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An old Soviet fighter jet re-dressed for art and beauty; Microsoft announces lots more layoffs; much of Washington’s under ‘burn ban’ orders; what’s there to celebrate this weekend?
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.
Plans for new, enhanced Peace Park statue; ‘big bill’ would put 4.5 million WA acres for sale; farms here can’t find enough workers; two die when police chase ends at Edmonds ferry dock.
New and returning theater shows cover the Big Issues (with laughs); Microsoft ‘shopping extension’ said to take influencers’ commissions; Ferguson talks of family at his inaugural; Biden talks of dangers to democracy.
Pike Place thrives while most downtown retail doesn’t; will anyone run against Harrell for re-election?; new orca calf spotted in the Sound; my annual Boxing Day sermonette.
Do the WTO protests have a lesson for today?; Girmay Zahilay confirms run for county exec; Facebook owes WA $24.6 mil over campaign-ad violations; LIHI says banks demand eviction-law concessions.
Performance-art piece explores Native family history; more post-election ‘horror and heartbreak;’ UW president’s house and car tagged with pro-Hamas slogans; announcer Dave Sims flees Mariners for Yankees.
Remembering a beloved local sportscaster (and a ‘hyperlocal’ news blogger); Boeing machinists to vote on a new contract proposal; Andrea Suarez ads ‘appear to darken’ opponent Shaun Scott’s skin color to make him seem menacing.
Saving one of the region’s last big theater organs; survey says more folks are ‘optimistic’ about Seattle; lawsuit challenges Amazon’s hiring practices; Boeing’s bond rating perhaps headed for ‘junk’ level.
SAM’s lobby ‘tree’ installation going away; Auburn tightens anti-homeless law; Boeing, machinists to resume contract talks; conflicting protests mark one year of the Gaza siege.
Filmmakers spend years covering Aurora sex workers’ struggles; Harrell’s budget plan raids affordable housing to hire more cops; Afghans top WA’s refugee arrivals; Paul Allen estate pledges $9 million to downtown arts groups.
Boeing Machinists start first strike in 16 years; 650 Microsoft Xbox workers laid off; ‘divest from Israel’ activists disrupt UW Regents meeting; jury says state ‘not negligent’ in CHOP protester’s death on I-5 in 2020.
SPS releases two options to close between 17 and 21 schools; City Council plan for new SODA, SOAP zones moves ahead; ex-Pepsi plant could turn to pickleball; what the CHOP protest zone was (and wasn’t).
‘Fresh caught’ chinook salmon: tasty to humans, needed by orcas; city, county want office workers back more often; SPD officer fired for making a sick ‘joke’ sues; Woodland Park Zoo workers just might strike.
Detailed map shows eco projects at risk under cap-and-trade repeal initiative; we’re almost to 800,000 people; a state employee’s big alleged fraud; Bill Gates loses his spot among the world’s richest to his Microsoft successor.