Historic Portland mall closes; Kelabe Tewolde edges ahead in 37th District state House race; Duwamish River Festival returns after ‘ICE concerns’ canceled it last year; Magic Mouse Toys suddenly shutters.

Local Black leaders still see the Central District as the community’s ‘home’; local DJ held by ICE for three weeks in Mass.; state House District 27 race narrows; ’Neumos security staff unionizes.’

Three wildfires attack WA’s second city; Councilmembers, Black leaders diss SPD chief Barnes’ ouster; Edmonds church condemns ICE activity on its property; another stupid shooting, in Idaho.

Roberta Gregory’s ‘Bitchy!’ comix collection; Council nixes free school lunches for all; ICE still accessing WA driver’s-license data; two ex-Dem governors bashing ‘tax and spend’ as if they were Republicans.

Strange, beloved raccoon prowls Ballard back yards; Wilson’s transit measure passes Council mostly intact; suit over ‘torturous’ conditions at WA women’s prison; crime way down (mostly) in Seattle so far this year.

Tukwila industrial park with 18 (count ‘em!) data centers; campaign launched to save ‘millionaires’ tax’ from repeal; new concert hall coming downtown; Rep. Smith wants White House occupant ‘removed.’

AI ‘time traveler’ vlogs from ‘grunge’ era; farm worker self-deports, leaving family behind; ‘high earners tax is working, despite whining from big business;’ Everett suit claims ‘decades’ of youth-detention sex abuse.

Indie film about a Seattle teen in the ‘grunge’ days; ICE arrests escalate locally; legal cannabis sales on the decline; central WA wildfire causes evacuation order, but also closes main highway out of town.

C-ID merchants feel left out from World Cup business, while Monday’s match will be Seattle’s biggest sports event ever; a few thousand more Microsoft layoffs; Homelessness Authority losing most of its authority.

A ‘Seattle hip-hop walking map;’ WA resident, deported to South Sudan, now in his native Vietnam; city considering removing SR 99 through South Park; Seattle has 20% more ‘unsheltered’ people than in 2024.

Alexandra Lozano’s empire of false hopes to immigrants; Eddie Vedder (and Chicago kids) perform at Obama Center opening; SAM workers vote to form union; Seattle’s greatest spectacle ever?

Wall of Sound Records closing after 36 years; Seattle World Cup debut a ‘win’ for the city; ICE immediately deports Honduran siblings here for medical care; millionaires spending big to defeat ‘millionaires tax.’

Memoir by Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil; the World Cup’s here (along with more ICE agents); WA sues feds over demands for voter lists; Benihana to open where Hooters used to be.

Comedy-club chain buys Crocodile; White House approval rating hits new local now; 10,000 apply for 75 subsidized ‘social housing’ units; allegations of abuse, slavery at Bellevue ‘OnlyFans house.’

Projecting ‘TAX THE RICH’ on Zuckerberg’s yacht; Amazon hits $1 on Fortune 500; gay SPD officers sue city over discrimination; county’s ‘supportive permanent housing’ funds at risk of federal cuts.