WA State Book Award nominees include a ‘Dumb Birds Field Guide;’ court blocks federal retaliations against King County; another sexual harassment suit against an SPD officer; city, world say ‘Goodbye Dolly.’

B’ham author on a Korea-to-US mass adoption operation; punitive tariffs against Canada will hit hard in WA; wildfires here are far from done; yes, we want an NBA team in Seattle, but not at Portland’s expense.

Author Rasheena Fountain melds environmentalism, blues; Canada tariffs’ potential local impact; over 50 new wildfires start around the Northwest; Microsoft tops list of corporate ‘tax avoiders.’

‘What the Funk?!’ burlesque fest is back; Wilson recall drive goes to court; Chamber of Commerce poll says folks want CCTV cams, activists disagree; Uber Eats paying $4.4M in gig-worker settlement.

Local team’s medical-ed comics for young patients; another, bigger hunger strike at Tacoma ICE jail; light rail timeline to W. Seattle delayed again; oh, and the Seahawks are back.

Columbia Funeral Home hopes to rebuild, one year later; ‘recall petition’ filed against Mayor Wilson; ‘millionaires tax’ repeal could cost WA $1.3 billion; pending home sales here ‘plunged’ this past year.

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.’

Few surprises in first primary-election results; WA vows to protect voter info from prying feds; alleged Spokane fire starter appears in court; ‘indoor agriculture’ startup goes under, while Zillow lays off hundreds.

Wilson gets SPD chief Barnes to resign; appeals court rules in favor of ICE detainees; tech giants taking on ‘mountain of debt’ with AI spending; Storm co-owner fined, suspended over interaction with transphobe rally goers.

Anti-Trans WNBA player draws (very small) support rally; Microsoft’s big revenues, big layoffs; Council tightens zoning-code appeals process; shooting suspect charged with assault.

Local geology prof co-hosting PBS miniseries; ‘ghost gun’ found at Sunday shooting site; feds ‘investigating’ local high-school Pride display; what millionaires-tax repeal proponents don’t want you to know.

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.

Amanda Knox monologue show; Mayor Wilson praises World Cup’s impact; state pushes back on claims of ‘foreign election interference;’ Megan Rapinoe says anti-trans legislation’s about ‘distracting us.’

UW scientists, Samish Nation work to save threatened sea stars; Brown sues to stop fed homeless-funding cuts; Microsoft’s carbon emissions soar due to AI; Chelan wildfire destroys ‘Hobbit Inn.’

Seattle’s part of World Cup ends in triumph (off the field); Tukwila students’ tribute to deported classmate; Microsoft cutting 4,800 jobs (600 of them here); Wilson wants to fight rental ‘junk fees.’