Opinion

I coulda been a contender.

If not for Bobby Pendergrass and Donny Kirsch.

The three of us were kids crazy about baseball when we were growing up in Portland and though they never heard of me our lives intertwined.

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Many years ago, my restless teenage kids said Des Moines should be named, "Dead Moines."

While it was true there were very few young folk's activities, (population was 2,000 people) local reputations do take on a life of their own.

By Jennifer Hall

I was walking my dogs up from the pea patches into Solstice Park at 6 PM. There were around 15-20 young people there, laughing raucously, squealing. Young men were yelling at the young girls to, "Come hither, ladies!"…MORE

By Mayor Mike McGinn

Children are part of our shared destiny, and we’ll have a better destiny if we help our children succeed. That means improving education in Seattle has to be a top priority for all of us. The first step is to make sure…MORE

By Karoline Morrison

I recently appeared on KING Television’s “New Day” show to discuss my book about my life in Hollywood during the “Golden Age” of movies. After the show, I was surprised to find a crowd of young schoolgirls from Japan…MORE

I did not know that duck hunting in the Skagit flats required a boat due to the huge tidal flow that goes in and out through a myriad array of channels. Tree stumps dot the channels, victims of the brackish water.

Together, with my buddy…MORE

By Tom Fucoloro, Editor of Seattle Bicycle Blog

What started as a couple deaths after a long stretch with very few has turned into a devastating couple weeks on our city’s streets. After the third death on Seattle streets since July, one…MORE

I know you've seen him. You simply can't be a Des Moines resident without seeing him.

Powering up and down South 223rd Street and then stopping at most every business along Marine View Drive is Jack, the town mascot, wearing his orange…MORE

My alma mater, Highline High School in Burien, opened in 1924.

The history of Elizabeth Williams' family in Seahurst is not unusual. Elizabeth is a second-generation graduate of Highline; her kids are third-generation and her grandkids…MORE

By Tom Fucoloro, Editor of Seattle Bicycle Blog

What started as a couple deaths after a long stretch with very few has turned into a devastating couple weeks on our city’s streets. After the third death on Seattle streets since July, one…MORE