Opinion

Next week will be my 52nd and last issue of the Ballard News Tribune as its editor.

A friend recently asked me why unions hate Wal-Mart so much. He said that, while he wishes Wal-Mart employees made more money, he shops there occasionally and he doesn't like being made to feel like he is doing something evil.

Here's what…MORE

At first blush, the headline on the top of this edition's page one is scarey to anyone who lives at the northern end of the West Seattle peninsula. More planes coming in lower and closer is not good news in northern Delridge, City View, Pigeon…MORE

When a legislator gets into trouble with his constituents, he or she may find a problem that some voters are demanding a new law to solve.

Thanks to the Ballard News Tribune for your supportive editorial on marriage equality for same-sex couples ("What's love got to do with it?", August 2). After the devastating decision from our state supreme court, it's nice to read that some…MORE

After several years of struggling along and begging for annual renewal of the money to keep the West Seattle Water Taxi alive, it may be that the summer service is inching toward success and maybe even extension of it annual operating schedule.…MORE

In response to the articles on North Highline annexation in the July 26 Times/News, I would like to offer this clarification on behalf of the entire Burien City Council.

After studying the potential annexation of the North Highline area…MORE

"Don't let them take Granny's money!" a signature gatherer was braying outside of a Safeway store last June. There was a crowd on hand to see the classic cars at the Greenwood auto show and to their credit, most of the gear heads didn't notice…MORE

Last Wednesday, July 26, the Washington State Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act, a law enacted in 1998 that limits marriages to a man and a woman. The upshot of the decision is that gay couples, pinning…MORE

School closures are over and everthing went the way we wanted. We can relax, right?

Wrong.

West Seattle's representative on the Seattle school board told reporter Rebekah Schilperoort (story, Page 1) that the hardest part of…MORE