Local popular historian Paul Dorpat RIP; cleanup, recovery continue at Longview mill blast site; possible ‘white collar slowdown’ could hurt local economy; Dan Strauss’s plan to save light rail to Ballard.

Locally-shot film about a road trip with fearsome complications; deadly explosion at WA paper mill; Meta lays off 1,400 in WA while CEO’s superyacht shows in town; ‘bicycle weekends’ and their discontents.

New musical on pioneering Black woman pilot; Boeing helps fund MAGA official’s reality show; US Supreme Court may ‘review’ WA Legislative districts; Starbucks makes major marketing mistake in S. Korea.

Getting Vonda N. McIntyre’s last novel published; remembering the slain trans UW student Juniper Blessing; Seattle schools top national scores (as a whole); happy Cascadia (Mount St. Helens) Day!

Lori Matsukawa’s new memoir; LGBTQ folks fleeing to WA from TX, other red states; UW stabbing victim remembered as her alleged slayer turns himself in; GOP group wants judge to throw out Legislative district map.

Teen’s anti-suicide clothing line; Seattle Housing Authority buildings derided as ‘unsafe;’ unionized REI workers call for anniversary-sale boycott; Seattle factory being built to create ‘autonomous warships.’

‘Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet’ becoming a musical; campaign watchdog files complaint about Let’s Go Washington; Microsoft fires its Israeli head; could Seahawks buyer want a new stadium?

Bill Nye honored at Madame Tussauds NYC; new teachers’-union head accused of abusing student; WA Legislative, Supreme Court races to watch; Seattle Times print edition gets even smaller.

Documentary exposes 1937 murder case and its eerie twist; WA wins court case against US tariffs; Wilson asks city depts. to prepare for big budget cuts; region has more home sellers these days, but fewer buyers.

Kim Fu’s novel of ghosts, memories, and rain; ‘nearby gunfire’ disrupts Wilson speech; ‘Magic: the Gathering’ online game creators say they’ve unionized; drive to dissolve Homelessness Authority begins.

Lummi Nation’s old-fashioned fishing; NW senators warn USPS on federal election-takeover plans; Homelessness Authority agrees to financial review; data-center plans hinge on iffy power projects.

‘Augmented reality’ Seattle walking tour; whither the Regional Homelessness Authority?; Microsoft offers early retirement to thousands of workers; Nick Hanauer asks ‘which capitalism’ we really want.

Photog captures new life in long-logged forests; Homelessness Authority can’t find $13 million; Starbucks staffers worry over company’s future in Seattle; parents rally to prevent school closures.

Punk Rock Flea Market makes the UK papers; Naomi Ishisaka’s FB account hacked, she gets blamed for results; ladders, catwalks ordered taken out of Gas Works Park; Black queer couple makes ‘Seattle’s best latte.’

One of Seattle’s lesser known ‘liminal spaces;’ local politicians, protesters denounce White House war threats; unauthorized ‘Dragon Land’ art installations removed; UW lit class goes (almost) all ‘analog.’