West Seattle - Features

By Jerry Robinson

 Hurley Ring was chasing moles at the old Earlington Golf Course near Tukwila when I met him in the spring of 1950. His job was to rid the course of pesky varmints. I had five little varmints of my own hoping he would…MORE

Dave Hult and Caroline Chao got their dog Riley, whom Hult describes as a, "kind of a mutt, German Shepherd, Rottweiler mix," at the Seattle Animal Shelter on 15th Ave. n.w. in 2004.

He was about a year old when Hult got him and "he was…MORE

West Seattle High School shared a recap on the Mini Cheer Camp that the WSHS 2012-13 cheerleaders held on June 9, 2012.

"A great time was had by all the 47 campers from Holy Rosary, LaFayette, Schmitz Park, Alki Elementary, Gatewood,…MORE

Doolie’s Hot HOT Sauce LLC, started up by 24-year-old Abdul “Doolie” Mohamud of West Seattle at the onset of 2012, is gaining traction as the young entrepreneur crafts, bottles and labels each container by himself, slowly building the brand with…MORE

As Brent Ray Fraser prepared his oil sticks and sized up his massive canvas plastered with a backdrop of nostalgic nude photography of the female form from decades bygone, an eclectic musical score filling the studio with deep bass, a woman came…MORE

I don't know where he found it but number five son Scott Anthony somehow discovered a bruised and battered two door Chevy sedan someone had left to die.

It was on its side in a field near the airport flight path. With some of his teenage…MORE

Sculptor Jean Thornber just turned 93, and is aging gracefully like the driftwood she has polished throughout her adult life. She is a West Seattle High School graduate of 1937.

She continues teaching her art at the Huntington Park…MORE

SPD Community newsletter from Mark Solomon, Southwest Precinct Crime Prevention Coordinator

Dear Community Friends,

Recent Burglary Arrest On Tuesday, June 12, 2012, a witness reported seeing an adult male tampering with a window…MORE

Seaway Marine on Harbor Avenue is a place many people drive by on the way to Alki Beach but it is where owner Greg Jacobsen is readying a series of boats that will for the first time, take part in some likely thrilling boat racing during Seafair…MORE

Bobbie Cox got her dog Joey, an Australian Blue Heeler about four and a half years ago in Seattle's north end. "I saw an ad in the paper one day," Cox explained, "and I'd been looking for a long time. They are hard to find. I knew I liked that…MORE