I had a great time meeting some of the skaters this week.

Washington’s Jake Locker and Mason Foster talk about their workouts and NFLDraftScout.com’s Rob Rang talks about Locker’s day.

Columnist Peter Callaghan talks with reporters Jordan Schrader and Brad Shannon about the legislative session, the budget and what is coming up in Olympia, Tuesday, March 29, 2011.

About 250 demonstrators gathered outside the federal courthouse in Tacoma for Monday’s sentencing of five anti-war activists who cut through fences at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor to protest submarine nuclear weapons. Read the entire story here.

Staff writer Eric Williams talked with NFLDraftScout.com’s Rob Rang about Jake Locker, Ryan Mallett, Christian Ponder and several other players in next month’s NFL draft.

After that they talked about a few specific players that Seahawks Insider readers asked about.

Staff writer Don Ruiz looks ahead to the Seattle Sounders 2011 MLS campaign.

Battalion Chief Hallie McCurdy, with the West Pierce Fire and Rescue, talks about the train accident near Chambers Bay.
Two freight trains collided at 8:02 p.m. on the BNSF Railway line at Chambers Bay Golf Course, according to University Place police. No one was injured.

Contractors working on the renovation of a gym on Joint Base Lewis-McChord stumbled on box after box of stored records last week, vinyl records with names like Bing Crosby and Gene Autry on them.
The 30 boxes of 16-inch records, known as transcriptions, were found in a long storage closet where it is believed they were stored 40-years ago.
“It really sheds light on an era here at Fort Lewis that has largely been forgotten,” said Dale Sadler, the assistant cultural resource manager at Joint Base Lewis – McChord. “These records were part of the Madigan radio station’s library.”
The recordings were made by the War Department during WWII and were used by the Armed Forces Radio Network and Television network. The disks feature artists of the day as well as recordings of works by classical composers in addition to western and religious music, Sadler said.

Staff writer Eric Williams looks around Chicago and talks to some football fans the day before the Seahawks divisional playoff game against the Bears.

Staff writer Eric Williams looks ahead to Sunday’s divisional playoff game against the Chicago Bears.

Beat writer Eric Williams talks about tonight’s 41-36 Seahawks victory over the Saints.

About 60 still images put together from Marshawn Lynch’s 67-yard touchdown run against the New Orleans Saints, Saturday, Jan. 2011.

Gary Buchanan and Tony Wetzel, two of the three owners of Hawk One — a tailgater’s dream vehicle, talk about being Seahawks fans and give a tour of the rig.

Staff writer Eric Williams looks ahead to this weekend’s game in San Francisco.

Eric Williams looks ahead at this weekend’s game against the Kansas City Chiefs with the help of special guest Dale Phelps.

Marcus Trufant is not the only member of his family playing football at an elite level. His brother Isaiah plays for the for the Las Vegas Locomotives and the youngest brother Desmond is starting for the University of Washington.

Staff writer Eric Williams looks ahead to Sunday’s Seahawks game against the New Orleans Saints.