A ‘non-binary,’ oft-cross-dressing YouTube star; viaduct’s death date announced; Safeco Field subsidy OK’d; my new book’s already a hit.

The Storm closes out KeyArena in style; two more local arts-scene deaths; ‘Shout Your Abortion’ the book; what might really be behind Bezos’ philanthropic push.

A musical mash-up of Morrissey and workout-DVD reviews (!); the Storm’s righteous total triumph; detained immigrant youth at risk of abuse; local tourism biz deals with shutoff of public ad money.

Sue Bird has fun fanning the flames of Storm fever; finding Burt Reynolds’ Cosmo pose in Tlingit native art; Dori Monson’s latest pathetic tirade.

Mt. St. Helens is a mighty volcano in an odd location; another get-girls-into-STEM drive starts; a historic local eatery will finally reopen; just a brief 9/11 thought.

Viaduct removal means an obscure public artwork’s removal; WNBA players should make more; the Mystery Coke Machine’s non-reappearance; Hugo House buys its new space.

A local bookselling legend dies; M’s get most of the county $ they wanted; Showbox landlord sues; Bernie Sanders introduces ‘Stop B.E.Z.O.S. Act’.

Russell Wilson gets US sports’ highest honor; local theater company tackles ableism; the Storm gets back to the WNBA finals; is it Seattle’s best or worst of times (or both)?

Gorgeous photos of weird local sea life; Bernie Sanders speaks out for Amazon warehouse workers; homes are cheaper in NY than Seattle now; how not to run a pro-affirmative action campaign.

Local company’s gender-neutral undies; Manweller report made public; bringing techies into the civic discussion; We Can Breathe Again!

We’ve again got the most noxious air in the world; King County settles teen solitary-confinement lawsuit; Seattle’s mega-growth may finally be slowing; did Metro order buses that can’t go up our steep hills?

Why those new apartment projects all look the same; second thoughts about upzoning; could we finally be getting less-filthy air?

Defaced public artwork replaced (multiple times); how to talk about our lousy air; Central Wash. U fires Matt Manweller; Felix Hernandez’s almost-comeback.

More Meinert accusers, now willing to be named; ‘date-rape drug’ seized at Belltown nightclub; will a ‘private’ Spokane speech doom the GOP’s midterm chances?

A strange new concept bar; more save-the-Showbox ideas; Rep. Jayapal calls family separations ‘terrorism’; green algae’s spreading in the Sound.