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Robyn Hitchcock’s local pop anthem turns 25; the Stranger returns to print (at least once); T-Mobile buying Mint Mobile; making the case against a new light rail station near the Chinatown-International District.
Portland-made ‘Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio’ wins Oscar; SPD trainer’s support of anti-gay policies; Sawant’s support of PCC labor actions; phony Safeway employee accused of stealing $700,000 worth of crab from a warehouse.
New Peter Blecha book links ‘40s-‘50s Seattle R&B to ‘50s-‘60s Northwest garage rock; more on Rep. George Santos’ alleged link to an alleged Seattle ATM thief; 1st & Pike cherry trees to be replaced; Silicon Valley Bank crash’s local effects.
Shawn Kemp’s side of Tacoma parking-lot incident; COVID’s still killing folks here; online activists try to stop a big new Alaska oil-drilling project; a Capitol Hill institution insists it’s not getting redeveloped.
Painting credited to a NW master revealed as fake; another Idaho college caves to right-wing pressure, lotsa 737s still await modification at Moses Lake; Sonics legend Shawn Kemp arrested after drive-by shooting.
‘Salish Geek’ artist fights for his life; Constantine wants to redevelop county-owned downtown blocks; ‘missing middle housing’ bill passes state House; should port commissioners care about social justice?
Funko’s got a lot more ‘Pop!’ figures than it can sell; right-wing trustees cause chaos at an Idaho college; Macklemore gives a ‘surprise’ free concert; what should be WA’s ‘official state smell’?
Textile and ‘soft art’ exhibits around town; more folks’ downtown revival ideas; Councilmember Dan Strauss will run for re-election; Steinbrueck Park’s totem poles (probably) aren’t going away forever.
Online map grades Seattle neighborhoods by ‘walkability;’ social housing measure leads in early returns; a big Boeing deal with Air India (which makes an even bigger deal with Airbus); do ‘crumb rubber’ sports fields cause cancer?
A jazz legend and other influential Black Seattleites of the past; down to the wire for social-housing initiative; could tech layoffs being another Seattle slump?; 777 almost crashes in Pacific.
Japanese American artists’ visions of past struggles; judge rejects suit by 737 MAX crash victims’ families; three teens’ destructive car chase; why we should look at struggles in other cities (and not just THAT one other city).
Vintage store enters the ‘metaverse;’ WA schools are now ‘majority minority;’ feds say city can’t just sit on unspent City Center Collector trolley grants; UW researchers say ‘love’ really is a drug.
Airing a seldom-heard voice in the homeless crisis (that of an actual homeless person); works by local Black artists you can see (and some you can’t yet); FTC may sue Amazon; another hunger strike at the ICE jail in Tacoma.
Granddaughter’s picture book celebrates Pacific Science Center architect; Teresa Mosqueda wants to jump from city to county council; Amazon reports a money-losing year; Sounders FC to compete on a global stage.
Love expressed for Taco Time NW, while Beth’s Cafe reopens at last; Tammy Morales wants to stay on the City Council (unlike four colleagues); is Amazon trying to de-emphasize direct online sales?