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3/21/22: THE COLOR OF SOUND
Mar 20th, 2022 by Clark Humphrey

Heritage of a largely women-run Spanish radio station in eastern WA; a beloved local sportscaster dies; shootings at more pot stores and along I-5; the (upscaled version of the) Canterbury bar will close.

3/18/22: AM I BLUE (AND YELLOW)
Mar 17th, 2022 by Clark Humphrey

Pro-peace, pro-Ukraine light show to brighten Seattle; Amazon/MGM deal completed; UW-led program teaches teens to beware of misinformation; another smash-n’-grab targets another Walgreens store’s ATM.

3/17/22: THE GREATEST THING SINCE…
Mar 16th, 2022 by Clark Humphrey

The WA-based (and far-right) history of the ‘bread clip;’ a modern-day WA right-winger wants to scoop up exiled Ukrainian kids; police killings in Seattle and Tacoma; the famously anti-union Howard Schultz comes back as interim Starbucks CEO.

3/16/22: RADIO YOU CAN SEE
Mar 15th, 2022 by Clark Humphrey

KNKX plans big new downtown digs; artists try to save Inscape studios; things that happened here in ’72; in an Idaho case of alleged child abuse, right-wingers claim the parents are the real victims.

3/8/22: ALL COLORS, IN COLOR (AND B/W)
Mar 7th, 2022 by Clark Humphrey

Making an old-photo archive more diverse; Amazon Books’ (now-doomed) first store had already moved away from books; state to honor soldiers who died from suicide after returning from battle; remembering the week COVID really hit around here.

3/7/22: TO CLEAR THE AIR
Mar 6th, 2022 by Clark Humphrey

Marchers in Seattle demand a Ukraine no-fly zone; 3rd & Pine ‘cleaned up’ (sort-of, for a time); UW Israeli Studies program loses a big donor; will bill to ‘reform police reforms’ really just water them down?

2/24/22: GREAT VIEW FACTOR, POTENTIAL ‘EW’ FACTOR
Feb 23rd, 2022 by Clark Humphrey

Seattle mansion’s seller denies alleged indirect connection to an American horror story; UW resident physicians stage a brief walkout; some local bands don’t mind what used to be called ‘selling out;’ remembering an original Mariner.

2/23/22: NOT-SO-SWEET OBLIVION
Feb 22nd, 2022 by Clark Humphrey

Mark Lanegan RIP; city eviction moratorium will end next week after all; serious cold snap moves in; local Ukrainians watch and wait.

2/22/22: YOU LOOK A LITTLE PALE—EAT SOMETHING
Feb 21st, 2022 by Clark Humphrey

Concept art shows new City Market building (with eerie fictional shoppers); encampment sweep near City Hall delayed but could happen today; suspected shooter of PDX protesters called ‘fixated;’ union vote scheduled at one Seattle Starbucks.

2/21/22: LANDING APPROACH
Feb 20th, 2022 by Clark Humphrey

Netflix doc seeks 737 MAX answers in Boeing’s altered corporate culture; two high-profile downtown sweeps, two different responses; one dead as anti-racist protesters shot in Portland; could U Village become the Last Mall Standing?

2/16/22: BEYOND THE ‘DREAM HOUSE’
Feb 15th, 2022 by Clark Humphrey

A retired Bellevue arts docent’s own ‘Barbieville;’ zoning reform is among the bills dead in the Legislature; WA’s COVID ‘R number’ has gone way down; Harrell’s ‘State of the City’ speech repeats big, vague promises.

2/10/22: SHE CAN’T GO HOME AGAIN
Feb 9th, 2022 by Clark Humphrey

Art installation recalls pre-gentrification Central District; outdoor mask mandate (only) ends next week; city didn’t allocate funds for new SPD hiring bonuses; Amazon’s US employment tops a cool million.

2/7/22: THEIR ‘TOWN’
Feb 6th, 2022 by Clark Humphrey

At the Africatown Plaza groundbreaking; why an ‘endemic’ COVID will still be dangerous; Harrell reiterates tough-on-crime rhetoric and revives old tactics; activists claim Amazon algorithms recommend chemicals for use in suicide attempts.

1/21/22: WHEN ‘CAFFEINE SAVES’ SHONE IN NEON
Jan 20th, 2022 by Clark Humphrey

Memories of the shop Coffee Messiah; original artist will help restore the CD’s defaced MLK mural; WA omicron infection rate’s still awfully big; PCC’s downtown opening isn’t THAT fiscally courageous.

1/18/22: A JOB NEVER DONE
Jan 17th, 2022 by Clark Humphrey

A recently-restored Central District MLK mural appears on local TV, is defaced soon after; could ‘peak COVID’ be now?; locals wait to hear from loved ones in Tonga; Kraken end a nine-game skid in a shootout.

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