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.

‘Lady Rainier’ statue, between I-5 and Sound Transit yard; UW researchers wanted to ‘train AI’ on preschoolers; GOP wants to stack WA high court against ‘millionaires tax;’ UW stabbing suspect may have stalked another student.

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.

‘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?

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.

1969 ‘People’s Wall’ in ‘landmarking’ process; shelter expansion progresses in City Council; Sound Transit chair proposes delaying rail to Ballard; remembering Ted Turner (and the Goodwill Games).

‘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.

May Day rally/march draws thousands; Ezell’s Chicken talks of going national; bicyclist who struck a car in a ‘protected bike lane’ gets big city payout; Ooh! Ooh! Meanie mayor talks non-reverently about the rich!

Black Film Fest is here; two Silicon Valley moguls rumored to each want the Seahawks; Councilmembers propose ban on new in-city data centers; multiple stabbings at Tacoma’s Foss High.

Group bike ride as performance art; UW student arrested for drumming near Turning Point event; judge blocks WA law regulating sheriffs; the stark truth behind the Supreme Court’s latest horror.

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.

Gerard Tsutakawa’s new sculpture unveiled at Lumen; officials seem ready to dissolve Homelessness Authority; Microsoft alters OpenAI pact; remembering a Seattle activist murdered by Philippine soldiers.

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.

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.