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Greta Gerwig (Photo courtesy of AP)...
Rachel Belle

Director Greta Gerwig talks to Rachel Belle about her hit film ‘Ladybird’

Ladybird is the highest rated film in Rotten Tomatoes history, and the first feature film directed and written by actor Greta Gerwig. Rachel Belle sat down with her at the Four Seasons in Seattle.
9 years ago
National sign...
Rachel Belle

Seattle’s century-old National Sign Corp. still going strong

National Sign Corporation started in 1915 and has created signs for Dick's, Pike Place Market and hundreds more businesses throughout Seattle.
9 years ago
zoo architecture...
Rachel Belle

Seattle is the zoo architecture capital of the world

After a groundbreaking master plan was proposed for Woodland Park Zoo in the '70s, the Seattle region became the hot spot for zoo architecture.
9 years ago
Maj. Joe Crecca is one of several veterans who are part of Project Welcome Home. (Courtesy: Joe Cre...
Ron and Don Show

Maj. Crecca, former POW, talks about B-52 restoration project

Major Joe Crecca is one of five veterans who are dedicating their time to Project Welcome Home, an effort to restore a Vietnam War-era Boeing B-52. It isn’t just a side project for Maj. Crecca – this specific aircraft was one of a fleet of bombers that saved his life more than 40 years ago.
9 years ago
A rooftop deck atop a Seattle apartment building (Photo by erocsid, CC Images)...
Rachel Belle

Are Seattle developers in touch with what renters want? PART 2

Developers are building common spaces and fancy amenities that are often going unused. So why build them at all?
9 years ago
seattle apartments...
Rachel Belle

Will renters use fancy amenities in new Seattle apartments? PART 1

From rooftop chicken coops to rock climbing walls and beer brewing rooms, Seattle apartments are competing for residents.
9 years ago
magic wheelchair...
Rachel Belle

Epic Halloween costumes thanks to Magic Wheelchair

Non-profit Magic Wheelchair wants to make sure every kid in a wheelchair has an epic Halloween costume with elaborate and interactive floats.
9 years ago
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Rachel Belle

The end of an era for Smith Tower elevator operators

Smith Tower is converting their manual elevators over to automatic, which means they'll no longer need operators to take people up and down.
9 years ago
Leykis...
Rachel Belle

I upset female listeners by featuring Tom Leykis on my podcast

Radio host Tom Leykis is controversial and divisive, known for disparaging women. To better understand him, I put him on my podcast. It didn't go over well.
9 years ago
letter farmer...
Rachel Belle

The Letter Farmer is keeping letter writing current in Seattle

The Letter Farmer is a pop up letter writing experience that provides free stationary and postage to encourage everyone to sit down and hand write a letter.
9 years ago
Shepherd...
Rachel Belle

Seattle Ghost Story: Good Shepherd Center

From 1907 to 1973, Wallingford's Good Shepherd Center was a home for wayward girls, run by nuns. Today, only their ghosts remain.
9 years ago
This is not Dan Gildark's house! (Photo courtesy of CC Images: creepyhalloweenimages)...
Rachel Belle

Seattle Ghost Story: A Madrona haunted house

In honor of the Halloween season, I'm telling local ghost stories. Our first comes from Seattle director Dan Gildark.
9 years ago
Tiny Trees Preschool...
Rachel Belle

Outdoor preschool sets up in Seattle’s Olympic Sculpture Park

Tiny Trees Preschool teaches kids outside all day, year round, no matter the weather. SAM's Olympic Sculpture Park is the newest location.
9 years ago
tax credit, Senator O'ban, Sound Transit, train derailment...
Hanna Scott

Lawmakers grill Sound Transit over car-tab fees, release of thousands of emails

A committee held its final investigatory hearing into whether Sound Transit misled the Legislature and voters about the $54 billion light-rail expansion.
9 years ago
Depressed Cake...
Rachel Belle

Seattle’s Depressed Cake Shop marries dessert and depression

A depressed cake shop will be selling gray yet colorful, hopeful desserts for NAMI Seattle's 5th annual Depressed Bake Shop fundraiser.
9 years ago
Michael Bennett...
MyNorthwest Staff

Las Vegas police reveal details from Michael Bennett encounter

Las Vegas police held a news conference on Friday about an encounter with its officers and Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett.
9 years ago
wings for autism...
Rachel Belle

Wings for Autism helps families and kids learn to fly

Lines, crowds and airport security can trigger anxiety or worse for people with autism. Wings For Autism aims to remedy that with flying practice.
9 years ago
internet addiction...
Rachel Belle

Fall City’s reSTART is world’s first Internet addiction center

People at reSTART in Fall City have an internet addiction, or are addicted to video games, and have lost their jobs or flunked out of college because of it.
9 years ago
toll road...
Dori Monson

The plan to turn every road into a toll road

The Dori Monson Show has obtained an internal WSDOT email that details the Transportation Commission's effort to turn every road in Washington state into a toll road.
9 years ago
Father...
John Curley

John Curley’s letter to his dying father

These are the lessons I learned from my father, and I reflect on them as he lays in a hospital, expected to pass away soon.
9 years ago
Ed Murray...
Zak Burns

Feeling sick about my time with Ed Murray

KIRO Radio's Zak Burns says finally, the city of Seattle isn’t going to have a vile embarrassment for a mayor.
9 years ago
Ed Murray...
MyNorthwest Staff

Seattle mayor: I’m resigning

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray announced that he will resign after a relative became the fifth man to accuse him of sexual abuse.
9 years ago
Jason Rantz Show

Democrat: ‘Socialist echo chamber’ pushing Amazon out of Seattle

State senator Guy Palumbo, a Democrat representing Bothell and Mountlake Terrace, tells KTTH's Jason Rantz he's not surprised Amazon is looking outside of Seattle.
9 years ago
Seattle's Evelyn Dickinson worked on her voice with Sandy Hirsch. (Photo courtesy of Evelyn Dickins...
Rachel Belle

Seattle voice coach helps transgender people find their true voice

When a transgender person decides to transition from one sex to another, there are a lot of steps involved. They might change their appearance and their name. They might take hormones and have gender reassignment surgery. But after all of this is complete, many may find their old voice doesn't match their new appearance.
9 years ago