Seattle writer pens a comic-book anti-heroine’s Seattle adventures; Amazon Prime may offer free cell service; a local tech co. creates a ‘synthetic NPR host;’ it turns out WA folks are just fine with taxing the 1 percent.

The history of WA’s own Stonehenge; ex-golf course to become an aquatic habitat; SPD borrowed ‘dangerous and toxic’ weapons during 2020 protests; how many Amazon office workers will walk off today?

Tribal canoes return to Lummi Island; ferry riders stuck at the docks in the San Juans; why Seattle schools are re-segregated; why modern politics is like being stuck in traffic.

Ms star Julio Rodriguez gets his own cereal; Amazon shareholders nix activist motions (again); can the orca Tokitae survive bring brought home?; seven City Council races, 45 candidates.

Showing where the most encampments have been targeted; HoneyHole Sandwiches ex-manager sends a harsh email rant; Harrell could pare down ‘missing middle housing’-allowed zones; Spokane preacher calls for murdering LGBTQ+-accepting teachers.

New book semi-fictionalizes Sacajawea and her journey; Kraken come THIS close to moving on in playoffs; Legislators say they have a drug-bill deal; David Brewster disses diversity in the arts as a mere frill.

Club-night promoters try for ‘safer space’ policy; Chinatown-Intl. District declared ‘endangered;’ Weyerhaeuser HQ workers told to come back on-site; what might be behind the big supermarket-takeover plan.

UW researchers to earthquake-test a mass timber high rise; Seattle has more very-rich folk these days; City Council won’t prevent new housing in the name of saving trees; it’ll get mighty hot here.

Backyard cottage program for the homeless touts success; guilty plea in CHOP killing; Microsoft exec says AI ‘could cause real damage;’ Kraken owners want contract to replace Memorial Stadium.

PNB’s first Black female soloist and her many other achievements; Bob Ferguson’s likely to run for gov; Arlington Pride says it’s been asked to keep drag queens out; 30 years of the WWW as we know it.

Inslee won’t run for gov again; SPL lets right wing ex-actor hold ‘anti-drag-queen-story-time’ event; Washington Middle School cuts tech training and jazz band; national media find Kraken fans as surprising as the team.

Kent church parking lot turned into community garden; street clock moving crew damages roof of Westlake transit station; it’s back-to-the-office day at Amazon; more horrid shootings.

Wa Na Wari gallery’s building listed for sale; state, cities, and counties scramble to potentially make up for Legislature’s drug-bill failure; man tries to hijack a Bremerton ferry because ‘revolution;’ it’s ‘Bed Bath and Bye Bye.’

More hate-graffiti at a Capitol Hill synagogue; $10 late-rent fee cap passes City Council; Kraken win their first-ever playoff game; just what is ‘Space Needle thinking’?

Mural of Seattle icons done all in pencil; Harrell details parts of his big downtown plan; Soundgarden members reach settlement with Chris Cornell’s widow; local Navy vet runs pro-Putin propaganda account.