West Seattle - Features

Unlike some homeowners, when West Seattle-based Global Diving & Salvage is underwater, that means business is good. With 300 employees the company casts a wide net with locations in Richmond and Rio Vista, Ca., Houston, Tx., Anchorage, Ak.,…MORE

Custom Crating founder, the energetic Alki resident Steve Walum smiles when he works. This may be due to his business doing well, his ability to take his golden retriever pup, Blanch, to the office, the pride he derives working with his son, Erik…MORE

press release: Our wars are still going on, although we want them to stop – they haven’t stopped, and it won’t stop for quite a while. In Iraq the fighting and dying may be ending, but not in Afghanistan. This means more wounded are lying in…MORE

Whether or not Burien should annex the remainder of unincorporated North Highline, including White Center, has been a hot topic in our area for many months. In October two major stories rocked the discussion:

First, on Oct. 20, a multi-…MORE

Hal and Jackie Baldwin love their dog Miss Piggy, who is so named because, "she has a soft palate and when she snores she sounds like a pig, and when she sniffs on the ground she sniffs like a pig." She's an American Pitbull and she's "3-ish"…MORE

Seattle area tableware designer, Rosanna, and Bartell Drugs have teamed up to create a joint project that celebrates West Seattle with a custom design with a West Seattle theme.

It is one of more than a dozen neighborhood mugs, plates,…MORE

The New York Times has just published a story featuring the local grocery startup StockBox Grocers whose shipping container based neighborhood food store was covered by the West Seattle Herald in mid-September.

Kids and their parents, and especially toddlers took advantage of a bevy of treats that Westwood Village offered in a limited time frame, 5 to 7 pm on Halloween.

Hundreds of trick or treaters crowded the sidewalks and walkways of the…MORE

Canadian geese today on the west side of Harbor Av. on Alki took a gander at the other side and decided to go for it, slowing rush hour traffic.

A few weeks ago I did a column on my boyhood dream of becoming a big leaguer. I told about a special bat I acquired from a nice lady on my paper route; how it belonged to her son who had not returned from the war. How the bat was split by a…MORE