Protesting Bezos’ mega-expensive wedding; Seattle Pride is ‘fearful but empowered;’ Mt. Rainier’s glaciers are ‘disappearing;’ what protests need to lead to.

Fremont Solstice Parade’s comment on the national situation; Bartell’s last stores will rebrand as CVS; a fatal police standoff on East Madison Street; a last chance to remember Memorial Stadium.

Correcting a story about an affordable development; rally for ‘diplomacy over military action;’ nearby property owners want Denny Blaine Park totally closed; what the Fremont parade still means today.

Plans for new, enhanced Peace Park statue; ‘big bill’ would put 4.5 million WA acres for sale; farms here can’t find enough workers; two die when police chase ends at Edmonds ferry dock.

RFK Jr.’s spam texts to Bill Nye; ‘improved survey method’ means higher homeless count; Tacoma school shooting injures one student; Amazon CEO predicts AI will cost more corporate jobs.

Seattle novelist contrasts Chinese, American lives; more ‘No Kings’ protest fallout; Martin Selig loses more properties; ‘living comfortably’ here costs even more this year.

Vietnamese refugee tailor’s family saga; anti-ICE protesters block Fed Building garage exit; County Council wants assessor John Wilson to quit; Seattle’s now more ‘male skewing’ than Anchorage!

Tribute concert to outlaw-folk artist Michael Hurley; local anti-ICE march with bigger ones to follow; city investigating SPD actions at transphobic rally; burglar attacks Macklemore’s kids’ nanny.

‘Uncle Sam’ billboard in southwest WA sold to Chehalis tribes; grocery workers vote to strike; ‘worsening conditions’ reported at Tacoma ICE jail; thoughts on 10 years of these e-missives.

Kshama Sawant running for congress; Cathy Moore quitting City Council; city attorney candidate Nathan Rouse vowing to rein in police guild’s power; feds create, then drop, list of ‘sanctuary’ jurisdictions.

What the CHOP/CHAZ protests did/didn’t accomplish; bill to loosen City Council ethics rules dropped; local lawmakers visit ICE jail; KC deputy accused of raping teen Explorers member.

Imagined ruins of Seattle star in ‘The Last of Us;’ Jewish Folklife act ‘greeted’ by Nazi salute; Spokane homophobes want to go back to Cal Anderson; ex-SPD chief Diaz sues over ‘wrongful termination.’

Spokane fundamentalists rally again, SPD arrests only counter-demonstrators again; school district budget balanced (for now); wildfire season starts; ‘thousands of jobs disappear’ in the region.

Right-wingers rally at Cal Anderson, cops only arrest counter-protesters; Burien camping ban upheld in court; Sea-Tac officials ‘concerned’ about ICE actions; George Floyd killing’s aftermath after 5 years.

Cafe Allegro at 50; NW Folklife Festival at 54; mayoral poll has Katie Wilson slightly ahead of incumbent Bruce Harrell; Gov. Ferguson warns of dire health-care consequences if GOP budget bill passes the US Senate.