Original Pike Pub location closing; Amazon exec says company’s home base will stay here; no, Mt. Rainier isn’t on the verge of erupting; no, Katie Wilson isn’t vocally ‘anti-Israel.’

The man who found or created much of Bartell’s beloved merch; BECU to merge with Calif. credit union; King County Council OKs budget, while Zahilay fires much of Constantine’s old staff.

Priscilla Dobler Dzul’s art links Maya, Northwest lore; drought devastates Yakima Valley farms; Wilson stands with striking Starbucks workers; Nisqually tribe won’t house an ICE jail on its land.

Harrell’s farewell, Wilson’s victory speech; damning evidence about SPD’s Cal Anderson response in May; juvenile-detention doctor accused of multiple sexual abuses; Starbucks strike is on.

Wilson takes very narrow lead for mayor in late ballots; Ferguson says SNAP funds ‘good to go’ in WA; unearthed emails claim FBI tried to infiltrate CHOP in 2020; something else Canada does better than us.

Susan Silver on steering Soundgarden’s success; local sports legend Lenny Wilkens dies; Katie Wilson could take the lead for mayor in today’s ballot drop; MAGA regime shows it really hates the hungry.

Knute Berger profiles Henry and Sarah Yesler; will full SNAP funding come back or not?; mayoral race narrows in late ballots; the (unintended?) double meaning of the new women’s hockey team’s name.

Illustrated book on Central District memories; SNAP recipients to get only partial benefits, late; new orca calf presumed dead; Election Day and ‘a tale of two Seattles.’

Tribal masks from a BC master carver at the Frye; communities organize to help SNAP cutoff’s victims; police kill man at S. Holgate; Amazon reports big profits, goes ahead with big layoffs anyway.

Tall ship from Norway in town with a cause; SNAP/EBT aid cutoff nears; Harrell/Wilson mayoral race divided on income lines; Alaska Airlines grounds all flights due to a tech outage (again).

Massive ‘No Kings’ rallies here, elsewhere; pro-Harrell PAC’s ‘misleading’ anti-Wilson mailer; half of WA’s first legal same-sex marriage dies at 98; Mariners at the brink of history.

Remembering the ‘Baseball Saved Us’ author; Harrell spoke to the ‘independent’ PAC supporting him; federal troops still barred from Portland’s streets; Mariners lose ALCS game 3 by a lot.

Retrospective doc about 1999 WTO protests reaps award nomination; county assessor Wilson won’t run again; mixed fiscal news in first ‘WA Music Census;’ Amazon suspends employee who dissed company’s ties to Israel.

Haunted spots in Seattle and around WA; Mariners coming home, still red-hot; why this wildfire season has been less severe; how many new housing units did Harrell really create?

Still more on the magic Mariners; disgusting stories from inside Tacoma ICE jail; state now says priests don’t have to report child abuse (under some conditions); are we in a recession yet?