Tribes work to get more ‘deadbeat dams’ removed; faulty drones mar SeaTac 4th of July; Pierce County councilmember refuses to work in the same room with a Pride flag; we’ve got oppressive heat, wildfires, etc.

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.

Local editor’s ‘Literature of Japanese American Incarceration;’ stabbings, shooting inside a car being driven on I-5; Congressional candidate fires manager who’d criticized Israel online; ACLU slams conditions at Tacoma’s for-profit ICE jail.

Living Computers Museum contents to be auctioned; 2020 anti-SPD protesters awarded punitive damages; 737 crash families want an ‘independent monitor’ over Boeing; why Pride still needs to be radical.

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.

Mariners’ ‘blue screen of death’ stunt on ‘Microsoft Night;’ electricians’ strike ends, janitors’ strike might start; Boeing likely won’t see federal charges over crashes; Ferguson warns of a ‘close race’ for governor this year.

New gallery space goes beyond ‘bank lobby art;’ two SPD command staff members investigated over ‘crimes against women;’ new rules on old-growth logging announced; Melinda French Gates’ first-ever presidential endorsement.

Dating-site founder revives local art mag; mayor’s niece claims racial profiling by SPD; MAX crash victims’ kin want Boeing to pay billions; GOP candidate for gov ‘jokes’ about turning Evergreen campus into homeless prison camp.

We’re still a scary place in video games; ex-SPD chief Diaz accused of ‘dictatorship;’ WA’s first strip club with booze in decades is now open; 50 years of (and three different sets of) Seattle Sounders.

Garfield High School community responds to Thursday’s shooting; astronaut and ‘Earthrise’ photog William Anders dies in San Juans plane crash; WA wildfire season now underway; I’ve got a new project to announce.

Two new giant murals near the waterfront; Garfield student fatally shot while ‘trying to break up a fight;’ SPD-beating video goes viral; I’ve got a big to-do this Saturday.

Messages told in U District’s homey ‘Museum of Unity;’ GOP initiatives’ backers don’t want their financial impacts mentioned on ballots; two local theaters talk of merging; Costco reportedly to stop regularly selling books.

Local films tackle visibility and forgiveness; ‘Juneuay’ weather wreaks havoc; Councilmember Saka wants a bigger transportation levy; Poulsbo Pride street banners trashed, repaired, re-installed.

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.