West Seattle - Features

The convenience store chain, 7-11 gave away free small Slurpees (in a special 7.11 oz size) to celebrate the company's 84th birthday. They planned on giving away more than 5 million between, yes, 7:00 am to 11:00 pm

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The SBX Marine Radar dome, in port at Harbor Island since mid May, has about another 30 days worth of work to be done before it is redeployed. But for the time being, on summer evenings it resembles either the moon come down to earth or the…MORE

On Sunday evenings a growing group of people, largely of Slavic descent have been meeting on the beach at Alki to worship, sing songs and offer an alternative to what they see as negative choices being made by some of their people in this area.…MORE

West Seattle Summerfest featured something new this year called HackCycle in which old bikes are dismantled and cut, fitted, and welded into highly creative and unique new vehicles. It's the project of HazardFactory an Industrial Arts studio in…MORE

West Seattle filmmaker Jamie Chamberlin who toured Europe with ZZ TOP in 2008 for his documentary Double Down Live on that band's double DVD of the same name, just returned from another European tour. This time he documented Seattle legend Duff…MORE

The 29th Annual West Seattle Summerfest began on Friday July 8 under overcast skies but as the sun emerged so did thousands of people, who swarmed the booths, vendors, food stands and displays at the event in the West Seattle Junction.

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For Bob Lunke and Chad Gabelein West Seattle was a place they liked, Lunke lives here, but it was missing something. As gay men they both thought for the last few years that for the gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and trans gender community, ever since…MORE

The Thursday evening before the weekend Summerfest takes over the West Seattle Junction has become a kind of tradition now with some vendors showing up, usually those with more complex booths, and others just there to enjoy a walk through the…MORE

press release from WSDPC: July is National Ice Cream Month. In 1984, President Ronald Reagan made the designation recognizing the popularity of ice cream in the United States (90% of the nation’s population consumes ice cream). He also…MORE

At 2 and a half years old Hank is a handful. He's also a blend of breeds that may have something to do with his most prominent personality trait. He came from the dog pound in Pierce County and "They thought he was an Akita and Irish Setter mix…MORE