Since March, artwork by students from Denny and Chief Sealth International have been featured in the annual Naramore Seattle Public Schools Middle and High School Art Show at the Seattle Art Museum (SAM). Friday night marked the awards ceremony…MORE
Features
The Good Old Days
Wed, 04/30/14
By Georgie Bright Kunkel
In an age of texting and roaring excitement at the Kingdome there is still a venue that brings back the old days of vaudeville and the silent movies. My fellow invited me to return to those days by going to our…MORE
At Large in Ballard: Far from Meeker
Wed, 04/30/14
By Peggy Sturdivant
There will be many amazing auction items at the Nordic Heritage Museum’s “Northern Lights Auktion” on Saturday, May 10th but with a celebration of mothers theme one item will be incomparable. The catalog listing is…MORE
Spring `egg nest' wreath
Wed, 04/30/14
By Katy Wilkens, MS, RD
I can tell spring is here because my neighbor who raises chickens gives me dozens of fresh eggs every week! There is nothing quite as good as a home-raised fresh egg. They are so fresh with bright orange yolks. The…MORE
West Seattle’s (Secret) Chinese Garden
Tue, 04/29/14
by Hannah Danforth The Seattle Chinese Garden is unmistakable. With it’s remarkable courtyard, meandering paths and small pavilion, it is bounded by a sea of over 400 blooming peonies from Luoyang China’s peony capital making it home to the…MORE
Liveaboards staying afloat Ballard’s rise in rent rates
Mon, 04/28/14
By Anna Erickson
When the housing market started to decline in 2008, Irene and Dan Hopkins sold their house and saw another kind of lifestyle on the horizon.
At first, Irene Hopkins was opposed to her husband’s idea to settle aboard…MORE
NFFTY features 13 Ballard High School filmmakers
Mon, 04/28/14
Ten students and three alumni from the Ballard High School Digital Filmmaking Program featured four films in the eighth annual National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY).
Lucy Harstrick, Isaiah Hoban-Halvorsen, Josh Vredevoogd and…MORE
Jerry's View- Old tales from muddy White Center
Mon, 04/28/14
Editors Note: We've owned the White Center News since 1952, and the West Seattle Herald since 1974. This is a column from Jerry Robinson our publisher he wrote in 2008, looking back at some of the early days.
By Jerry Robinson, Publisher…MORE
West Seattle is changing
Mon, 04/28/14
By Georgie Bright Kunkel
Yes, our community is changing. People ask me what it was like here before Westwood Village sprang up draining the swamp that once produced mosquitoes. And they often wonder if the air would be less polluted…MORE
SLIDESHOW: Bouncing Souls go Full Tilt in White Center
Sat, 04/26/14
Full Tilt Ice Cream is best known around Seattle as at coolest local chain of ice cream shops featuring not only outstanding and quirky ice cream flavors but beer and pinball. But sometimes owner Justin Cline goes to 11 pm and rocks out his…MORE