The Mariners finally make the playoffs (but the Sounders don’t); new report calls for razing Snake River dams to save salmon; Tiffany Smiley cries for, then disses, Starbucks; remembering a prolific fiction writer and alt-wellness advocate.

Local author on how to mentally survive on a changing planet; 191 texts were ‘manually deleted’ from Durkan’s phone after 2020 protests; local crab populations ‘flourishing’ but still not salmon; Congressional candidate Joe Kent tries to distance himself (but not too far) from far-right extremists.

New coffee chain uses ‘barista bots;’ Harrell wants controversial sonic tech to track down gunshots; Mackenzie Scott divorces hubby #2; GOP Legislative candidate admits his past anti-Jewish Facebook meme post.

CHOP documentary premieres inside ex-CHOP zone; Harrell’s budget plan favors police spending (natch); could a Seattle port dispute derail a regional dockworkers’ labor deal?; housing prices here decline the most since 2009.

What’s in the auction from Paul Allen’s art collection; Constantine proposes tax levy for behavioral-health care; Starbucks says it’s now ready to talk with unions; Esquire insists Seattle’s a fashion capital.

Tacoma bar owners’ quest to restore the old, funny Rainier Beer ads; Seattle’s median income hits a new high (and why that’s bad); state official is ‘cautiously optimistic’ about the COVID fight in WA; we just had our driest summer ever.

Local firm’s ‘metaverse platform’ of virtual offices; Seattle’s building lots of (costly) apartments; SAM’s reimagining its ‘American art’ collection; wildfire smoke comes back to Seattle bigtime.

Teamsters march en masse at Amazon HQ; acting SPD chief Diaz picked for permanent job; Boeing outsourcing corporate jobs to India; Nordstrom moves to stop a Mexican company from taking it over.

Central District art space/shop opens; county jail operating reforms could take years; WA opioid settlement could fall through; ‘A Week Without Driving’ is now underway.

How Indigenous and Asian Americans worked together in early local agriculture; West Seattle Bridge reopens at long last; Death Cab for Cutie’s ‘geocaching’ a downloadable song; a not-very-good weekend for the Seahawks and Mariners.

West Seattle Bridge to finally reopen; a lot of Seattle still works from home; Pierce County to dispense antidote drug Narcan from vending machines; Guild 45th theaters coming down.

Africatown’s new community center opens in a gorgeous ex-fire station; a gruesome stabbing and house fire in Montlake; what we’re only now learning about COVID deaths in WA prisons; saying the unsayable about the Ms’ chances.

A Stranger writer’s history of queer comedy in TV sitcoms; school in Seattle starts at last; NYT essay lauds Seattle’s JustCare housing program; Starbucks to spend millions on store automation (while still union-busting).

Amazon Prime Video documentary probes 737 MAX crashes’ aftermath; possible teachers’-strike breakthrough; Seahawks fans got their boos’ worth vs. Russell Wilson; dance club Neighbors to get new owners.

Wildfire smokes gets to Seattle from close-in, as thousands lose power throughout the NW; teachers’ strike still on; Bezos bashes Queen-bashing professor; Ms make spectacular comeback vs. defending MLB champs, as Seahawks go up against Russell Wilson.