Novel explores hidden horrors in a too-perfect town; annual big free clinic ends in ’27; MAGA influencer retracts claim of EBT fraud at Asian grocery in Seattle; city wants to raze Puetz Golf on Aurora for a ‘utility operations center.’

Rick Simonson marks 50 years at Elliott Bay Books; Macklemore sez Climate Pledge Arena won’t book his ‘Free Palestine’ tour; Seattle schools ban ‘Minecraft,’ other apps; still more post-election pondering.

C-ID family home is now a museum exhibit; Tacoma ICE jail’s infamous private operator staying on; local teen violent crime’s way down (despite the media hype); is Brandi Kruse a ‘journalist’ or a lobbyist?

‘Oatmeal’ cartoonist’s Halloween version of Jimothy; Council approves phased-in ban on RV parking; big Belltown data center project still on despite moratorium; what Ballard light rail needs to get built (yep, more $$).

Local ‘content creator’ aims to work at indie restaurants from here to Miami; ICE arrest near north-end elementary school; SAM to revamp, add new spaces; 50 years of ‘Seattle style teriyaki.’

Local editor’s book on mixed-race identity, experience; Getty Images to restructure in bankruptcy; Renton basketball coach on leave for allegedly sexting his players’ moms; is Katie Wilson (still) a ‘socialist’?

Spiritualism and seances in early Seattle; Microsoft fights back after H-1B visa program suspension; city attorney’s ‘community court’ successor program; what is ‘Cascadia’ anyway? (Hint: It’s really big.)

Queercore band Team Dresch’s new album; protesters (and Mayor Wilson) denounce Gaza siege; state may tighten developmental-disability services eligibility; Boeing as an example of the ‘financialization’ of everything.

Comedian Joey Clift’s book on Native life and misconceptions; Dem-on-Dem races for Legislature; Amazon vows $1 billion for ‘data center communities;’ why Seattle’s still got data center projects moving forward.

A trans artist’s look at perimenopause and other craziness; judge rules White House can’t fire local US Attorney; Boeing engineers OK new contract; Seattle libraries way outpace national borrowing rates.

Rick Rizzs’ last Ms game; SPD not satisfied with getting more money in city ‘austerity’ budget; nationwide ICE arrests ‘reach record highs;’ Bill Gates joins the AI ‘doomers.’

Seattle’s got a lot fewer birds these days; Harborview sends homeless patients out on the streets; man tries to torch Bellevue’s Planned Parenthood branch; Ninth Avenue un-removable paint dots to be painted over.

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.’