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4/5/24: 50 YEARS AFTER
Apr 4th, 2024 by Clark Humphrey

Anniversary of Spokane’s Expo ’74 (and of Cobain’s death); Harrell announces a not-so-exciting transportation plan; John Oliver vs. food delivery app companies.

4/4/24: HOME SWEET SQUEEZEBOX
Apr 3rd, 2024 by Clark Humphrey

Accordion-esque apartment tower opens; refugees get a few more days in Kent hotel after one-night encampment; Manuel Ellis police killing co-defendant quits new job; Boise State prof ran an extremist website.

4/3/24: BIRD IS (STILL) THE WORD
Apr 2nd, 2024 by Clark Humphrey

Storm legend, in new doc, states her case as Seattle sports’ GOAT; new SPD contract would include huge retroactive raises; outcry after Frye Art Museum curator’s layoff; Victor Steinbrueck’s little house to go for big bucks.

4/2/24: COURTING INFLUENCE
Apr 1st, 2024 by Clark Humphrey

Online ‘influencers’ are a growing target of restaurant marketing; Rainier View principal transferred out; more protests against Tacoma ICE jail; MAGAts will invoke racism on any flimsy excuse.

4/1/24: MARKET FUTURES
Mar 31st, 2024 by Clark Humphrey

Master plan to improve Pike Place Market for local shoppers; SPD union gets tentative contract deal with city; Seattle Schools closing ‘highly capable cohort’ program; a print-media tradition few people probably miss.

3/29/24: NOT JUST THE CLOTHES ARE BLACK
Mar 28th, 2024 by Clark Humphrey

Black Punk Weekend brings both films and live acts; COVID’s not done with the City Council; GOP lawmaker mistakes Gonzaga b-ball team for ‘illegal invaders;’ Kraken holds Pride Night, defying NHL execs.

3/28/24: DEATH AND DYSFUNCTION
Mar 27th, 2024 by Clark Humphrey

PBS docu-series recounts local COVID responses; famed mountain climber Lou Whittaker dies; anti-fossil-fuel protest held at Amazon’s head offices; and, oh yeah, it’s baseball season.

3/26/24: DUTY NOW FOR THE (CLIMATE) FUTURE
Mar 25th, 2024 by Clark Humphrey

Northwest could face a future influx of ‘climate refugees;’ Boeing’s CEO, other execs quitting; ‘Strippers’ Bill of Rights’ signed into law, a “Lara Croft Tomb Raider’ attraction’s coming to Seattle.

3/25/24: LITTLE HOUSE IN THE MID-RISE
Mar 24th, 2024 by Clark Humphrey

New state law allows more ‘micro-apartments;’ Rep. Adam Smith vs. pro-Gaza protesters; Oso landslide memorial dedicated on 10th anniversary; no, a new McDonald’s near Seattle Center won’t ‘revive downtown.’

3/22/24: A POEM CLOSE TO HOME
Mar 21st, 2024 by Clark Humphrey

Public poetry coming to a storefront near you; feds say Apple’s ‘monopolistic’ behavior doomed Amazon, Microsoft smartphones; more Oso landslide remembrances; city’s auctioning off leftover pandemic PPE gear.

3/15/24: PIXIES IN DIXIE
Mar 14th, 2024 by Clark Humphrey

Stacey Levine’s novel of two Florida sisters and a ‘shadowy’ Other; Shaun Scott runs to replace Frank Chopp in the Legislature; judge says King County deputies needn’t enforce Burien camping ban; a sad local anniversary.

3/11/24: RIPPING A NEW, ER, DOOR HOLE
Mar 10th, 2024 by Clark Humphrey

John Oliver disses Boeing’s corporate priorities; county deputies asked to not enforce Burien camping ban; skyrocketing costs for salmon-friendly water passages; four years since the first COVID shutdowns.

3/8/24: ACROSS THE SOUND, AND A FEW DIMENSIONS
Mar 7th, 2024 by Clark Humphrey

Locally made sci-fi film premieres; Legislature goes home leaving a lot of dead bills; major racial gap remains in SPD use-of-force cases; Elon Musk disses Mackenzie Scott’s philanthropy (and its recipients).

3/5/24: BLACK, TO THE PAST
Mar 4th, 2024 by Clark Humphrey

A history of Black student movements at UW, WSU; Legislature OKs three conservative initiatives; King County launches new anti-fentanyl efforts; MAGA candidate in SW WA invokes racism to oppose a new I-5 bridge.

3/4/24: THE TREE OF TECH
Mar 3rd, 2024 by Clark Humphrey

An LED and mylar “cherry tree” at the UW; Boeing wants to buy back Spirit AeroSystems; the SPD officer who killed Jaahnavi Kandula gets a traffic citation; Conor Byrne Pub set to close on 3/31.

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