Image: This is a photo of the DC-7C airliner that took off from McChord Air Force Base on June 3, 1...
Feliks Banel

‘Unsolved Histories’: New podcast examines airliner that crashed after departing Tacoma

"Unsolved Histories: What Happened to Flight 293" is a podcast about three intersecting stories historian Feliks Banel has been investigating.
3 days ago
Mount Adams...
Feliks Banel

All Over The Map: Unusual seismic activity and twisted name origins of Mount Adams

Mount Adams, the long-dormant volcano in Southwest Washington, recently experienced some unusual seismic activity.
3 days ago
A Renton-made Boeing B-29 bomber, one of the company's most recognizable aircraft, took part in aro...
Feliks Banel

Feliks Banel: Summoning Boeing history to help restore the company culture

We caught up with Boeing’s in-house historian, Mike Lombardi, who shared some perspective on the past and how it just might inform the future.
5 days ago
Plaques created in the 1990s by the City of Sumner to honor longtime local families and donors will...
Feliks Banel

Corn mazes, Sumner plaques, Royer waterfront, and more updates

We have updates of recent All Over the Map stories including corn mazes, Sumner plaques, Mama's Mexican Restaurant, and more.
10 days ago
walking seattle history...
Feliks Banel

Accumulating miles and stories by walking the history of Seattle

Austin Watson easily covers 10 miles on foot a day, walking different treks to explore the history of Seattle in his retirement.
12 days ago
Image: Then-U.S. Sen. Dan Evans (R-Wash.) stands with his son Dan Jr., after he won the primary ele...
Feliks Banel

Dan Evans, former Washington governor and US senator, dies at 98

Daniel J. Evans, who served three terms as governor of Washington, has died at the age of 98. The Seattle Times broke the news Saturday.
16 days ago
Image: A crowd of 50,000 people welcomed the Douglas World Flyers back to what's now Sand Point Mag...
Feliks Banel

Feliks Banel: Celebration of Seattle around-the-world flight should become annual event

With all the excitement this year, many aviation enthusiasts hope this celebration of the 1924 around-the-world flight happens more often.
17 days ago
The one-story building at Second and Bell in downtown Seattle once housed Mama's Mexican Kitchen; e...
Feliks Banel

Toothless Seattle landmark law dooms the old Mama’s in Belltown

The one-story brick building in Belltown that once housed beloved restaurant Mama’s Mexican Kitchen will apparently soon be demolished.
19 days ago
Don Franz corn maze...
Feliks Banel

Feliks Banel: The mystery of Washington’s first corn maze

Lend us your ears for a kernel of truth, as we stalk the fields and archives in search of the Evergreen State’s very first corn maze.
24 days ago
King Street Station 1915...
Feliks Banel

Feliks Banel: Railroad history conferences in Everett are a metaphorical ‘golden spike’

Two railroad history groups are collaborating and their conferences are actually overlapping at a hotel in Everett.
26 days ago
Image: Ringo Starr, seen playing at the Seattle Center Coliseum, made quite an impression on Ned Ha...
Feliks Banel

Eyewitness recounts Beatles’ arrival at Sea-Tac Airport

A gentleman who was born and raised in Seattle read our last Beatles story and got in touch. He was there at Sea-Tac Airport back in 1964.
1 month ago
Plaques created in the 1990s by the City of Sumner to honor longtime local families and donors will...
Feliks Banel

Feliks Banel: Feuding families and overnight campers vie for Sumner’s historic tiles

Nick Biermann contacted KIRO Newsradio earlier this week about an unusual event scheduled to take place on Mon. Sept. 9 at Sumner City Hall.
1 month ago
NOAA Weather Radio...
Feliks Banel

Feliks Banel: Human hands – and ears – help NOAA’s radio robot get place names right

The NOAA Weather Radio robot voice pronounces the names of local communities correctly because human hands and ears are at work.
1 month ago
holy rosary church tacoma...
Feliks Banel

Update: Hope for saving Holy Rosary Church in Tacoma?

The group was asked by the Seattle Archdiocese to present a proposal for preserving the 104-year-old Holy Rosary Church in Tacoma.
1 month ago
Image: Bruce Springsteen performs a tribute to Jerry Lee Lewis during the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ...
Steve Coogan

Bruce Springsteen pays tribute to late Seattle author Charles Cross

Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Bruce Springsteen took time at a concert to pay tribute to Charles R. Cross, the late Seattle-based music writer.
2 months ago
Image: Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr of The Beatles fishing from their hotel room...
Feliks Banel

Searching for Beatlesville and Beatles Avenue on 60th anniversary of band’s Seattle visit

When Beatles were in Seattle 60 years ago, they made it from Sea-Tac Airport to the Edgewater Hotel and then to Seattle Center.
2 months ago
Pike Place Market...
SHAWN GARRETT, KIRO 7 NEWS

Seattle’s Pike Place Market opened 117 years ago today

It's an icon in Seattle. The Pike Place Market, known for its flowers, food, and art, turns 117 years old today.
2 months ago
Image: The original giant painted plywood cowgirl in Rainier, Wash. dates to 1982; this photo is fr...
Feliks Banel

The Rainier cowgirl is a big asset for this small town

A sign for a shop that once sold T-shirts – in the shape of a giant "cowgirl" – has been resurrected in the Thurston County town of Rainier.
2 months ago
Charles R. Cross, second from left, moderates a panel at Easy Street Records in November 2023. Cros...
Feliks Banel

Charles Cross, acclaimed biographer of Hendrix, Cobain, dies at 67

The work of Charles R. Cross, well-known biographer of Pacific Northwest musical icons, will no doubt outlast all of us who mourn his unexpected passing.
2 months ago
Photo: The Brelsford WSU Visitor Center in Pullman....
Feliks Banel

96-year-old WSU Press will not close, will become part of WSU Libraries

University officials confirmed Friday KIRO Newsradio's reporting that operations of WSU Press are no longer slated to cease.
2 months ago
The World War II-era Hawaii Mars Water Bomber is being prepped at its base on Sproat Lake on Vancou...
Feliks Banel

Iconic Hawaii Mars Water Bomber set to make final flight

When a firefighting aircraft makes its final flight on Sunday, BC residents will see the Hawaii Mars Water Bomber.
2 months ago
street hydroplanes...
Feliks Banel

Street hydros captured the imagination of Seattle youth

If you’re a male between the ages of roughly 45 and 65 who grew up around Seattle, street hydros will make complete sense to you.
2 months ago
There's an Olympics tie to a candy maker in Issaquah. (Feliks Banel/KIRO Newsradio)...
Feliks Banel

Banel: Olympics-sized love for Boehm’s Candies in Issaquah

There's a connection between the 1924 Olympic games games and a longtime Northwest candy maker in Issaquah.
2 months ago
Portrait of former Seattle mayor Charley Royer taken sometime during his three terms as mayor, betw...
RESIDENT HISTORIAN FELIKS BANEL AND BILL KACZARABA

Former Seattle mayor Charley Royer dies at 84

Charley Royer, Seattle's longest-serving mayor, has died at age 84. Royer was Seattle’s 48th and longest serving mayor.
2 months ago