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).

UW Quad cherry blossoms lit up one night only; will ICE agents show up to take TSA duties at Sea-Tac?; Zags, UW women, Seattle U ousted from b-ball tourneys; CBS Radio abruptly killed at age 99.

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.

Cancer patient/counselor’s sidewalk ‘pep talk library;’ Dick’s Drive Ins workers’ class-action suit; Metro driver in ‘medical crisis’ crashes into seven vehicles; reconsidering Cesar Chavez.

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.

Longtime, still-living leaders for local Native rights; Ferguson says he’ll sign ‘millionaires tax;’ 5th Ave. Theatre, Pacific Science Center lay off workers; Starbucks closing another unionized store.

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.

Airport display sign repurposed as ‘kinetic sculpture;’ ‘millionaire tax’ bill passes state Senate, while Legislators reconsider estate tax; 20 families sue Boeing after 2024 crash.

New play on Bruce Lee’s early years; Zahilay bans ICE from some King Co. property; review cites SPD’s ‘multiple failures’ at May anti-LGBTQ rally; Federal Way ousts council president who supported anti-ICE protests.

Dance producer premieres new collaboration project; Amazon laying off another 16,000 globally; Microsoft announces big profits, big AI costs; Macklemore endorses ‘National Shutdown” campaign.

Amazon suddenly closes two grocery chains, potentially creating a Central District ‘food desert’; ICE abducts dad in front of child in Shoreline; Boeing sales jump 60 percent; region loses 130,000 jobs in the past year.

Replacing stolen Peace Park statue; Ferguson, Brown planning for ‘worst-case’ ICE scenario as protests continue; ex-Starbucks VP claims retaliation in lawsuit; a Dem claiming Dems are ‘too liberal’ at the exact wrong time.

Play about ‘70s immigrant lives is all too relevant; Wilson, Ferguson won’t change ‘sanctuary’ policies despite White House threats; Wilson stops one sweep, lets another proceed; anti-ICE protesters disrupt City Council meeting.

Varsity Theater closing; Ferguson plugs millionaire tax and bashes MAGA regime; White House threatens all fed funding to ‘sanctuary’ cities and states; prosecutors won’t charge ex-Harrell aide after allegations of sexual assault.

Bruce Lee postage stamp announced; thousands (inc. Mayor Wilson) at Cal Anderson anti-ICE rally; Legislative session opens with money trouble; we’re all in a battle to preserve ‘the nation’s soul.’