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.’

What the Fourth (and America) mean these days; WA licensing info leads to ICE arrests; Chelan Hills fire prompts mandatory evacuations; what the homeless really need (as told by a homeless person).

Photog captures new life in long-logged forests; Homelessness Authority can’t find $13 million; Starbucks staffers worry over company’s future in Seattle; parents rally to prevent school closures.

‘Black Panther Park’ opens in Skyway; tech consultant asks ‘Whither Microsoft?’, Ada’s Technical Books closing in June; many ‘unlicensed food carts’ could be due to ‘multi-state networks.’

New hotel’s ‘aggressively whimsical’ decor; City Council committee approves bigger library levy; Storm star sends ‘goodbye’ social-media post; massive Forest Service cuts could make wildfires worse.

New play on Bruce Lee’s early years; Zahilay bans ICE from some King Co. property; review cites SPD’s ‘multiple failures’ at May anti-LGBTQ rally; Federal Way ousts council president who supported anti-ICE protests.

A local music video on roller skates; first responders ‘mistaken for ICE agents;’ parts of Pacific Science Center sold to Space Needle; getting ready for the big Seahawks parade.

‘Rustic style’ 1908 home threatened; in-state Amazon layoffs exceed 2,000; homicide, other violent crimes went way down in Seattle in ’25; ‘Easy Street Records owner apologizes for sympathetic ICE comments.’

More anti-ICE rallies, ‘shutdowns’ around region; SPOG’s Mike Solan refutes mayor’s anti-ICE directives; all Eddie Bauer stores said to be closing; Tim’s & Slims to join in musical harmony.

Light rail expands in south King County; city to double aid to ‘affordable’ housing providers; local Somali community reacts to racist White House remarks; ‘everyone in Seattle hates AI.’

Remembering Indigenous icon ‘Princess Angeline;’ local boutique’s windows of warning; City Council’s $9 billion budget includes most of Harrell’s wishes; foes of Microsoft’s Israel deals don’t want an MS exec advising Zahilay.

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.’

Wilson takes very narrow lead for mayor in late ballots; Ferguson says SNAP funds ‘good to go’ in WA; unearthed emails claim FBI tried to infiltrate CHOP in 2020; something else Canada does better than us.

Tall ship from Norway in town with a cause; SNAP/EBT aid cutoff nears; Harrell/Wilson mayoral race divided on income lines; Alaska Airlines grounds all flights due to a tech outage (again).

Remembering the ‘Baseball Saved Us’ author; Harrell spoke to the ‘independent’ PAC supporting him; federal troops still barred from Portland’s streets; Mariners lose ALCS game 3 by a lot.