The Seattle City Council wasn’t “flipped” (not completely at least); the TV station you all thought was Fox-owned now is Fox-owned; Tom Douglas workers get a cash settlement (plus gift cards).

AEG wants out of running Bumbershoot; outdoor-wear maven Gert Boyle dies; the Snoqualmie Tribe buys Salish Lodge and nearby lands; our long local political trudge is almost over.

Some just-plain-gorgeous WA scenic photos; investigators clear Constantine (with a caveat); the mother of Seattle City Council districts dies; Bellevue prepares for Amazon’s office dogs.

Did a local black-dance pioneer inspire the Space Needle’s shape?; does SDOT have to buy bigger streetcars?; what killed thousands of bees in Spokane?; are Americans addicted to violence and hate?

Bill Nye invokes ‘behavior change’ for Google; AG Bob Ferguson sues to keep federal clean-power rules; Southwest Airlines might buy its first non-Boeing planes; mistrial in UW shooting case.

Nordstrom leaves an emptying-out Northgate; a bus driver’s lovely ‘Ode to Aurora;’ feds try to discredit a climate-related UW study; there’s too much of the wrong kind of salmon.

A new mark of desperation: shoplifting Goodwill; the new arena will take longer and cost more; former co-mayor (sorta) Bob Royer dies; the meaning of Saturday’s unofficial holiday.

The City Council passes urban-village upzones; has KOMO joined the War on the Poor?; a middle-school riot; the White House wants to slash Hanford cleanup funds.

How to save rare birds who nest in lucrative trees; Inslee & Howard Schultz as a new ‘Odd Couple’; the sports concept nobody liked is coming back.

It’s Hockey Night in Seattle (in 3 years); more pro-upzoning arguments; Legislature won’t investigate Joe Fain.

The sunken ships of Lake Union; Howard Schultz for Prez?; an ex-employee’s claim against the Mariners’ management; walking as a feminist issue; remembering Stan Lee.

Local artist revisits awful comics hero-sidekicks; Kim Schrier wins and other election fallout; was there never going to be a co-equal Amazon HQ?

One of Seattle’s (and the world’s) most prominent people passes. Also: KeyArena razing starts; more deliberate far-right violence; dams vs. orcas.

Sonics nostalgia on display; more national political nightmares; towns where Amazon’s good for physical retailers.

Amazon’s sudden conversion to $15 an hour for everyone; Seattle’s a step closer to NHL hockey; how kids in different Seattle neighborhoods have different chances in life.