Opinion

Last week at a Seattle City Council briefing and the following day before the city council's Transportation Committee, the city's Department of Transportation Director Grace Crunican presented a new budget for their two-way Mercer Corridor Plan,…MORE

A couple weeks ago, Rep. Jim McDermott held a “democrats only” meeting, which many of us thought was to be an open-doors town hall.  We were dismayed but not deterred. 

I, along with others, including congressional candidate Steve Beren,…MORE

(Editor's note: The following article appears originally in Seattle City Council member Nick Licata's newsletter "Urban Politics.")

The city is currently seeking members to serve on the Urban Forestry Commission. Background on the urban…MORE

(Editor's Note: Initiative 1033 co-sponsor Tim Eyman wrote this op-ed for the Times/News in response to the SeaTac City Council passing a resolution stating its opposition to the measure.)

Here's what we're debating with I-1033: how fast…MORE

I am now at home resting and doing some therapy to hasten recovery of my hip operation. It has been a 30-day ordeal but can walk with a walking device now. My arrival home a week ago was incredible. As I got in the house a tremendous thunderstorm…MORE

Well, we don't have to vote at local precincts anymore -- we don't attend city council meetings much, Sunday family dinners are sorta out of style, and we're way too busy to read a newspaper or visit neighbors. Aha --but computers by the hours -…MORE

(Editor's Note: Jerry Robinson is recovering after slipping in the shower and breaking his left hip on July 13. He had a partial hip replacement a few days later and rehabbed at Des Moines Caldwell Health Center.)

This is not the first…MORE

In February 28th of 2001, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake hit the Puget Sound region at 10:54 a.m. There were fewer than 400 injuries and no deaths reported in the quake. Dubbed the 'Nisqually Quake', the epicenter was located about 35 miles northeast…MORE

There are many aspects of education that are quite like that of manufacturing and assembly. Only in a few Socialist countries are there any "automobile manufacturing" plants. In the Western world we have "automobile assembly" plants. These…MORE

By Jonathan McAfee

Have you ever taken a walk along the streets of West Seattle just to look at some of the houses on our streets? We have a very diverse selection of house designs from Victorian to Cape Cod to Post War in a community…MORE