West Seattle - Features

What may be the world's first 1970's disco hand clapping movie with a Swedish swagger begins filming in the Seattle area soon. Titled "HÄNDS OF THUNDER", this unique effort is co-produced by Abundant Productions, and West Seattle-based Corwood…MORE

by Carol Smith

This tale’s about a hamlet that Serenely undeveloped sat Upon the lovely Westside Shore Where less was not considered poor

Unlike its neighbors to the east For years it let no builders feast Like cannibals upon its…MORE

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

Who would suspect that a former world class runner would be living quietly right here in West Seattle? Doris Brown who married her college sweetheart Ralph Heritage doesn’t want to live in the past, but her past is…MORE

Pills, Pills, Pills, where is the ONE big one that does it all? When you are 92, you can't remember all that so One pill seems like a good idea. Sort of like the One-A-Day brand vitamins, but this one would fix whatever ails you.

I take…MORE

On Saturday, what will become a walking gallery, the first three of a total twenty five murals were painted in White Center.

Put in motion by the White Center Chamber of Commerce and championed by chamber president Mark Ufkes, the goal is…MORE

The Summer Streets event on May 20 was more than a little soggy as a steady rain fell which obviously dampened the turnout but not the enthusiasm of the participants who showed up to work booths, play music, and even enjoy a half court basketball…MORE

Micah Englehart, a senior at O’Dea High School and resident of West Seattle, spent six months of his high school career in Ecuador and, as full immersion in a different world tends to go, the experience has left indelible marks.

From…MORE

by Carol Smith In my opinion none’s so fine As one who sports the name canine Until I step in the unknown Because my lawn is now their throne

For parking strips are au contraire To owners who let dogs repair Back to the same spot on my…MORE

A new nonprofit called FREE2LUV has been launched by an Alki couple to offer cover to youth getting bullied, both gay and straight, and to encourage individualism in teens pressured by their peers to "blend in".

Tonya and Kym Sandis said…MORE

With a name like Paddy O'Pembroke you might expect a dog to be an Irish Setter but no, Paddy is a Pembroke Corgi. He belongs to Dolly Vinal and she got him six years ago from Trengate Kennels in Lacey Washington.

Vinal said that the…MORE