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Mossback’s Northwest: The automobile’s arrival in the PNW
Before GPS, gas stations or even paved roads, car pioneers ventured into the wilderness, road-tripping as far as San Francisco.
Knute Berger
Knute “Mossback” Berger is an editor-at-large and host of "Mossback’s Northwest" at Cascade PBS. He writes about politics and regional heritage.
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Mossback’s Northwest: How the Columbia River got its curves
Glaciers and lava reshaped the 17-million-year-old body of water long before the Grand Coulee Dam. Nick Zentner from Nick on the Rocks explains.
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Remembering popular progressive WA Republican Gov. Dan Evans
Serving three terms from 1965 to 1977 and one as U.S. Senator, Evans personified the “just right” middle. The politician died at 98.
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50 years later, WA still feels the cultural reverberations of 1974
Richard Nixon’s resignation and Ted Bundy’s murders shocked Seattle and the nation. Editor-at-large Knute Berger draws parallels to current events.
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With Trans-Pacific Partnership, the Battle of Seattle goes mainstream
The WTO anti-globalization demonstrations of 1999 — the so-called “Battle in Seattle” — have pretty much faded into history. Some have debated