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Feliks Banel

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Feliks Banel

Feliks Banel is a host and resident historian for 成人X站 Newsradio, and is an Emmy-winning television writer and producer.

Seattle鈥檚 beloved and long-lost steam locomotive is heading home

A beloved, giant artifact that was displayed at the Woodland Park Zoo for nearly 30 years is on its way home to the Seattle area.
2 years ago

Seattle鈥檚 coolest jazz club replaced decades ago by parking garage

In a tiny storefront club on First Avenue at the foot of Cherry Street 60 years ago, jazz history was made, and a local man was there to preserve some
2 years ago

鈥楶ublic records request鈥 reveals politicians choices for Record Store Day

Today is the 15th anniversary of the very first 鈥淩ecord Store Day,鈥 to celebrate and support independent retailers of recorded music around the U.S.
2 years ago

Voula鈥檚 recipe includes tasty food, loyal customers, and even Drake

Voula's is an old-school diner along the north side of the Ship Canal, still going strong with a distinctive recipe of tasty breakfasts.
2 years ago

Thrilling boat races once ran on the Sammamish Slough

The Sammamish Slough was the unlikely location of a day of boat races held every April on the body of water connecting Lake Sammamish and Lake Washington.
2 years ago

Long-lost photo found of mysterious shipwreck passenger

The local explorers who located the long-lost 1875 wreck of the steamship PACIFIC off the Washington coast have found another priceless treasure: a photo
2 years ago

Routes of racism: Civic decision-making and highways at Wing Luke Museum

Standing under the highway on King Street a few days ago, Woodward raised her voice over the roar of the traffic overhead to describe what used to be there.
2 years ago

Remembering ‘The Walla Walla’ wall at the Kingdome

Naming the right field wall the 'Walla Walla' was a brilliant suggestion that plays off a wall being doubled and using a regional name.
2 years ago

Longview celebrates 100 years with festivities, squirrel bridges

The community began building new squirrel bridges about 11 years ago for an annual event called, naturally, Squirrel Fest.
2 years ago

Memorial Stadium鈥檚 success as ‘living memorial’ may have doomed it

'Living memorials' were part of an American movement to memorialize World War II as a break from the past.
2 years ago

Feliks: Uncovering the buried legacies of Lewis and Clark

Most people think of Fort Clatsop as the final destination of Lewis and Clark, at least one Northwest historian and author disagrees.
2 years ago

Radio Sketch: The Tonquin and despair at the mouth of the Columbia River

The arrival of the Tonquin was the subject of a live historical radio sketch performed on Seattle鈥檚 Morning News to mark the 212th anniversary
2 years ago

Before it collapsed, WaMu ad campaign was the ‘Friend of the Family’

All the failing banks in the news lately remind so many around the Pacific Northwest of a memorable WaMu ad campaign.
2 years ago

Regional anthem 鈥淰iva! Sea-Tac鈥 celebrates 1990s Seattle culture, good and bad

Over the past few decades, 鈥淰iva! SeaTac鈥 has become something of an anthem for the region, at least among a certain demographic.
2 years ago

Cherry trees in front of Pike Place Market are gone

The City of Seattle removed the storied cherry trees on Pike Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue Tuesday.
2 years ago

Gray Field namesake鈥檚 鈥榦xygen ran out before his courage鈥

The airfield at Fort Lewis is named for a nearly forgotten high-flying aviator from the Evergreen State, with family history here stretching back to the 1830s.
2 years ago

City pauses Pike Street logging project: Cherry Trees 1, Chainsaws 0

鈥淲e are so grateful to Mayor Bruce Harrell for looking carefully at what can be done,鈥 said Save The Market Entrance president Ruth Danner.
2 years ago

Removal of Pike Street cherry trees on pause after community feedback

A linear grove of cherry trees more than four decades old in downtown Seattle is slated to be cut down to make way for bike lanes.
2 years ago

All Over The Map: Where there’s a will, there’s a Whidbey

The will of one Joseph Whidbey 鈥 a member of Captain Vancouver鈥檚 crew when the British explored Washington 鈥 turned up in some old papers.
2 years ago

Washingtonians can thank rebel supporter for their state’s name

Were it not for a man imprisoned by the US Government for aiding rebels during the Civil War, the Washington would have been called Columbia.
2 years ago

Forgotten World War II air-raid siren rescued by Seattle high school student

An air-raid relic from World War II and the Cold War was recently rescued from where it had perched high above a Seattle street.
2 years ago

Feliks: So long to Cal Worthington and his dog Spot聽

Cal Worthington is most associated with California, but he operated auto dealerships in several states, including even little old Washington.
2 years ago

Northwest Railway Museum rescues Talgo 鈥淏istro Car鈥

Thanks to the Northwest Railway Museum, one remaining 鈥淏istro鈥 car has been saved. The sleek artifact of relatively recent railroad history arrived Tuesday.聽
2 years ago

Washington state namesake’s challenging history of slavery

As historical statues face controversy, some point to the nation's founders. A George Washington statue stands on the UW campus in Seattle.
2 years ago