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Feliks Banel

Memorial Stadium’s 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.

3 days ago

This week 210 years ago, Lewis and Clark left Fort Clatsop and headed back home. (AP)...

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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.

4 days ago

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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’s Morning News to mark the 212th anniversary

5 days ago

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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.

10 days ago

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Regional anthem “Viva! Sea-Tac” celebrates 1990s Seattle culture, good and bad

Over the past few decades, “Viva! SeaTac” has become something of an anthem for the region, at least among a certain demographic.

12 days ago

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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.

12 days ago

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Gray Field namesake’s ‘oxygen ran out before his courage’

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.

17 days ago

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

“We are so grateful to Mayor Bruce Harrell for looking carefully at what can be done,” said Save The Market Entrance president Ruth Danner.

19 days ago

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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.

19 days ago

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

The will of one Joseph Whidbey – a member of Captain Vancouver’s crew when the British explored Washington – turned up in some old papers.

24 days ago

The headstone of Richard H. Stanton, the man who named Washington state, is located in Maysville, K...

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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.

25 days ago

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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.

26 days ago

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Feliks: So long to Cal Worthington and his dog Spot

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

1 month ago

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Northwest Railway Museum rescues Talgo “Bistro Car”

Thanks to the Northwest Railway Museum, one remaining “Bistro” car has been saved. The sleek artifact of relatively recent railroad history arrived Tuesday.