Before heading out for the day, she joked with her husband that "she thought there might have been a bomb under his car."
The Port of Seattle will hold a public hearing to consider a proposed land exchange with the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) during the regular meeting of the Port of Seattle Commission on Tuesday, Aug. 26, at 4 p.m. in the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in the Airport Office Building, International Auditorium, Mezzanine Level South, Main Terminal, SeaTac, Washington.
People typically bring gifts for their friends when they attend a house-warming party. But the Weingeist family of Columbia City asked their guests to bring something different.
is wonderful to see Michael Phelps do what he has in Olympic competition. Eight gold medals in eight tries-once by the tips of his fingers. It's certainly something to be proud of, especially now. It's that kind of gutsy American confidence that has made this country so successful in its short history.
After a month of focusing the column on one, or two issues at the most, the many things that are happening in this city, and the world at large, demand a more scatter-gunned approach this week.
With the summer's garden resplendent profusion, it becomes difficult to even contemplate scarcity, and yet for many people their cupboards are not full. Oftentimes we think of food banks as being services for "those" people who are down on their luck, out of work, or just not being a viable part of our workaholic society. This is an incorrect perception. Many working families have to rely on food banks for their survival and sustenance. Additionally, due to the current high cost of food and fuel, our gardens' seasonable cornucopia is not reflected in the larders of our dedicated charities that have been the safety net for deflecting hunger.
The sun was out and so were the crowds for the annual Rainier Valley Heritage Parade and Festival on Saturday, Aug. 16, along Rainier Avenue South in the heart of Columbia City.
Some of you might have seen the poster for this Saturday's Magnolia Car Show and wondered about the car that the smiling mustachioed chap with the spiked German World War I helmet is sitting in.
Developers of commercial and multifamily residential projects past a certain threshold in Seattle can't just whip up some plans, get a permit from the city and start building. The city doesn't get a free pass, either, on capital-improvement projects.
With all the athletic successes of the Olympic Games, there was still room for excitement for Mount Baker resident Barbara Oswald's participation in the Seattle Danskin Triathlon on Aug. 17.
Erin Ford of The Dalles, Ore., claimed victory in front of more than 4,000 women participating in the Danskin Women's Triathlon held at Genesee Park on Sunday morning. Ford's finishing time of 1:02:08 was more than three minutes faster than her closest competitor, Teresa Nelson from Seattle, who finished with a time of 1:05:56.
The Seattle Department of Transportation has made improvements on the signage marking the Business Access and Transit lanes on Elliott and 15th avenue west.
The Seattle City Council Monday unanimously adopted the Seattle Center Century 21 Master Plan.
Local Puerto Ricans drove Wanda Benvenutti down a dry road in El Paso, Texas where the Rio Grande draws a line between freedom and desolation.
Local Puerto Ricans drove Wanda Benvenutti down a dry road in El Paso, Texas where the Rio Grande draws a line between freedom and desolation.