West Seattle - Features

The sign with the black H/K against the yellow background marked a spot on Alaska Street for more than 5 decades. Now the Howden Kennedy funeral home sign is gone and the property at 3909 SW Alaska St becomes the property of the new developers as…MORE

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

Every age has its advantages and disadvantages. Life is like that. There is no free ride, as they say. Any generation that hasn’t learned about that is in for a rude awakening. As I have often remarked, “Life is…MORE

The other day my housekeeper, Paulette Joy Lovely, (honest, that is her real name) was at Lincoln park in West Seattle and was astounded by the huge number of fisher folk on the shoreline fishing for salmon. Men, boys, women, grampas, grammas,…MORE

By Sarah Wyatt

Decisions, decisions: watch a group of mariachi musicians, a nationally-acclaimed gospel choir, a 1980s “girl band,” a glass artist or a fire-eater?

Is this an alternate universe? No, it’s Bumbershoot, the diverse…MORE

The fastest girls in town held their hot car meet up at Jack Block Park on Sunday Aug. 25 and got attendance from all over Seattle with ladies on motorcycles, scooters, cars and trucks.

Sponsored by Seattle's Girl4Girl, the event was the…MORE

Sandwiched between the Diablo and Gorge Dams along the Skagit River Hydroelectric Project in the North Cascades National Forest is the little, aged town of Diablo: a community built in 1925 to house workers who built the dams for Seattle City…MORE

The Spyrographs - a 5 piece band that plays the best Spy, Pop, Surf and Bossa Nova hits of the '60s will close out the season for Concerts at The Mount, Providence Mt. St. Vincent tonight,4831 35th Ave SW Aug. 23.

You can get a sample of…MORE

Katie Long and her husband John Plaza found their dog Handsome Bob online as rescue dog (as often happens these days) but in an unusual place. He's from Beverly Hills, California. "We found him on Pet Finder and made a special trip to go and pick…MORE

Reporter’s note: I met up with White Center Storefront Deputy BJ Myers in late July for a “ride-along,” wherein, after getting the OK from the King County Sheriff’s Office, I was allowed to tag along for a few hours to gain a better…MORE

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

Quiet, warm air hovered over West Seattle as my neighbor’s yard was filled with party goers, waiting to surprise the birthday “boy.” Being more sensitive than most, I knew that this atmosphere would later…MORE