Jefferson Park Golf Course renamed for local Black pioneer golfer; minimum-wage retreat bill withdrawn; why national eyes may be on WA’s primary elections; what does WA get for data-center tax breaks? Unknown.

A memoir by the cousin who grew up with Ted Bundy; city attorney proposes zones for increased drug enforcement; Amazon’s profits up but sales down; Rite Aid’s not through closing Bartell stores.

History of a once-rundown, now upscaled building; new Boeing CEO may be Seattle-based; City Council may re-ban ‘prostitution loitering;’ some Microsoft online services had connection issues.

More on the ex-weekly paper’s new management; Council starts work on rolling back minimum-wage gains; capital-gains repeal could cost 10,000 jobs; re-opened Northlake Tavern re-closes.

(Mostly) retiring DJ Kevin Cole on his roots; DoorDash adds more pressure for city to roll back gig-worker protections; a new pro-pot festival finally finds a site; what is and isn’t ‘good weird.’

Ex-mayor Royer dies; fatal shooting shakes Art Fair weekend; Black youth drill team cut from Seafair parade; evacuations ordered in Eastern WA wildfires.

Japanese co. opens fancy commercial ‘campfield’ in southwest WA; judge halts big grocery merger for now; feds planing a giant solar farm at Hanford; western wildfire season getting worse.

Seattle’s biggest art weekend is here; violent crime is down (despite politicians’ ranting to the contrary); WA voters don’t like abortion restrictions; Justice Dept. OKs Boeing plea bargain deal over 737 MAX crashes.

Chappell Roan, big crowds at Capitol Hill Block Party; Denny Blaine Park queer activists mad with Harrell; big jury award to ex-Port of Seattle police chief; local angles on Kamala-mania.

Some (wrongly?)  blame Microsoft for global cyber-security crash; Chelan fire grows to 25,000 acres; most Homegrown sandwich shops closing; oh, and something else happened.

Shepard Fairey’s got a new mural in town; Interbay tiny-home village burns; Harrell spending plan would cut most everything but cops; two WA Congressmembers want an end to for-profit ICE jails.

Web comic ‘The Oatmeal’ turns 15 and has a Netflix show; cop who joked about Jaahnavi Kandula’s death is fired; Boeing machinists authorize a (potential) strike vote; Seattle’s become ‘too expensive for artists.’

Fishing-boat public art rotting, may get scrapped; Stranger writer suspended for ‘joking’ about campaign shooting; Ferguson, Cantwell lead in polls; eco-protest disses Amazon’s climate efforts.

Why Canlis is painted pink; SPD asst. chief won’t be charged with domestic violence; Black women working for King County report discrimination; what happened when ‘Amazon sold a used diaper.’

Peace Park statue goes missing; judge sez Seattle Archdiocese doesn’t have to reveal records of abusive priests; local reactions to campaign-rally shooting; climate crisis described as a great business opportunity.