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Dear Maggie:

I feel like this past year has…MORE

Editor's note: On our morning and evening commute, we listen to KIRO Radio 97.3 FM. We have gotten to know some of the personalities there through their voices. When we heard News Anchor Tony Miner mention he was from "Rat City", we just had to…MORE

A free tour of White Center Gardens developed by Village Green Perennial Nursery will feature a series of unique community gardens July 20. The gardens chosen will highlight Rain Gardens, Beekeeping, Urban Farming and Permaculture.

The…MORE

By Anna Cronin Twelfth Night Productions is excited to present everyone’s favorite musical, Guys and Dolls. Set in Damon Runyon’s mythical New York City, this oddball romantic comedy – considered by many to be the perfect musical comedy – soars…MORE

Every Friday at high noon, the Skate Church of West Seattle (located in the basement of the Baptist Church at 4157 California Ave. S.W.) opens their doors to the homeless of West Seattle in what has become an ever-expanding experiment of churches…MORE

Amy Goodman and Dani Steuermann got their brand new family member, named Lil Poundcake from Virginia now about three weeks ago. Lil (as we'll refer to her) is a Miniature Sharpe with a brushcoat. She's just twelve weeks old.

They found…MORE

West Seattle's most well known Elvis impersonator, Bret Wiggins will perform at the La Romanza Bistro on Thursday July 11 from 6:30 to 11pm.

Wiggins who lives in West Seattle and whose day job is as an architect took home the title of The…MORE

By Maggie Nicholson Ray Sargent was a boy during the Great Depression. He lived on the yellow fields of a dairy farm in Tacoma, Washington. He and his mother moved to the farm, run by his grandparents, after Ray's father left the family. Ray's…MORE

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

When my mother served two four year terms as county school superintendent she had the luxury of driving a Ford car provided by the county. But she was so honest that she never drove it anywhere but to the office…MORE

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