Feliks Banel
Welcoming summer with vintage local junior high fight songs
Three community members took the time to record the middle school fight songs they remembered so that they could preserved for posterity.1 year ago
Feliks Banel
Celebrating Juneteenth 2024 and reflecting on local Black history
KIRO Newsradio caught up with Stephanie Johnson-Toliver, president of the Black Heritage Society of Washington, to talk about Juneteenth.1 year ago
Feliks Banel
Frank Sinatra still sings in Seattle
On a late spring day nearly 60 years ago, one of the biggest names in show business came to Seattle and played a concert on a Sunday evening. It turned out to be a show that’s been echoing in some parts of the music world ever since.1 year ago
Feliks Banel
Paying tribute to city namesake Chief Sealth’s grave in Suquamish
KIRO Newsradio visited the grave of Chief Sealth at Suquamish Memorial Cemetery and spoke with Suquamish Tribal Chair Leonard Forsman.1 year ago
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‘Earthrise’ photographer who called Northwest home on his famous picture
Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders took a photograph of a distant earth in 1968. The image has since been come to be known as "Earthrise."1 year ago
Feliks Banel
Fires devastated Seattle, Ellensburg, Spokane in 1889
When Washington became a state in November 1889, that wasn’t the only big news story that year, thanks to devastating fires across the state.1 year ago
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Everett’s Clark Park gazebo now gone to the dogs
The Everett Clark Park gazebo will be dismantled as the city council voted for funding to build an off-leash dog area.1 year ago
Feliks Banel
On D-Day, West Coast radio listeners ‘sat up all night by the radio’
Next week will mark the 75th anniversary of the Allied landings at Normandy. Americans experienced that day quite differently, depending on which time zone you lived in.1 year ago
Feliks Banel
Sumner City Council unanimously rejects Ryan House resolution
The Sumner City Council will meet Monday night and will likely vote on a Ryan House private fundraising resolution.1 year ago
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Endangered brick street and railroad bridge were witness to the Everett Massacre
The area where a stretch of brick road is crossed by a railroad bridge is the only portion unchanged from the Everett Massacre.1 year ago
Feliks Banel
Exclusive: New Seattle National Archives to be a ‘very large project’
KIRO Newsradio spoke to two officials involved for a preview of what's to come in developing the new Seattle National Archives facility.1 year ago
Feliks Banel
All Over The Map: KIRO Newsradio’s junior high/middle school fight song challenge
We're on a mission to collect recordings of as many Puget Sound area junior high school fight songs as possible to celebrate our alma maters.1 year ago
Feliks Banel
Young Fresh Fellows celebrate 40 years since ‘Fabulous’ vinyl debut
The Young Fresh Fellows are marking the 40th anniversary, and new remix reissue, of their album "Fabulous Sounds of the Pacific Northwest."1 year ago
Feliks Banel
Final frame was Saturday night for Kirkland’s Tech City Bowl – aka Totem Bowl
After more than six decades in business on the Eastside, Tech City Bowl on Rose Hill will shut down permanently later this year.1 year ago
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‘We got a real gut punch from it:’ Scientist recalls deadly Mount St. Helens eruption
This weekend is the 44th anniversary of the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, a major event for those who remember it or know the history.1 year ago
Feliks Banel
Kirkland’s rich history comes to life in the annual cemetery tour
The Eastside city's origin story will come up a lot during this year's annual history tour of Kirkland Cemetery.1 year ago
Feliks Banel
Exclusive: Grassroots preservation campaign saves Parkland School
Members of the Parkland Community Association announced Friday that the group has officially assumed ownership of historic Parkland School.1 year ago
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Visiting Captain Vancouver’s grave in a tiny village near London
Captain George Vancouver will be commemorated as he is every year at the churchyard near London where he was buried more than 225 years ago.2 years ago
Feliks Banel
History only deepens community love for Kirkland’s ‘mystery cottage’
A former neighbor shared some additional history and backstory of the "mystery cottage" in Kirkland's newest public park.2 years ago
Feliks Banel
Vatican decides in favor of Tacoma’s Holy Rosary Church
The Vatican has reportedly found in favor of a community group working to save the Tacoma Holy Rosary Catholic Church from the wrecking ball.2 years ago
Feliks Banel
Darth Vader, Ban Roll-On, Sinking Ship and other Seattle building nicknames
They rarely make it onto maps or on the fancy signage out front, but Seattle has its fair share of buildings with well-known nicknames.2 years ago
Feliks Banel
Going deep on forgotten ‘Lakes of Washington’ books
With trout season opening on Washington’s lowland lakes this Saturday, April 27, the timing was perfect to go fishing around on the history bookshelf to share a prized catch – a forgotten encyclopedia of Washington lakes first published more than 60 years ago. “Lakes of Washington” is a two-volume set of books published by the […]2 years ago
Feliks Banel
Echoes of Eastside rail history with Sound Transit preparing to get underway
As Sound Transit inaugurates commuter trains between Bellevue and Redmond, when was the last time passenger rail service was offered on the Eastside?2 years ago
