Features

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

In an age of computer hacking and scams it is imperative to keep one’s private information secret. Every site that we visit on line therefore must be entered with a special password. The problem is that we then…MORE

On New Year's Eve, people peppered the beach at Golden Gardens to bid farewell to 2014 and welcome 2015.

People came from all over Seattle to be near the open maw of Shilshole Bay to view the very last moments of a year as the sun…MORE

By Pat Cashman

My wife and I were looking at a beautiful sunset over Hawaii the other day. More specifically, we were looking at a photo of a beautiful sunset over Hawaii. There must be photos of beautiful sunsets over Covington, but they’…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

Gayle and Jerry witnessed a lot of drama during six months of visits to an emergency veterinary clinic. One comment in particular has stayed with them for years. It was the middle of the night and a young man was there…MORE

by Pat Cashman

My wife and I were looking at a beautiful sunset over Hawaii the other day. More specifically, we were looking at a photo of a beautiful sunset over Hawaii. There must be photos of beautiful sunsets over Covington, but…MORE

Merry Christmas West Seattle! All of us at the West Seattle Herald, Highline Times, Ballard News Tribune and our print edition the Westside Weekly wish you the best this holiday season.

by Georgie Bright Kunkel

There are numerous appreciation days celebrated in this country--

Veterans Day, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day just to name a few. But in a society that reveres the fat cats of the world, it is unusual to…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

Just think how many people stop the intersection of Market and 24th Avenue every day, waiting at the long traffic signal, by car or on foot. Even before the seven-story apartment building enveloped the Spirit gas…MORE

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

It is becoming increasingly more difficult to mingle with all ages in our urban culture. The extended family of the rural community is fractured by segregated urban living. You have read my complaints about this…MORE

“New Year Ponderings”

A newspaper writer in my hometown was as predictable as a tunnel-digging budget shortfall. As the end of the year approached---every year---he would inevitably write his annual “Predictions for the year to come”…MORE