Seattle in the Depression, as it was covered at the time; ICE flights at Boeing Field way up; Wilson replaces more city dept. heads; area unemployment rises above 5 percent.

Massive Monkees’ dance studio adds cafe; more federal arrests/shootings in Seattle, Portland bring more protests, responses; quarterback Demond Williams Jr. not leaving UW after all; ‘Can Katie Wilson build a movement?’

Crocodile closing two of its three performance spaces; WA, 25 other states sue over SNAP funding halt; Amazon announces 14,000 layoffs, while the state has a ‘growing backlog’ of pending unemployment claims.

Art/music/comix promoter Larry Reid profiled; fewer people are dying on Seattle’s streets; Amazon to lay off up to 30,000 workers; what DOES horror mean in a world of cruelty and terror as gov’t policy?

Two sleazy hot spots in Seattle’s past; judge bans Denny Blaine Park nudity for now; ICE-detained farm worker advocate agrees to leave US; Amazon CEO says AI will lead to fewer human workers.

Local band’s ethereal minimalism; county assessor John Wilson stops running for county exec; federal cuts endanger local radio fave C89.5; Amazon refutes story claiming Prime Day sales are way down this year.

Books on Seattle in the Depression and radical labor in Grays Harbor; Pierce County sheriff wants to collaborate with ICE; YouthCare CEO quits during money trouble; Amazon grows in Bellevue while Microsoft shrinks.

Ijeoma Oluo on making a viable ‘revolution;’ acting SPD chief Barnes gets the permanent job; state sues to stop ICE from getting people’s personal Medicaid data; WA’s new electric ferries to be built in Florida.

Correcting a story about an affordable development; rally for ‘diplomacy over military action;’ nearby property owners want Denny Blaine Park totally closed; what the Fremont parade still means today.

Terry Morgan’s all-around arts production career; Harrell wants to streamline OK’ing new developments; state agencies prepare for major cuts; resistance actions in the streets and on the air.

Vietnamese refugee tailor’s family saga; anti-ICE protesters block Fed Building garage exit; County Council wants assessor John Wilson to quit; Seattle’s now more ‘male skewing’ than Anchorage!

Big graffiti-art collection in Everett; WA AG Nick Brown expects more suits vs. the feds; eastern WA father sought in murder of three daughters; evictions in WA ‘skyrocket.’

Imagined ruins of Seattle star in ‘The Last of Us;’ Jewish Folklife act ‘greeted’ by Nazi salute; Spokane homophobes want to go back to Cal Anderson; ex-SPD chief Diaz sues over ‘wrongful termination.’

More protests here, around US; state Sen. Bill Ramos suddenly dies, as state budget moves go on; FBI questions Oak Harbor punk band over ‘anti fascist’ lyrics.

50 years of Microsoft; protests against Musk and ICE; state Senate OKs budget plan with business, wealth taxes; 5th Avenue Theatre forms ‘alliance’ with Seattle Theatre Group.