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The 鈥淥ld Faithful Avalanche Zone鈥 on Highway 2 over Stevens Pass, circa 1978. (Courtesy Rich Ma...
Ted Buehner

How 11 feet of snow led to America鈥檚 deadliest avalanche near Stevens Pass in 1910

Discover how 11 feet of snow caused America's deadliest avalanche near Stevens Pass.
2 months ago
Image: This is a photo of the DC-7C airliner that took off from McChord Air Force Base on June 3, 1...
MyNorthwest Staff

Feliks Banel’s Flight 293 podcast ‘Unsolved Histories’ inspires Congress to take action

Feliks Banel's "What Happened to Flight 293" podcast has inspired the creation of bipartisan bills in the U.S. House and Senate.
3 months ago
Martin Luther King Jr. Day...
Terry Tang, The Associated Press

The long struggle to establish Martin Luther King Jr. Day

On the third Monday of January, federal, state and local governments recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
3 months ago
Image: Customers lined up outside the Skakey's in Renton on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. They were lookin...
Steve Coogan

Lines bust out the door as last Western Washington Shakey’s is set to close

The last Shakey's Pizza Parlor in Western Washington announced this week it will permanently close Monday.
3 months ago
Image: The exterior of the original Burgermaster in Seattle can be seen from the parking lot on Tue...
Steve Coogan

Burgermaster to close its original location in Seattle after 73 years

Burgermaster announced Wednesday it will close its original location in Seattle's University District at the end of February.
3 months ago
hydroplane racing...
Feliks Banel

New Year鈥檚 Eve icon’s forgotten ties to Northwest hydroplane racing

He was a fixture every New Year鈥檚 Eve, first on radio and then on TV, but bandleader Guy Lombardo also had a strong, very loud 鈥 and sometimes very fast 鈥 hydroplane racing connection to Seattle
4 months ago
Mount St. Helens President Carter...
Feliks Banel

Jimmy Carter in 1980: ‘Moon looks like a golf course’ compared to Mount St. Helens

When Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980, President Jimmy Carter declared the entire state of Washington a federal disaster area.
4 months ago
Photo: Merchant's Caf茅 in Seattle is reportedly closing but only for renovations; the restaurant, ...
Feliks Banel

Owner: Historic Merchant鈥檚 Caf茅 in Seattle will re-open after renovations

Merchant鈥檚 Caf茅 in Seattle's Pioneer Square neighborhood is reportedly closing on New Year's Eve, according to a report.
4 months ago
Sears opened at Southcenter Mall in Tukwila, Wash. in 1994 in the old Frederick & Nelson department...
Feliks Banel

All Over the Map: Final hours for the last Sears in Washington

It wasn鈥檛 so long ago that the name 鈥淪ears鈥 was synonymous with American retail and with holiday shopping in particular.
5 months ago
Image: The lodge at Camp Long in West Seattle dates to the early 1940s; it was struck by an arsonis...
Feliks Banel

Seattle Parks expects to restore historic Camp Long lodge, but questions remain

The historic lodge at Camp Long in West Seattle was badly damaged in a fire in November and the cost to repair it has yet to be determined.
5 months ago
Photo: The Seattle Times building can be seen in Seattle....
Feliks Banel

Banel: Seattleites looked to Patrick MacDonald for musical cues for decades

Retired Seattle Times' music writer and critic Patrick MacDonald has died, according to a tribute written in the publication he worked for.
5 months ago
Image: Jim Hudson, whose letter was read on the 1950 "Magic Radio Santa" program, shared these phot...
Feliks Banel

Lost and now found: 70 years of family history, thanks to Centralia鈥檚 ‘Magic Radio Santa’

Jim Hudson of Tumwater didn鈥檛 tune into 成人X站 Radio鈥檚 story on the "Magic Radio Santa" in December 2018, but he heard it last week.
5 months ago
Pearl Harbor...
成人X站 Newsradio staff

Listening back to 成人X站 Newsradio’s Pearl Harbor coverage 83 years later

成人X站 Radio resident historian Feliks Banel joins Seattle鈥檚 Morning News host Dave Ross for a conversation about Pearl Harbor history.
5 months ago
Image: Members of the 成人X站 Newsradio staff who took part in the 2024 holiday play, 'North Pole Even...
成人X站 Newsradio staff

成人X站 Holiday Radio Play: Christmas episode of the ‘North Pole Evening News’

Santa Claus does more than bring toys to kids around the world. He also hosts a show on North Pole Newsradio called "North Pole Evening News."
5 months ago
Image: The KING 5 tower atop Seattle's Queen Anne Hill has been decorated with holiday lights nearl...
Feliks Banel

KING 5 says tower holiday lights will return in 2025

This year, the 680-foot tall tower is dark, as far as holiday decorations are concerned, for the perhaps the first time since the energy crisis of 1973.
5 months ago
Everett Parks & Facilities is moving forward with a project to remove this 1920s-era gazebo in Clar...
Tom Brock

Everett begins controversial project to dismantle historic gazebo

The city of Everett has begun work to remove a century-old gazebo despite widespread opposition from community members.
5 months ago
Pine Street was temporarily renamed "Union Way" to accommodate labor marchers whose request to marc...
Feliks Banel

All Over The Map: WTO exhibit shows how infamous event played out on Seattle streets

A new exhibit at the Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI) in Seattle is a reminder of what the WTO was about.
5 months ago
Fort Vancouver painting...
Feliks Banel

Historic Fort Vancouver marks bicentennial in 2025

It was right about this time exactly 200 years ago when work began on what would become Fort Vancouver on the Columbia River.
5 months ago
lake washington artifact...
Feliks Banel

All Over The Map: Early 20th century artifact plucked from Lake Washington

We invited McCauley to tell us about a more recent artifact he and a friend plucked from the bottom of Lake Washington on a recent dive.
5 months ago
Kennedy Seattle...
Feliks Banel

How Seattle reacted to JFK assassination 61 years ago

History, like politics, is local. So while the collective national memory of John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963 has been distilled to several seconds of color home movie footage of the motorcade in Dealey Plaza and Walter Cronkite choking up on CBS, a whole set of local memories is fading away.
5 months ago
ferry kalakala...
Feliks Banel

Streamline ferry Kalakala rolls on in song

It was 26 years ago this month when the iconic ferry Kalakala returned to the Seattle waterfront after a long exile in Alaska.
5 months ago
Camp Long lodge...
Feliks Banel

All Over The Map: Camp Long history mystery

The arson fire Monday night at the lodge at Camp Long has stirred up concerns about the future of the historic structure.
5 months ago
Image: The 60th anniversary commemoration of Flight 293 and monument dedication was held at Tahoma ...
Feliks Banel

‘Unsolved Histories’ Episode 8: A permanent memorial created to honor the fallen from Flight 293

In the final episode of 'Unsolved Histories,' families and friends left behind gathered on the 60th anniversary of Flight 293 crash.
6 months ago
Mama's Mexican Kitchen...
Feliks Banel

Demolition permit issued for the old Mama’s Mexican Kitchen

The demolition permit for the former home of Mama's Mexican Kitchen was issued November 13 by the Seattle DCI.
6 months ago