West Seattle - Features

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

Before humanity spread around the globe there were isolated tribes of people who conformed to tribal practices passed down from one generation to the next. The elders of the tribe established the rules and those…MORE

In the 50's urban legend had it that a deep, dark hole existed at the bottom of Hicks Lake* and drained out to Puget Sound to the west. When someone drowned and the authorities could not find the body, we just assumed it got sucked down that hole…MORE

By Eric Mathison

As the parents and siblings of the 20 children killed at the Connecticut elementary school grieve their unfathomable loss, a Burien public official says she knows exactly how they feel.

On Feb 12, 1998, Southwest…MORE

When Jenny Marshall got her dog, now called Hoshi, the dog was named Princess Missy Reisell, but when Marshall adopted her from the Bellevue Humane Society a name change was in order. The new name is Japanese, appropriate for a dog of the same…MORE

The Seattle Fire Department released a list of reminders on staying safe and preventing kitchen fires while cooking at home.

Here are their tips, from the Fire Line blog:

Recent Seattle home fires caused by unattended cooking are…MORE

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could order the earth to turn toward the sun any time we wanted? Well, it isn’t going to happen so if we choose to live in a temperate climate without freezing cold in winter or…MORE

When I was 11 my big brother Russell, who was thirteen, gave me two marbles for Christmas. One was bright red and the other was bright blue. I know it was a sacrifice for him as he had won them from some rookie and knew I wanted them bad.

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During the summer of 2012 Western Washington had 81 days without measurable rain. That, coupled with fires in Siberia, and later fires on the Olympic peninsula and eastern Washington made atmospheric conditions that were without equal.

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DEC. 31 UPDATE:

West Seattle cinematographer Jamie Chamberlin who filmed "The Taking" clarified that the original plan was to have 10 episodes. However, the finale is Episode #11 and will be released online tomorrow, Jan. 1.

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The Southgate Roller Rink in White Center was introduced to around 1.5 million viewers across the world on Dec. 26 with the airing of television show Top Chef: Seattle, which spent much of the episode within the confines of the rink.

For…MORE