Tolls begin on new Lk. Washington floating bridge in summer - 1940
With the start - or rather, resumption of tolling on the 520 bridge a few weeks away, history buffs are recalling the opening of the first Lake Washington Floating Bridge, 71 years ago.Skeptics...
View ArticleAstoria celebrates bicentennial with look back to 1811
ListenQuick, name the oldest city in the Northwest.You get a gold star if you answered Astoria, Oregon. It is named for wealthy fur trader John Jacob Astor. The settlement at the mouth of the Columbia...
View ArticleBellingham mayor apologizes, 125 years after expulsion of Chinese
Bellingham Mayor Dan Pike has issued a formal apology to the Chinese community for the expulsion of their people,125 years ago.Pike says the apology is meant to make it clear: authorities now see the...
View Article64th anniversary of flying saucers at Mt. Rainier
America's fascination with flying saucers began in Washington state on June 24, 1947. Businessman and pilot Kenneth Arnold was flying his small plane from Chehalis to Yakima when he spotted what...
View ArticleAverage July 4th: sunnier and warmer than you might think
The weather for the 4th of July this year is looking pretty good, with scattered clouds in the forecast and highs in the low seventies. That’s actually pretty typical, says Carl Carniglia with the...
View ArticleWhy King County held a party for a property tax
Celebrating taxes is a pretty uncommon event, but the King County Council did just that yesterday to mark the 30th anniversary of a property tax and the more than 100,000 acres of public lands it has...
View ArticleWhy Tacoma owes its slogan to a ‘crazy person’
Tacoma has been known as the “City of Destiny” for more than 140 years.And while the city’s slogan is unique because it has lasted for so long (when was the last time you heard Seattle referred to as...
View ArticleSecrets of 9,000-year-old 'Kennewick Man' subject of new book
RICHLAND, Wash. – Kennewick Man is coming back into the news. A new book includes some of the key findings about the 9,000-year-old skeleton found on the banks of the Columbia River in 1996. And next...
View ArticleTolls begin on new Lk. Washington floating bridge in summer - 1940
With the start - or rather, resumption of tolling on the 520 bridge a few weeks away, history buffs are recalling the opening of the first Lake Washington Floating Bridge, 71 years ago.Skeptics...
View ArticleAstoria celebrates bicentennial with look back to 1811
http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kplu/local-kplu-969173.mp3Quick, name the oldest city in the Northwest.You get a gold star if you answered Astoria, Oregon. It is named for wealthy...
View ArticleBellingham mayor apologizes, 125 years after expulsion of Chinese
Bellingham Mayor Dan Pike has issued a formal apology to the Chinese community for the expulsion of their people,125 years ago.Pike says the apology is meant to make it clear: authorities now see the...
View Article64th anniversary of flying saucers at Mt. Rainier
America's fascination with flying saucers began in Washington state on June 24, 1947. Businessman and pilot Kenneth Arnold was flying his small plane from Chehalis to Yakima when he spotted what...
View ArticleAverage July 4th: sunnier and warmer than you might think
The weather for the 4th of July this year is looking pretty good, with scattered clouds in the forecast and highs in the low seventies. That’s actually pretty typical, says Carl Carniglia with the...
View ArticleWhy King County held a party for a property tax
Celebrating taxes is a pretty uncommon event, but the King County Council did just that yesterday to mark the 30th anniversary of a property tax and the more than 100,000 acres of public lands it has...
View ArticleWhy Tacoma owes its slogan to a ‘crazy person’
Tacoma has been known as the “City of Destiny” for more than 140 years.And while the city’s slogan is unique because it has lasted for so long (when was the last time you heard Seattle referred to as...
View ArticleSecrets of 9,000-year-old 'Kennewick Man' subject of new book
RICHLAND, Wash. – Kennewick Man is coming back into the news. A new book includes some of the key findings about the 9,000-year-old skeleton found on the banks of the Columbia River in 1996. And next...
View ArticleBurke Museum’s New Map Shows Seattle’s Original Shoreline
If you walk through Seattle's Pioneer Square neighborhood with Peter Lape, he can show you the things that used to be.Standing at the corner of First Avenue and Washington Street on a recent day, he...
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