Praise for a rare-book store; more on Boeing’s big layoff plan; more on I-2117’s dangers to WA’s environment; how the housing crisis fuels domestic violence.

‘SNL’ takes on Amazon (again); Boeing laying off 10 percent of workers; a newborn orca may be dying; should the state sell or preserve ‘future old growth’ trees?

Seattle Opera’s ‘Jubilee’ celebrates Black spirituals; Boeing accuses Machinists of ‘bad faith’ bargaining; two historic restaurant reopenings; sexual-harassment claims at UW computer science lab.

Saving one of the region’s last big theater organs; survey says more folks are ‘optimistic’ about Seattle; lawsuit challenges Amazon’s hiring practices; Boeing’s bond rating perhaps headed for ‘junk’ level.

Remembering the anti-IWW ‘massacres;’ right-wing trolls’ death threats against a Seattle Times reporter; lawsuit against Amazon mostly proceeds; Andrea Suarez ‘wants to go backwards on homelessness.’

SAM’s lobby ‘tree’ installation going away; Auburn tightens anti-homeless law; Boeing, machinists to resume contract talks; conflicting protests mark one year of the Gaza siege.

Local artist’s ‘grunge coloring book;’ big Market/waterfront walkway opens; Boeing machinists’ strike hits three-week mark; community activist arrested in connection to a big drug bust.

Celebrating 100 years since the first around-the-world flight ended here; Harrell’s budget may have faulty numbers; the possible (grim) real reason fentanyl ODs are down these days; remembering Kris Kristofferson’s Seattle movie.

Seattle-shot 1936 horror short becomes a festival hit; Mariners’ futility marches on; Boeing and striking machinists return to negotiations; no, fewer encampments does NOT mean fewer unhoused people.

Why Macklemore’s still getting berated; more city budget-plan details; Amazon workers don’t want to be back in the office full-time; the historic link between whale hunting and car transmission fluid.

New gallery showcases Native arts, traditions; machinists nix Boeing’s ‘final offer;’ SPS puts school closures on hold while state officials call for more funding; right-wingers bash Macklemore speech at pro-Palestinian event.

Remembering Dan Evans’ life and deeds; Boeing ‘flies in out-of-state janitors’ during strike; white man strikes Black protester on Queen Anne; Three Mile Island to restart, exclusively to power Microsoft data centers.

State using undersea robot to restore eelgrass meadows; Council OKs wimpy ‘alternative’ to social housing ballot measure; Tanya Woo ‘shadowboxes old City Council’ in debate; Climate Pledge Arena settles ‘hidden fees’ lawsuit.

City Council OKs multiple new ‘stay out’ drug and sex-work zones, plus a feeble substitute for social housing; feds OK Alaska/Hawaiian airline merger; can major public-school closures really be stopped?

China Harbor restaurant closing; Amazon wants corporate staff in the office every day; Harrell wants social housing to have to fight for $$ instead of getting its own funding; Wing Luke Museum director resigns.