Century Ballroom closing sometime in ’25; Anheuser-Busch closing Elysian’s Georgetown brewery; Harrell announces expanded downtown ‘activation teams;’ Seattle Storm coaches accused of ‘player mistreatment.’

Performance-art piece explores Native family history; more post-election ‘horror and heartbreak;’ UW president’s house and car tagged with pro-Hamas slogans; announcer Dave Sims flees Mariners for Yankees.

Sub Pop’s remastered Gits reissues; Seattle school-board head target of recall drive; local minister/homeless advocate accused of owning child-porn; Ferguson keeps fighting abortion-pill restrictions.

First post-election protest march; advice on living in these times; ex-SPD chief of staff quits amid allegations of lying to investigators; Cathy Moore proposes city capital-gains tax.

Newly-dedicated Jackson Street Jazz Trail; Amazon told (again) to let workers vote on unions; gov-elect Ferguson on resisting the neo-MAGA regime; what we all can/must do now.

Reminders of a funkier pre-tech Seattle; pre-election-day polls show a solid blue wave here; Inslee OKs 24-mile-long wind farm near Tri-Cities; Boeing CEO’s ultimatum to striking Machinists ahead of contract vote.

Art exhibit spoofs a certain retail legend; Boeing Machinists to vote on another contract offer; Amazon Web Services is now the company’s chief profit center; Seahawk games could use more ’12s’ and fewer tourists.

‘The drear’ comes again to our northern clime; city budget counter-proposal still raids JumpStart housing money; Amazon investing in nuclear power; big earthquake strikes far off the Oregon coast.

UW prof on why crows can ‘hold grudges’ and for how long; ex-SPD chief Diaz sues Mayor Harrell; another death at the for-profit Tacoma ICE jail; Starbucks’ remote-working CEO wants HQ employees back in the office.

The continuing scene of ‘renegade’ EDM parties; machinists’ strike goes on, as Boeing loses $6 billion; dad assaults teen son who outs himself; the WA Democrat who won’t admit to voting for Harris.

New York mag’s doting profile of Christopher Rufo; SAM security staff prepare to strike; Bellevue OKs affordable housing on church properties; Harrell wants to ‘repeal blast-ball ban for protests.’

Remembering a beloved local sportscaster (and a ‘hyperlocal’ news blogger); Boeing machinists to vote on a new contract proposal; Andrea Suarez ads ‘appear to darken’ opponent Shaun Scott’s skin color to make him seem menacing.

Praise for a rare-book store; more on Boeing’s big layoff plan; more on I-2117’s dangers to WA’s environment; how the housing crisis fuels domestic violence.

Scarecrow Video raises enough money to survive for now; Harrell could divert even more JumpStart money; SPD might leave federal oversight soon; UW biochemist co-wins a Nobel Prize.

Saving one of the region’s last big theater organs; survey says more folks are ‘optimistic’ about Seattle; lawsuit challenges Amazon’s hiring practices; Boeing’s bond rating perhaps headed for ‘junk’ level.