Big rotating globe invites contemplation at St. Mark’s; Katie Wilson’s lead for mayor grows; judge nixes city plans for a Sodo housing/arts complex; WA sez SNAP benefits are ‘go’, SCOTUS sez they’re ‘stop.’

Knute Berger profiles Henry and Sarah Yesler; will full SNAP funding come back or not?; mayoral race narrows in late ballots; the (unintended?) double meaning of the new women’s hockey team’s name.

Tribal masks from a BC master carver at the Frye; communities organize to help SNAP cutoff’s victims; police kill man at S. Holgate; Amazon reports big profits, goes ahead with big layoffs anyway.

Potential next-gen aircraft shown off; local help for SNAP cutoff victims; Crocodile says it’s not closing its smaller performance rooms (yet); Microsoft Azure cloud outage screws with Alaska Airlines’ systems (again).

Crocodile closing two of its three performance spaces; WA, 25 other states sue over SNAP funding halt; Amazon announces 14,000 layoffs, while the state has a ‘growing backlog’ of pending unemployment claims.

Performance piece asks why we still have war; Harrell makes anti-ICE executive orders, while local right-wing influencers appear at the White House; Ms battle Friday for the right to face the Blue Jays in the ALCS.

Ex-‘Seattle Sketcher’ spreads the word about hand-drawn art; city, state leaders don’t want US troops on our streets; big $$ for Harrell re-election campaign; last three Bartell Drug stores close.

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.

Women’s ‘pre-professional’ soccer team debuts; Katie Wilson won’t debate on KOMO if it won’t air Kimmel; AZ Republican wants Rep. Jayapal murdered for encouraging protests; Ms clinch first-round playoff bye.

Popular YouTuber spends a (live, unedited) day in Seattle; firefighter held by ICE released; Harrell’s budget plan raids housing $$ for more cops (again); oh, and there was a big baseball game.

Pancake Chef to serve its last short stack; WA still won’t give state voter info to feds; Harrell’s proposed budget gives still more to SPD; another Kimmel-banning TV station group wants to buy KING.

‘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.

Bremerton civic project honors Quincy Jones (and other Black locals); CVS devours Bartell Drugs’ last crumbs; judge orders ICE to release Seattle man; is Harrell using city funds/resources for electioneering?

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.

New local news site ‘The Burner’ starts; green card workers at Sea-Tac afraid to fly; Port of Seattle sues to stop Sodo housing plan; unhoused-encampment sweeps still rising.