Feliks Banel
Klondike Gold Rush anniversary is complicated, but worth commemorating
This weekend will mark 125 years since the arrival of the steamship PORTLAND with its cargo of gold on the Seattle waterfront3 years ago
Feliks Banel
Walt Disney and World War II: New exhibit at Museum of Flight
A new exhibit at the Museum of Flight details how Walt Disney Studios made invaluable contributions to the war effort.3 years ago
Feliks Banel
All Over The Map: Iconic smokestack will be demolished in August
An ornate smokestack just north of the Columbia River is slated to be demolished in August.3 years ago
Feliks Banel
Fire Lookout Museum is a priceless Northwest treasure
Wildfire season is here, and though 鈥� knock on tinder-dry wood 鈥� the Puget Sound area has not yet seen the flames and smoke of previous summers, there鈥檚 no question that conditions could shift at any moment, as they have so many times over the decades.3 years ago
Feliks Banel
All Over The Map: State agrees to rename Harney Channel in the San Juan Islands
A group of residents of the San Juan Islands believe the time has come to rename a stretch of saltwater known as Harney Channel.3 years ago
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All Over The Map: Local slogans and jingles are ‘audio landmarks’
The little Elephant Car Wash sign may be made an official city landmark next week 鈥� but some local businesses that didn鈥檛 have neon had memorable jingles and slogans instead, and many endure as 鈥渁udio landmarks.鈥�3 years ago
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‘Kirkland Native History Document’ spurs debate about Eastside Indigenous history
When the City of Kirkland published a document last week about the Native American history of that part of King County, one local historian wasn鈥檛 very happy.3 years ago
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All Over The Map: Searching for Washington鈥檚 lost Airway Beacons
If you know where to look a hike in the Cascades goes right past the remnants of a once sprawling nationwide network of transportation infrastructure.3 years ago
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Parkland School advocates score two victories in preservation campaign
Neighbors of Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) in Parkland on Tuesday night, June 21 chalked up two victories in their continuing battle to save the old 1908 Parkland School - which PLU owns and wants to demolish.3 years ago
Feliks Banel
All Over The Map: This airstrip is half in Washington, half in Canada
The next time you鈥檙e approaching the international border, imagine for a moment you were bouncing along a gravel runway across the 49th parallel at the controls of your Cessna.3 years ago
Feliks Banel
Parkland School neighbors, alums and former teachers try to save endangered landmark
An old public school is being threatened by a wrecking ball, and the community surrounding it is upset that they weren鈥檛 consulted earlier.3 years ago
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All Over The Map: The Mystery of the Phantom Canal
More than 120 years ago 鈥� long before the Ballard Locks changed the shape of Seattle鈥檚 future 鈥� an ambitious entrepreneur dug a canal from Elliott Bay to Beacon Hill in an attempt to connect Puget Sound and Lake Washington聽 . . . or DID he?!?! Cue the 鈥淯nsolved Mysteries鈥� music and alert Robert Stack […]3 years ago
Feliks Banel
Denied federal help, families take action to memorialize Flight 293
It was 59 years ago this week when an airliner took off from what鈥檚 now JBLM and headed north for Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska.3 years ago
Feliks Banel
Community bloomed around Rose Theatre, now for sale in Port Townsend
News broke late last week in Port Townsend that the community's beloved historic movie palace - the Rose Theatre - is up for sale. Since then, potential buyers have been lining up to "audition" for their chance to buy the one-of-a-kind cinema.3 years ago
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All Over The Map: Railroad and 鈥楥entral Washington Highway鈥� ghosts on US 395
It doesn鈥檛 have the cachet of Route 66, and it鈥檚 not as scenic as the Pacific Coast Highway 鈥� but US 395 in the Evergreen State has its own underappreciated history and a certain amount of distinctive charm.3 years ago
Feliks Banel
‘Boom, there was a community’: Washington鈥檚 Jewish future guided by history
The book is a comprehensive history of Jewish people and organizations and businesses in what鈥檚 now Washington from the 1850s to about 1970.3 years ago
Feliks Banel
All Over The Map: Keep Washington Green . . . and don鈥檛 be a GUBERIF!
Everybody knows Smokey Bear is the national mascot for wildfire prevention. However, a few years before Smokey came on the national scene, Governor Clarence Martin right here in the Evergreen State launched the 鈥淜eep Washington Green鈥� campaign in May 1940.3 years ago
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Tour a rare Boeing B-29 bomber in Seattle this weekend
The Museum of Flight聽at Boeing Field is playing host this weekend to one of the rarest aircraft in the world: an airworthy World War II Boeing B-29 bomber.3 years ago
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Local music legend Chris Ballew鈥檚 bizarre story of surviving the eruption of Mount St. Helens
Forced off the freeway, they turned around and headed toward Spokane 鈥� battling falling ash, blizzard-like visibility, and fear of the unknown.3 years ago
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All Over The Map: Searching for Washington鈥檚 historic smokestacks
The recent addition to the Heritage Register is an artifact of an old mill that closed 80 years ago. It's called the 鈥淐arlisle Lumber Company Smokestack.鈥�3 years ago
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History of abortion laws and politics in the Evergreen State
Washington voters have twice approved pro-choice ballot measures in the past 鈥� including a few years before Roe v. Wade, and again in 1991.3 years ago
Feliks Banel
All Over The Map: In search of Washington鈥檚 ‘Big Bend Country’
You may have already visited the Evergreen State鈥檚 鈥淏ig Bend Country鈥� without even knowing you were there.3 years ago
Feliks Banel
Will Anacortes-Sidney ferry return with belated centennial celebration?
The Anacortes to Sidney ferry 鈥� which connects Washington and Vancouver Island 鈥� has been shut down for more than two years because of the pandemic.3 years ago
