West Seattle - Features

Denny International Middle School Principal Jeff Clark had an idea to paint a stairwell at the school in an inspirational way. But that simple suggestion to Assistant Principal Patricia Rangel got a process started that grew into a remarkable…MORE

Update for March 20Information from Puget Sound Energy

It’s finally here, the first episode of Re-Energized by Design premiers today! People can tune and watch the Bedford Family from West Seattle as they compete head-to-head with five…MORE

Whatever your fly fishing predilection may be, the Fly Fishing Film Tour likely has a film to stoke that passion. The tour comes to Seattle on Feb. 7 at SIFF Cinema Uptown (511 Queen Anne Ave North) and tickets are available from local fly…MORE

One of the more accessible rock stars who call West Seattle home, Chris Ballew in his alter ego of Caspar Babypants is seeking help with the completion of song he, "started a long time ago," called "When I was little."

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By Holly Brown

For a pasta loading, carb loving, bread craving foodie like me, the idea of going gluten free was about as likely as growing pointed ears and hitching a ride on the Starship Enterprise. However, with friends and family…MORE

It’s been almost seven months since Seattle imposed a plastic bag ban requiring retailers and grocers to stop offering single-use plastic bags at checkout, and feedback from a 2012 survey shows a majority of shoppers and retail employees approve…MORE

Brynne Flidais got her dog Ginger Anne as a rescue from Barks Are Us which is a foster care organization for pets, may of whom come from the Yakima area. Going through Petfinder.com Flidais found the perfect dog. "She was taken from a kill…MORE

Mark Solomon, the crime prevention coordinator for the Seattle Police Department's Southwest Precinct in West Seattle, released his January newsletter and this one is all about how to deal with a nuisance property in your neighborhood.

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Paul Bauer lived on Russett and Union Ave in Portland. He was about 16 and inspired by Tex Rankin flying his WACO to the airport near the Columbia Slough. So he built one in the basement of his Dad's grocery store but he could not get it out of…MORE

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

Don’t you hate it when all you want when you are feeling under the weather is sympathy but instead you get, “Have you tried ginger, onion and lemon tea?” I must admit that this special tea is a wonderfully…MORE