Activist, with neighbor and tribal support, hopes to save historic Wedgwood tree; seeking the truth about a defunct psych hospital’s dead patients; ICE-jail owners sue state officials; lobbying for ‘head safety in soccer.’

Local man bicycles every Seattle block; Canlis servers accuse ‘wage theft;’ friends of threatened Tacoma church take their case to the Vatican; ‘Seattle Times’ columnist thinks Hitler wasn’t so bad (comparatively).

Rep. Adam Smith writes about overcoming chronic pain and anxiety; FTC claims Amazon enrolls customers in Prime w/o consent; alleged Gorge shooter speaks; Seattle’s ‘Black Lives Matter’ street mural outlives some others.

Artist’s collage sent out with ad flyers; Kraken arena people picked to replace Memorial Stadium; Seattle’s getting a new telephone area code; UW researchers get tentative contract offer.

Connecting Native American spirituality and ‘MST3K;’ City Council may try another ‘new war on drugs’ bill; Portland passes ‘daytime camping’ ban; Apple’s forthcoming VR headset: threat or menace?

Bellevue sixth grader’s contest-winning ‘Google Doodle;’ City Council nixes ‘new war on drugs’ bill; a Catholic high school picks a prom-queen couple; why many Seattleites hate the heat.

Local books cover neon signs, rain, and feminist history; City Council to vote on Neo-War on Drugs bill; ‘swept’ Burien encampment moves locations, will be re-‘swept;’ the death of a businessman and onetime rock promoter.

Art installation envisions a ‘City of the Future;’ an ex-military gay man, still with a ‘criminal record,’ to speak at a local Pride concert, Hanford cleanup gets even more complicated; my favorite evil-computer movie.

Several angles on Aurora Avenue (past, present, future); hundreds walk out of Amazon offices; Burien encampment sweep looms despite county disapproval; more allegations against ex-state equity office head Karen A. Johnson.

Kids’-book creator refuses to cut racism talk; City Council passes ‘tree ordinance,’ then vows to amend it; salmonella cases traced to cookie dough; an $800,000 child-sexual-abuse settlement.

Beloved local artist-designer Carl Smool dies; city employees protest Harrell’s 1-percent pay raise proposal; game hacker owes Nintendo $10 million; REI closing store where workers tried to unionize, but blames ‘crime.’

Jinkx Monsoon, from Seattle drag stages to ‘Doctor Who’; community mourns Elijah Lewis; Bainbridge special-needs student allegedly locked in a police car; state suing Google over online-ad monopoly.

An all Asian-American online comedy talk show; state Supreme Court upholds WA capital gains tax; light rail station-site dispute goes on despite board meeting’s decision; ‘world’s oldest working drag queen’ dies at 92.

David Schmader’s big book of WA/OR movies & TV shows; state Supreme Court allows transit ‘fare enforcement’ to continue; Bellevue school board OKs closing two elementary schools; remote work’s still big in Seattle (for some workers, on some days).