West Seattle - Features

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

Guess you have noticed the seriousness of my writing since I broke my ankle. Living through the six weeks in a cast and then facing the pain of moving my right leg again has been an impetus to return to the comedy…MORE

This week I celebrated my dear departed brother Russell's birthday. I will grieve alone. His wife succeeds him but lives in California. I will send a message to her. Russ would have been 95.

He used to pound me a bit but never anything…MORE

After being deployed for a year Army First Lt.Edgar Nicolau, surprised his two kids Jamie Gabrielle and Dylan by showing up at Menchies Frozen Yogurt in the Admiral District on Sunday April 14 for an emotional reunion.

The surprise was set…MORE

Scott Depew is a West Seattle resident who loves to feed seagulls and brought his family down to the beach on Sunday April 14 to do just that.

By Scott DePew

Our daughter has experienced the Duwamish Head and Alki beaches since…MORE

If you were down on Alki Beach around 7:30 on April 11 you might have spotted a large tug boat heading north in Puget Sound. That was a Ship Assist Tractor Tug from Crowley Maritime. The boat was built 10 years ago and commonly will head to…MORE

Update for Aug. 12, 2013 Teresa K. Miller, a West Seattle native and accomplished poet (who you can read about in detail below), has a book reading from her work "sped" at Elliot Bay Book Company on Aug. 24.

Here are the details, shared by…MORE

Scott and Tara Luckie are what you might call a power couple of public service.

Scott spends his days as an officer with the Seattle Police Department’s Southwest Precinct while Tara works endlessly helping the peninsula’s low income…MORE

By Maggie Nicholson

Faye Franks was born on a small farm in 1918 in rural Kansas. Her parents, Ebon Rollo and Mattie Mabel Anderson, saw right away, that Faye was a strong and gifted child. The one-room schoolhouse teacher, who…MORE

Your used digital cameras are needed for a series of free photography workshops for under served youth produced by Art for Animals' Sake.

DROP-OFF LOCATIONS:

*Mind Unwind Gallery’s Treehouse Lounge, Tuesday-Sunday, 5pm-12am *…MORE

Editor's note: Wife and husband Wendy and Brian Kaehler have been visiting Brian’s aunt Dolores in West Seattle for many years, and they always look forward to a very unique staple in her home.

On their most recent visit, Wendy and Brian…MORE