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1/26/22: A DIFFERENT SECOND COMING
Jan 25th, 2022 by Clark Humphrey

George Freeman resurrects ‘The Monastery’ as a colorful church/event space; COVID numbers coming down in western but not eastern WA; local grocery workers’ ‘hazard pay’ to continue; workers at two more local Starbucks want a union.

1/25/22: ‘DEXTER’S’ LABORATORY?
Jan 24th, 2022 by Clark Humphrey

Could public housing replace part of a major Seattle street?; Orcas Island’s got its own housing crisis; COVID cancels, postpones more events; state sues Google over tracking users who don’t want to be tracked.

1/24/22: STRANGE PAST; NO FUTURE?
Jan 23rd, 2022 by Clark Humphrey

A 118-year-old building on Broadway, with a notorious history, could be razed for affordable housing; the last original Ventures member dies; free COVID tests from the state go fast; Zags’ rift with a superstar, anti-mask alum.

1/20/22: ALL IN A ‘ROW’
Jan 19th, 2022 by Clark Humphrey

A new senior building’s mural tribute to ’36 UW crew team; it’s two years since COVID ‘officially’ arrived in WA and the US; QFC/Fred Meyer workers ‘struggle to make ends meet’ as parent co. rakes in big profits; Latino activists blast state redistricting plan.

12/27/21: HAPPY DAY AFTER BOXING DAY!
Dec 26th, 2021 by Clark Humphrey

Post-Xmas lights (and, oh yeah, the big snow); state sez Amazon won’t let it inspect warehouse safety conditions; PETA tries to deliver coal to Starbucks CEO in an anti-dairy protest; GameWorks stops working.

12/23/21: A ‘BUILT’ REPUTATION
Dec 22nd, 2021 by Clark Humphrey

A new book pays tribute to Seattle architect Paul Hayden Kirk; we’ll get very cold temps (and maybe also snow); Seattle grocery workers’ ‘hazard pay’ won’t end after all; UW modelers predict a massive COVID wave by February.

11/3/21: A DOWNER FOR NOW
Nov 3rd, 2021 by Clark Humphrey

The first ‘ballot drop’ is on the side of corporate centrists (and one genuine right-winger); vax for kids coming soon; UW scientists on the climate crisis; Zillow finds a way to lose big money in ‘flipping’ houses.

10/22/21: STAYING ‘SAVED’ – *|URL|*
Oct 21st, 2021 by Clark Humphrey

Celebrating 50 years since the Pike Place Market preservation initiative; Climate Pledge Arena officially opens; a GOP state House member complains about vax requirement to get into his office; 51 past and present SPD officers are on a King County disciplinary list.

10/20/21: BUILDING A LEGACY
Oct 19th, 2021 by Clark Humphrey

New book chronicles a local architect’s life and work; more Mandate Monday #1 fallout; Edmonds school reverts to remote learning; state charges Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer with lying to officials.

10/15/21: DEFINITELY NOT THE PITS
Oct 14th, 2021 by Clark Humphrey

A local landscape-art work gets national recognition; the state will impose a new vax-or-test mandate for big indoor/outdoor gatherings; 737 MAX program’s former chief technical pilot charged with fraud; does Jean Godden know how to fix downtown?

9/3/21: ‘CUT SOME WOOD, MADE SOME LUMBER’
Sep 2nd, 2021 by Clark Humphrey

Ex-‘Twin Peaks’ sawmill site’s way-polluted, still could get way-redeveloped; Children’s Hospital ‘anti-racism’ plan called merely a cynical PR move; Texas abortion ban’s possible local effects; masks to be required at big outdoor events in King County.

9/2/21: WHAT THEY LEFT BEHIND
Sep 1st, 2021 by Clark Humphrey

Panama Hotel’s preserved artifacts from WWII internment victims; Children’s Hospital promises to become anti-racist; Amazon’s on another hiring spree here and worldwide; what if COVID doesn’t really ‘go away’?

8/19/21: THIS SHIP WILL SAIL AGAIN
Aug 19th, 2021 by Clark Humphrey

Historic/kitschy Admiral Benbow Inn to reopen; Inslee mandates masking for all and vaccines for school/college workers; ICUs fill to capacity again with COVID patients; Pike Place Market turns 114.

8/17/21: PUTTING FOR GREEN
Aug 16th, 2021 by Clark Humphrey

Artistic mini-golf at Olympic Sculpture Park; City Council passes JumpStart payroll tax; why hasn’t county rent-relief money come through yet?; a summer of ‘frustration’ and ‘rage’.

7/28/21: HOW DO YOU CLIMB A JELLYFISH?
Aug 1st, 2021 by Clark Humphrey

Water-themed playground coming to new Waterfront Park; does Seattle’s ‘urban village’ zoning perpetuate inequality?; the heat wave sickened Columbia River salmon; nine bars are or were temporarily closed due to COVID exposures among staff.

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