Japanese co. opens fancy commercial ‘campfield’ in southwest WA; judge halts big grocery merger for now; feds planing a giant solar farm at Hanford; western wildfire season getting worse.

The prettiest Taco Time is going away; what got cut from city’s Transportation Levy; a new name for an old light-rail stop; Kraken hires NHL’s first female asst. coach.

Commercial ‘Museum of Illusions’ opens; youth-shelter operator announces cutbacks; holes found in two busy roads; Russell Investments ditching ex-WaMu Tower for Rainier Square.

Elaborate Lego model of Husky Stadium; right-wing initiative sponsor has a fancy Japanese estate; SPL computers slowly coming back online; Amazon may be creating its own AI chatbot.

‘Modular’ apartment high rise finishes three years late; ex-chief Diaz claims he couldn’t have harassed women ‘cuz he’s gay; Constantine wants to replace downtown county jail; a trip to ‘Twin Peaks’ country.

Loving profile of a local DJ legend; another vacant Seattle building burns up; layoffs hit Seattle Rep; is downtown real-estate investment near a rebound?

One Seattleite’s favorite ‘obscure’ monuments; Dave Reichert ‘jokes about shooting reporters;’ out-of-state abortions soar in WA; car crashes into an ambulance treating the victim of a previous crash.

Remembering Seattle’s first (very short-lived) punk rock club; UW tells protesters it won’t cut Boeing ties; 3rd Ave’s real problem isn’t buses; another FAA investigation starts into Boeing’s safety practices.

3D tour of late, beloved Re-bar; students, others march for Gaza peace; ex-cop/suspected killer apparently kills self while on the run; Boeing engineers claim ‘retaliation’ by company.

Historic mid-century Egan House for sale; state GOP convention descends into chaos; US Supreme Court to take on OR town’s draconian anti-homeless law; what light rail can do to/for the Eastside.

Beloved ‘Salish geek’ artist Jeffrey Veregge dies; City Council committee rejects affordable-housing scheme; Alaska Air officials optimistic after first-quarter losses; Seattle Storm opens its fancy new practice facility.

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.

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.

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.’

Frank Herbert wrote a gay-coded villain while disowning his gay son; local newspaper chain’s mysterious new owners; traffic deaths set a recent record; MacKenzie Scott gives big (again).