West Seattle - Features

Let me tell you about 9811 17th SW where a colorful mural has been painted recently. I used to own that building. It was my home away from home as the White Center News office for nearly 25 years...

When we bought the paper it was on…MORE

On May 11, the Museum of History and Industry announced the winners of their 2012 History Is _____ Film Competition, and teen interns with the RecTech program at Delridge Community Center walked away with several awards, including the top prize…MORE

After the amazing murals that helped transform the White Center community were done during the Spring Clean event on May 19 there was one left to do.

White Center Chamber of Commerce President Mark Ufkes had a vision to have dozens…MORE

Bill Cullins is the first one to tell you he's tried many careers. "My very first job was washing dishes when I was 14 years old," he said. He's mowed lawns, worked for JC Penney and then went to school to become a hairdresser at the age of 18.…MORE

Andreea Niculescu and her partner Rachel Johnson got their dog Annabelle in September of 2003, "so she's almost ten," Johnson said. They describe her as, "a terrier mix but we went to the VCA Animal Hospital and got a check up and the doctor was…MORE

Sleepers in Seattle, a sleeper sofa specialty store and Junction staple, has been expanding at a rapid clip since the Alcabes (family owners) embraced the digital age in 2010 and revamped their website for national and international sales.

Red Star Pizza at 7514 35th Ave. s.w. was already known for their pizza, their PeeWee Baseball teams and for their outrageous paint scheme but owners Michael Supino and Shannon Cross decided it was time to change things up.

The previous…MORE

       It was the spring of 1954. The smell of the grass field, a fist smacking a fielder's glove, the crack of the bat when a pitch was perfectly hit. Those were the signs of America's pastime in small towns across the land.

     The…MORE

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

Yes, I know you are aware of the youth culture. The airbrushed images in magazines are impossible to match in real life. So look young or die. But I am still hoping that the focus on science and technology which…MORE

National statistics show that nearly one-third of alcohol-related teen traffic deaths occur during April, May and June, when prom and graduation parties often turn tragic when teenagers drink or use drugs and get behind the wheel.

West…MORE