But where to begin? The Southwest Seattle Historical Society has the…MORE

Teddy, a purebred Havanese, is four years old and belongs to Amy Thorsen. She got him from a breeder in South Dakota because local breeders were asking for a much higher price. She picked him at the airport. "My daughter and I went to the airport…MORE

By Holly Brown

Eggplant is in peak season during the late summer and early fall. Now is the perfect time to enjoy this voluptuous vegetable! When selecting one of these stylish beauties, be sure to choose eggplant that's heavy for its size…MORE

      Just off Ambaum Boulevard, at 124th St, I  bought a house in 1957. It had a long gravel drive at the end of 14th SW with an open view of Puget Sound over the tops of the trees that make up the Salmon Creek ravine. The yard was the gateway…MORE

By Maggie Nicholson

As a boy, John Nitkey learned to swim the clear waters of C’oeur D’Alene Lake. The sun was amber honey, sticking to the air. John waded in to his skinny shoulders, his legs merging with blue. He was the only swimmer…MORE

According to the Orca Network whose members provide multiple sighting reports "A mobile picnic of orcas traipsed down Puget Sound Saturday, spread out for miles but mainly mid-channel, in small groups, so difficult to census, probably foraging…MORE

If your ideas about the Czech Republic are limited to beer and a poster of Prague, the Czech Tourism bureau is working hard to change that. They are on a roadshow tour of various points in the U.S. and made a stop in West Seattle at The Swinery…MORE

The West Seattle Chamber of Commerce, for the 2nd year, sponsored a fund raising effort for its operations by cruising around Puget Sound aboard Jack Miller's converted trawler the Baltic Sea. More than 46 members bought tickets for the event…MORE

The moment Maria Federici is most known for is one she has no recollection of.

It was approaching midnight on Feb. 22, 2004 when the young, attractive 24-year-old Renton woman was driving home from a bartending shift at a Kirkland club on…MORE