Mariners-owned TV channel closes; Rendezvous buyers make themselves known; Harrell claims most of Seattle’s unhoused people aren’t from here; Portland isn’t ‘war-torn,’ doesn’t want federal troops on its streets.

‘Cascade PBS News,’ née Crosscut, axed; what ‘fewer tech jobs’ may mean to Seattle;’ exUW prof who founded black-history website dies; Jimmy Kimmel’s comeback won’t be on Sinclair-owned KOMO.

Seattle Symphony’s first female music director; Katie Wilson calls herself a ‘socialist’ (but not a purist ideologue); downtown foot traffic, hotel biz set high marks; Mariners, Cal Raleigh reach milestones.

Songstress Julie Cascioppo’s new memoir; WA says it won’t feed private voter info to feds; why so many people hate expanding SPD’s surveillance-cam network; an ex-Microsoft exec’s in Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘birthday book.’

Char Easter’s ethereal guitar music returns; Council approves more CCTV cams despite major opposition; Bill Gates profits from ICE flights; Storm clinch last playoff spot in last seconds of last regular-season game.

MoPOP’s Nirvana exhibit closes after 14 years; big Waterfront Park holds grand opening gala; Sen. Cantwell gives hell to RFK Jr.; Ferguson predicts major economic and job losses from tariffs.

Tomo Nakayama’s song of optimism; western governors form vax partnership; fed oversight of SPD officially ends; don’t expect the ‘Prize Patrol’ to come knocking any time soon.

Singing together for the fun of it; ICE arrests activist during citizenship hearing; Rendezvous in Belltown suddenly closes; local COVID rates highest in a year.

Lynda V. Mapes launches book praising old forests; Ferguson keeps defending WA’s immigration policies; two more Fred Meyer stores (one in Seattle) closing; KING to be absorbed into the biggest TV station group ever.

Old videotape of Bumbershoot’s a-bit-of-everything past; Katie Wilson has her own PAC; Ferguson again defends WA immigration policy amid MAGA threats; ex-Mama’s Mexican Kitchen site for sale (relatively) cheap.

Arts/music center opens at ex-big box store site; Tacoma ICE jail told to pay detainees min. wage; Katie Wilson starts to get big endorsements; waiting for the big rains to arrive.

Could Portland TrailBlazers move to Seattle?; popular Capitol Hill restaurant suddenly shuts; city B&O tax change goes to voters.

Anti-Blue Angels billboard goes up; two Latinx-focused music fests canceled for ‘safety concerns’; Starbucks’ CEO makes 6,666 times a typical worker’s pay; is Seattle’s bike network being loved to death?

Iranian-American woman’s very personal performance piece; ICE releases four kids, keeps their mother; big city workers’ union backs Katie Wilson for mayor; Microsoft’s former top lawyer dies.

‘Hot Rat Summer’ mural at Cal Anderson Park covered up, then restored; PSE asks customers to use less electricity; King County reaffirms ‘sanctuary’ status; WA, other states sue over FEMA disaster-funding cuts.