West Seattle - Features

One of the most aspects of the Morgan Junction Festival last weekend on June 22 was the annual pet contest called the Bark of Morgan. This year's event was no exception with dogs of all shapes and sizes who showed up in the Washington Federal…MORE

Sunny days and warm winds put me back in time to days spent pestering fishes on the regions lakes, streams and saltwater. One memorable trip was to Neah Bay with a friend and his son and my son, Ken. The boys were about 14. We rented a 16-foot…MORE

While many people believe the "supermoon" which is the closest and fullest, full moon of the year is also on the same day as the solstice, June 20, actually it happens here at 4:32am June 23. However if you'd prefer not to be up that late (or…MORE

SLIDE NO MORE. Construction of deep retaining walls and a drainage system to stabilize a hillside along Beach Drive was well under way on June 21.

The story reaches back to 2007 when a resident near Atlas Place S.W. built a retaining…MORE

A local film maker Gavin Keefe is hoping to get support for a film with a budget that in normal film making circles would be considered just enough to cover coffee and transportation. "Bedtime Stories, A Horror Short" is, as he describes the…MORE

Theresa Amos got her dog Missy, a Jack Russell Terrier 8 years ago from the Kent Animal Shelter. Missy at the time was already 6 years old.

At the age of fourteen, Missy is slowing down a little but is still a very cute. "She's good at…MORE

When Justin Cline opened Full Tilt Ice Cream in the middle of White Center five years ago, it was just supposed to be a summer business. After all he was a boat builder but wanted to try something new. His friends told him he was crazy. But Cline…MORE

While burning your homework on the last day of school is certainly a strong symbolic gesture of passage into the care-free summer months, it’s also considered arson by Seattle Police.

From the files of “those darn kids,” Seattle Police…MORE

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

Recently a member of a group that I belong to e-mailed me to ask if I would agree to an interview about my early days in the woman’s movement. A high school junior from Woodinville was doing a paper on that…MORE

 It was like a movie. A comedy, I think, now that I recall the decision to take the kids to Disneyland in the summer of 1955. With school out, we had to think fast on keeping the kids busy. Riding for thousands of miles in a 1951 Chrysler sedan…MORE