Pacific Northwest History & Seattle Stories

Feliks Banel

Saving Seattle鈥檚 National Archives will take a team effort

The effort to prevent the priceless federal records stored at Seattle's National Archives from leaving the Washington has progressed on two distinct tracks.

4 years ago

Feliks Banel

All Over The Map: Ghosts of Seattle’s long-forgotten Stone Avenue Bridge

Though nobody remembers it now, the late, great Stone Avenue Bridge carried wagons, cars, pedestrians, and streetcars across Lake Union for years.

4 years ago

Feliks Banel

Will the Seattle Kraken get all ‘neighbourly’ with the Canucks?

Let's take a look into the history of the Seattle Kraken's nearest potential NHL rival, with the help of experts and non-experts from north of the border.

4 years ago

Feliks Banel

AG Ferguson sues Trump Administration to halt sale of National Archives in Seattle

Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced that his office is filing suit against the federal government to stop the sale of the Seattle branch of the National Archives and Record Administration.

4 years ago

Feliks Banel

AG Ferguson battles on multiple fronts to save Seattle鈥檚 National Archives

The general public will finally get a chance to formally weigh in on the controversial decision聽to close the Seattle facility of the National Archives.

4 years ago

Feliks Banel

The Northwest connection between Burl Ives, Sam the Snowman, and ‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer’

鈥淩udolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer鈥� has been a fixture on national TV since 1964. But the animated narrator has a direct connection to the Northwest.

4 years ago

Bob Newman (right) played Gertrude alongside J.P. Patches on 成人X站 TV in Seattle for decades; he pas...

Feliks Banel

Northwest TV legend Bob Newman has died

Legendary and beloved local TV performer Bob Newman, who played Gertrude and Boris S. Wart and other iconic characters alongside J.P. Patches on 成人X站 TV for decades, passed away earlier this week.

4 years ago

The south facing Buse Timber sign says "Happy Holidays." (Buse Timber)...

Feliks Banel

All Over The Map: Roadside holiday signs live on in Everett

Anyone who鈥檚 driven on I-5 between Everett and Marysville around the holidays in the past 56 years or so has probably seen the Buse Timber holiday signs.

4 years ago

Feliks Banel

The Pacific Northwest Bicentennial you鈥檝e never heard of

It was 200 years ago when Congressman John Floyd became the first elected official to encourage the US to annex what鈥檚 now Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.

4 years ago

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All Over The Map: How Ferry, Franklin and Garfield counties were named

The fourth installment of County Countdown, a 13-part series about the origins of county names in Washington, features Ferry, Franklin, and Garfield.

5 years ago

Feliks Banel

Nordstrom in-store piano players depart with no public goodbye

Sometime in last year or so, the only remaining Nordstrom piano player hit the last notes, closed the lid on the old Steinway, and walked off into history.

5 years ago

Feliks Banel

All Over The Map: Bizarre 鈥楢pes of Wrath鈥� wrestling event funded 鈥楽eattle Monolith鈥�

Two decades before that mysterious monolith turned up in the Utah desert, the 鈥淪eattle Monolith鈥澛爐ook the city by surprise on New Year鈥檚 Day 2001.

5 years ago

Feliks Banel

Attorney General will file suit to block sale of Seattle鈥檚 National Archives

To stop the sale of the National Archives in Seattle, AG Bob Ferguson announced Friday that his office will file suit against the Trump Administration.

5 years ago

Feliks Banel

Will anything change when Bartell Drugs isn’t local anymore?

The deal to sell Bartell Drugs to Rite Aid is likely to close this month, but it's unclear exactly what impact the sale will have on the local store.

5 years ago

Feliks Banel

All Over The Map: New Seattle Star a balance of 鈥榯hen and wow鈥�

The new Seattle Star will debut Friday on the corner of the building at 4th and Pine with a dazzling approach to 21st century decorative holiday lighting.

5 years ago

Feliks Banel

Seattle Elephant Car Wash sign packs its trunk and leaves

A sign company Tuesday morning began removing the iconic neon sign from the Elephant Car Wash on Denny Way at Sixth Avenue.

5 years ago

Feliks Banel

All Over The Map: One-of-a-kind historic Pierce County lighthouse gets restoration

On a tiny piece of land jutting out into the water just north of Tacoma is the historic Browns Point Lighthouse, set for a restoration in the days ahead.

5 years ago

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‘Rusted Metal’ tells mammoth story of Northwest’s hard rock history

Metal bands once ruled a vibrant scene in the Northwest. Now, a new 鈥� and very large 鈥� book attempts to document 25 years of regional hard rock history.

5 years ago

Feliks Banel

All Over The Map: Washington’s peculiar collection of backward towns

There are three communities in Washington that have one unusual thing in common: Their names are first or surnames spelled backward.

5 years ago

Feliks Banel

Salmon Bay bridge operator keeps railroad tradition alive

When plans to demolish a historic railroad bridge in Ballard were changed, preservationists and railroad buffs breathed a collective sigh of relief.

5 years ago

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Circus Drive-In finally leaving town?

The Circus Drive-In, the ruins of which have been a fixture along State Highway 20 in Skagit County for decades, is apparently finally being torn down.