Making an old-photo archive more diverse; Amazon Books’ (now-doomed) first store had already moved away from books; state to honor soldiers who died from suicide after returning from battle; remembering the week COVID really hit around here.

Seattle mansion’s seller denies alleged indirect connection to an American horror story; UW resident physicians stage a brief walkout; some local bands don’t mind what used to be called ‘selling out;’ remembering an original Mariner.

A retired Bellevue arts docent’s own ‘Barbieville;’ zoning reform is among the bills dead in the Legislature; WA’s COVID ‘R number’ has gone way down; Harrell’s ‘State of the City’ speech repeats big, vague promises.

Burke Museum exhibit explores the bio-diversity of tiny spaces; Microsoft, Expedia to bring office workers back; Spokane co. makes fake face masks just for show; Sawant wants to keep the city’s eviction ban going.

HBO movie ‘Kimi’ exploits Seattle tech-biz hype; city eviction moratorium to end in 2 weeks; forensics team believes Durkan’s phone was deliberately set to delete texts; REI management releases anti-union podcast.

A Seattle civil-rights lawyer’s new documentary; a Kent school library can keep its LGBTQ books; Bellevue’s housing is now costlier than Manhattan’s; a Cascade volcano’s at a ‘very high risk’ of erupting.

Art installation recalls pre-gentrification Central District; outdoor mask mandate (only) ends next week; city didn’t allocate funds for new SPD hiring bonuses; Amazon’s US employment tops a cool million.

Documentary on local bands surviving COVID shutdowns; some late-model cars are now stuck on one radio station; polls show big support for affordable-housing measures; Starbucks finds a justification to fire union organizers.

Art and storytelling keep WWII internments remembered; Inslee wants a statewide plan against homelessness; a seed shortage hinders the replanting of burned forests; Nancy Pearl decries school book bans.

Russell Wilson and Ciara open a fashion boutique in U Village; COVID down big in western WA, still high in the east; Melinda French Gates to go her own philanthropic way; Rotterdam may dismantle a historic bridge so Bezos’ new megayacht can go through.

Remembering artist Michael Spafford; state bill would let you walk up to drive-thrus; what’s behind King Co.’s rise in shootings; hospitals increasingly rely on costly temp ‘travel nurses.’

Sony’s buying local game maker Bungie; Breanna Stewart’s staying with the Storm; a pizza franchisee settles a back-wage dispute for $2 million; a 95-year Seattle radio tradition ends today.

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.

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.

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.