Orient Express (née Andy’s Diner) site could be redeveloped; rejected US Attorney candidate re-nominated; Ed Sheeran’s other tour mates side with Macklemore; Mariners reach their ‘tragic number’ for the season.

Late-model Mazda found at bottom of Ship Canal; potential teachers’ strike still looms, while state workers stage one-day walkout; remembering the guy from my high school who got a World Series ring.

Meet West Seattle’s ‘beaver detective;’ Seattle teachers authorize strike if contract talks fail; WA sues to stop new mail-ballot restrictions; Bill Gates calls for ‘a tax on AI automated systems.’

‘AI film festival’ coming back to town; ICE still trying to prevent state jail inspections; Storm finally win a game after 11 straight losses; where will Spokane wildfire victims live?

Burlesque acrobatics by Tanya Gagné & co.; fired US attorney Roger Rogoff suing feds; injunction in WA’s suit against ‘prediction market’ Kalshi; Jimothy-mania goes national.

Judge sez Denny Blaine Park can stay nude, with ‘conditions;’ new US attorney for western WA promptly fired by White House; anti-‘millionaires tax’ initiative makes ballot; lightning could spark wildfires today.

Tukwila industrial park with 18 (count ‘em!) data centers; campaign launched to save ‘millionaires’ tax’ from repeal; new concert hall coming downtown; Rep. Smith wants White House occupant ‘removed.’

What Pride means in these times; World Cup ‘Pride Match’ attracts protests against Iran regime; Seattle home prices drop by a lot; WA, 22 other states want ICE to stop covering up deaths in custody.

Fantagraphics Books @ 50; World Cup’s first Seattle game here at last; county approves road-maintenance tax (ignoring Seattle officials’ complaints); AI exec thinks anti-AI complaints will just ‘taper’ away.

Abstract videos of the immigrant experience; Council passes one-year ban on new data centers; city, county vow closer watch on Homelessness Authority; Seattle film exhibitor Tasveer gets its own panel at Cannes Film Festival.

One-day winter wonderland; Seattle Center wants big bond measure; REI cuts benefits, new-employees’ pay; feds want man to pay $1.8 million for not self-deporting.

Art exhibits portray Black women, power, and wisdom; ‘millionaire tax’ passes WA House after 24-hour debate; Starbucks union fights latest closure plans; big Boeing deal to sell smart bombs to Israel.

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).

Seattle-born artist’s spectacular feature-film debut; Wilson wants more ‘tiny homes’ faster; bill would outlaw AI child-abuse imagery (even if no actual children were involved); rapper ‘Raz’ Simone convicted in abuse, trafficking case.

New blog on Seattle ‘post-grunge’ music; WA might use pension surplus to help fill budget deficit; Amazon dumps more Seattle office space; Bill Gates apologizes for Epstein meetings, insists he wasn’t a trafficking client.