Few surprises in first primary-election results; WA vows to protect voter info from prying feds; alleged Spokane fire starter appears in court; ‘indoor agriculture’ startup goes under, while Zillow lays off hundreds.

Arson arrest in Spokane fire devastation; ICE’s alleged ‘soft raid’ at a seafood plant; Amazon’s stock value tops $3 trillion on AI hopes; and, oh yeah, there’s a primary election today.

Three wildfires attack WA’s second city; Councilmembers, Black leaders diss SPD chief Barnes’ ouster; Edmonds church condemns ICE activity on its property; another stupid shooting, in Idaho.

Wilson gets SPD chief Barnes to resign; appeals court rules in favor of ICE detainees; tech giants taking on ‘mountain of debt’ with AI spending; Storm co-owner fined, suspended over interaction with transphobe rally goers.

Local geology prof co-hosting PBS miniseries; ‘ghost gun’ found at Sunday shooting site; feds ‘investigating’ local high-school Pride display; what millionaires-tax repeal proponents don’t want you to know.

An illegal parachute jump from Space Needle; a fatal mass shooting nearby two days later; protests meet Erika Kirk at a right-wing Kirkland church; hundreds celebrate Jimothy in Ballard.

Seattle Art Fair & many ‘satellite’ exhibits; Council may OK universal free school lunches after all; WA ranks 50th in public wind, solar power; no, White House, Jimothy is a raccoon, not a MAGAt.

Roberta Gregory’s ‘Bitchy!’ comix collection; Council nixes free school lunches for all; ICE still accessing WA driver’s-license data; two ex-Dem governors bashing ‘tax and spend’ as if they were Republicans.

Judge sez Denny Blaine Park can stay nude, with ‘conditions;’ new US attorney for western WA promptly fired by White House; anti-‘millionaires tax’ initiative makes ballot; lightning could spark wildfires today.

Tukwila industrial park with 18 (count ‘em!) data centers; campaign launched to save ‘millionaires’ tax’ from repeal; new concert hall coming downtown; Rep. Smith wants White House occupant ‘removed.’

UW scientists, Samish Nation work to save threatened sea stars; Brown sues to stop fed homeless-funding cuts; Microsoft’s carbon emissions soar due to AI; Chelan wildfire destroys ‘Hobbit Inn.’

Seattle’s part of World Cup ends in triumph (off the field); Tukwila students’ tribute to deported classmate; Microsoft cutting 4,800 jobs (600 of them here); Wilson wants to fight rental ‘junk fees.’

What the Fourth (and America) mean these days; WA licensing info leads to ICE arrests; Chelan Hills fire prompts mandatory evacuations; what the homeless really need (as told by a homeless person).

A big exhibition in the ex-Coliseum Theater; Supreme Court OKs late-arriving mail ballots; Juniper Blessing murder suspect ruled ‘not competent;’ DSHS warns of ‘massive data breach’ of clients’ info.

What Pride means in these times; World Cup ‘Pride Match’ attracts protests against Iran regime; Seattle home prices drop by a lot; WA, 22 other states want ICE to stop covering up deaths in custody.