Bumbershoot’s attempted back-to-basics comeback under new mgmt.; Mayor Harrell really tries (awkwardly) to impress ethnic journalists; e-bike ‘lending libraries’ are coming to WA; a hydroplane racing legend dies.

‘American Junkie’ author/musician Tom Hansen’s cancer death; big T-Mobile layoffs; city tells free-pantry organizer to scale back her operation; wildfire smoke coming back this weekend.

Spokane preacher prays for fire to ‘consume’ city (with its mayor on stage); King County considers new jail with ‘solar canopy;’ Seattle, DoorDash settle over labor violations; remembering a cancer scientist and competitive-dance organizer.

Developer wants 3rd Ave to be a pedestrian plaza (no buses); Inslee sued over ‘gender affirming care’ law; wildfires shut down two City Light dams; the Seattle connection to a ‘racial’ (and racist) ‘brain collection’ at the Smithsonian.

Kamala Harris talks in Seattle (and Dolly Parton in Tacoma); heat wave leads to stage 2 burn ban; ‘quick fix’ to Seattle drug-possession law turned down; the ice cream flavor you never knew you wanted.

Vital, historic African-American art from a sorority’s donated collection; almost every D1 council candidate endorses Megan Costa; new state drug law starts; one threatened north-end tree survives, one doesn’t.

The rise of POC-centric arts and crafts fairs; serious heat (and wildfire smoke) arriving; Seattle Muslim leader says he’s unfairly on a secret FBI ‘watchlist;’ Northwest volunteers helping the Maui rescue effort.

AI-written travel books with bot-posted rave reviews; historic Wedgwood tree saved; ‘stabilization workgroup’ proposes several new city taxes (not all of them legally available); right-wingers want to close one WA county’s only library.

Three Thai-born Seattle filmmakers get noticed at Cannes; Bellevue finally has a permanent men’s shelter; Harrell announces revised drug-crackdown bill; the Pee-wee Herman legacy.

Last phase of new downtown ferry dock to finally open; can ‘Big-Art Culture’ in Seattle survive without Paul Allen?; guilty plea in 2020 protest killing; south-central WA wildfire now bigger than Seattle.

Local journalist’s great-granddad worked (very indirectly) with Oppenheimer; council approves cams at (some) street-racing sites; Sea-Tac had its ‘busiest day ever;’ Anchorage mayor wants to ship that town’s homeless here.

Local filmmaker’s Stewart Udall doc; Rep. Jayapal makes pro-Israeli politicians mad; folks had already complained about deadly Tacoma crash site; Harrell switches course on S. Lake Union light rain.

Activist, with neighbor and tribal support, hopes to save historic Wedgwood tree; seeking the truth about a defunct psych hospital’s dead patients; ICE-jail owners sue state officials; lobbying for ‘head safety in soccer.’

A newly-constructed beach opens off Pioneer Square; it’s been 15 years since the Sonics were taken from us; WA wildfire season’s well underway; can ‘weirdos, not bros’ revive downtown Seattle?

AI bot-written ebooks land (briefly) on an Amazon bestseller list; the would-be Obama bomber’s a Republican from Pasco; ex-Rep. Dave Reichert’s running for governor; still another Bartell Drugs location’s closing.