Big bird (not ‘Big Bird’) statue graces W. Seattle; another election office gets a ‘suspicious’ envelope; Northwest’s only Spanish-language TV newscast canceled; Providence Everett nurses to strike today.

Business-backed candidates leading City Council races in early returns; protester fights back against extremist provocateur Jonathan Choe; another installation art space closing; two new Pike/Pine nightclubs opening.

Locally-made video game with South Asian American vibe; activists block ship at Port of Tacoma; tech pundit claims Amazon overcharges on many items; it’s Election Day, remember?

Shawn Smith’s last recordings released; HoneyHole’s new owner apparently skipped town; Harrell wants a different new streetcar route; RIP to “the Chef in the Hat.”

Halloween stories include a (big) Bigfoot film collection; SPD can’t lie to the public (as much) anymore; seven state ferries are now in for repair; did Amazon fire a worker for criticizing its back-to-the-office edict?

Coffee-table mag honors ‘Filipinotown’; Amazon workers talk about ‘pain and exhaustion;’ big business wants a Council that’ll cut everything but cops; can AI really solve all humanity’s problems? (Probably not.)

Amazon shows off its custom electric vans; judge says the state’s gotta pay $4.2 million to Value Village; more Bartells and Rite Aid locations closing; Starbucks sues union organizers over pro-Palestine social media post.

Local creator’s graphic novel of a Jewish man’s compassion amid WWII internments; Rite Aid bankruptcy could doom more Bartell stores; where transit ridership has and hasn’t returned; toxic algae closes Green Lake.

Local rallies support different stances in Gaza conflict; the ‘original sin’ of Seattle urban planning; Microsoft completes Activision acquisition; UW football stages spectacular comeback win over U of O

Megan Rapinoe’s big career finale, and other major local goings-away; the controversy (and limits) of AI-generated prose; Manny Ellis’s family speaks out at trial of officers who killed him.

Longtime Seattle art/music scene figure dies; three City Councilmembers say they’re against any major ‘austerity’ budget cuts; SDOT’s got ideas for climate-change responses in transportation; Seattle’s Hard Rock Cafe still exists (but not for long).

‘Black Lodge’ DIY music venue reborn; music clubs are learning how to stop fentanyl ODs; Seattle-area housing prices are driving people to leave the state; Mariners’ season ends with one blowout inning.

USPS picks local artist for Hispanic Heritage stamp; cop who laughed at Kandula death taken off the streets; FTC suit says Amazon has a ‘secret pricing algorithm;’ judge cites Starbucks for underpaying unionized workers.

Metro’s new buses will bear new colors; locals tell Fox News that Seattle’s all right after all; FTC suit could define Amazon’s post-Bezos era; calling out Target on its ‘crime’ excuse for closing two small stores.

Beloved bartender Murray Stenson RIP; ‘Justice for Jaahnavi’ activists march to SPOG HQ; Duwamish cleanup could cost a billion (will Boeing pay its fair share?); the rainy season’s arrived.