‘Pop-up zine shop’ near the new B&N; UW report sez Tacoma ICE jail now has even-lower standards; Wilson allows AI use in city departments; County Council OK’s ‘evaluating’ Homelessness Authority finances.

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.

Ex-Hole bassist Melissa Auf der Maur’s memoir; Bothell cops accused of anti-Asian violence in massage-parlor raids; candy maker Brown & Haley merges with China firm; Starbucks to open big Nashville office.

Joel Connelly ends half-century reporting on the NW; feds turn back Chinese scholars at Sea-Tac; Amazon (again) accused of underpaying women workers; musicians here celebrate Live Nation verdict.

Robo-cam sees sunk ships near Gas Works; climbing legend and REI boss Jim Whittaker RIP; ICE abducts asylum seeker after Seattle immigration hearing; Queer Film Festival ‘on hold.’

Daughter looks back at father’s WWII internment; soaring fuel prices and their victims; downtown visitors up to 2019 levels, workers still behind; lawsuit targets Boeing for ‘off the clock’ duties.

Local ‘meme artist’ pranks future historians; feds take aim at WA home-ownership program; César Chavez’s name taken off a local park; waiting for the Sonics comeback vote.

Ancient Native ‘forest gardens’ in BC; Kraken owners make moves to bid on new Sonics franchise; WA sues USDA over ‘unlawful demands;’ why a local cement plant burns a million tires a year (and wants to burn more).

Non-‘mystical’ 20th century NW art at SAM; Wilson pauses new police CCTV cams (but keeps current ones on); backlash against light-rail expansion cutbacks; ICE detains asylum seekers on questionable grounds.

Indigenous historian is a local Women’s History Month icon; SW WA extremist Joe Kent quits MAGA regime; Sound Transit hopes to trim rail-construction budgets; City Light faces possible future power shortages.

Another destructive windstorm; Legislature ends as ‘millionaires tax’ challenges start; Wilson changes mind, picks different new City Light boss; a couple of grim anniversaries this weekend.

Seattleite’s book on an obscure aspect of WWII; Seattle corporate lawyer is new state Supreme Court appointee; ex-city attorney Davison left over 5,000 unresolved cases; still more Starbucks store closures (most of them unionized).

Netflix doc on Eddie Vedder’s crusade vs. a rare disease; top local philanthropist (and staunch Israel defender) dies; Torrent sets a women’s-soccer attendance record; locals denounce new Iran war.

Tacoma Art Museum retrospective of a ‘trailblazing Black American painter;’ DOL’s ‘Spanish’ phone option really speaks English (with an accent); teen shoots up a pizza place; Wilson asks city departments to find potential budget cuts.