Brandi Carlile and friend hold a surprise early-morning street show; a legislator disses nurses, nurses respond bigtime; Rep. Matt Shea ‘jokes’ in online chats about spying on liberals; Sounder FC’s first loss of the season.

A new mark of desperation: shoplifting Goodwill; the new arena will take longer and cost more; former co-mayor (sorta) Bob Royer dies; the meaning of Saturday’s unofficial holiday.

Fewer golfers are using Seattle’s city-owned courses; Durkan denies claims of a ‘toxic workplace’; the Daylight Savings Time bill has a catch; Microsoft wants a national carbon tax.

Making room for light-rail tracks next to I-5; Russell Wilson gets a big pay raise; the Legislature sprints to the finish; two newspaper wakes, a decade (and a month) apart.

In an upcoming exhibit, MOHAI insists there IS fashion style here; Sawant wants to challenge the state’s rent-control ban; the ex-Ballard Zesto site will be razed; online trolls hate ‘pay transparency’.

Viaduct destruction continues; still more anti-‘Seattle Is Dying’ counter-arguments; Mariners become human again; Durkan defends immigrants (and defends defending them).

Remembering an early, now-doomed Amazon HQ building; bowling’s 500 lb. gorilla wants to buy a Seattle ’boutique bowling’ spot; the Mariners’ miracle season continues; we mark a big (at least numerically) milestone.

A creepy police surveillance tower at a supermarket; SeaTac mobile-home defenders reach a settlement; a Boeing shareholder’s lawsuit; how we’re not the only place with a homeless crisis and why we don’t realize it.

Everett’s getting upscaled; a School Board member wants on the City Council; ICE agents stalk WA courthouses; guess what town’s now more diverse than Seattle?

An online graphic novella tells of the local orcas’ plight; the Northgate Nordstrom to be razed; could Boeing cause a national recession?; look at all the council candidates!

Beloved local singer-songwriter Shawn Smith remembered; Chateau Apartments’ tenants can stay for now; Tim Eyman still faces a state lawsuit and possible forced retirement; the Mariners’ miracle continues.

A local vintage-wear merchant’s newest comeback; Boeing’s CEO again vows to make things right; Bezos divorce details; one surprisingly positive result of the KOMO homeless-special ado.

We may get another hot, dry, fire-laden summer; Northgate’s de-malling is well underway; who Amazon will put in its new Bellevue buildings; Seattle Times closing Bothell printing plant.

A legendary local sci-fi author dies; a suburban teen apologizes for a racist message; there’s another Sawant challenger; tracing the years-old roots of the 737 MAX crisis.

Creating a new visual representation for an old oral language; Books to Prisoners might get effectively banned; standoff at Nickelsville tiny-house sites continues; is the 737 crisis due to ‘cheap government’?