UW scientists, Samish Nation work to save threatened sea stars; Brown sues to stop fed homeless-funding cuts; Microsoft’s carbon emissions soar due to AI; Chelan wildfire destroys ‘Hobbit Inn.’

Indie film about a Seattle teen in the ‘grunge’ days; ICE arrests escalate locally; legal cannabis sales on the decline; central WA wildfire causes evacuation order, but also closes main highway out of town.

Seattle’s part of World Cup ends in triumph (off the field); Tukwila students’ tribute to deported classmate; Microsoft cutting 4,800 jobs (600 of them here); Wilson wants to fight rental ‘junk fees.’

Iranian-born artist’s visions of (outlawed) female expressions; the big numbers behind World Cup waterfront crowds; ex-Montlake Market site could be affordable housing; are the rich fleeing here? (Not yet.)

A ‘Seattle hip-hop walking map;’ WA resident, deported to South Sudan, now in his native Vietnam; city considering removing SR 99 through South Park; Seattle has 20% more ‘unsheltered’ people than in 2024.

Wall of Sound Records closing after 36 years; Seattle World Cup debut a ‘win’ for the city; ICE immediately deports Honduran siblings here for medical care; millionaires spending big to defeat ‘millionaires tax.’

Fantagraphics Books @ 50; World Cup’s first Seattle game here at last; county approves road-maintenance tax (ignoring Seattle officials’ complaints); AI exec thinks anti-AI complaints will just ‘taper’ away.

Memoir by Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil; the World Cup’s here (along with more ICE agents); WA sues feds over demands for voter lists; Benihana to open where Hooters used to be.

Abstract videos of the immigrant experience; Council passes one-year ban on new data centers; city, county vow closer watch on Homelessness Authority; Seattle film exhibitor Tasveer gets its own panel at Cannes Film Festival.

Comedy-club chain buys Crocodile; White House approval rating hits new local now; 10,000 apply for 75 subsidized ‘social housing’ units; allegations of abuse, slavery at Bellevue ‘OnlyFans house.’

Amazon union leader’s big wishes for labor; Mayor Wilson gets ‘bad-faith questions’ at public event; developer plans private club with luxury car/boat storage at Salmon Bay; Pagliacci ‘World Cup pizza’ has pineapple and hot honey.

Projecting ‘TAX THE RICH’ on Zuckerberg’s yacht; Amazon hits $1 on Fortune 500; gay SPD officers sue city over discrimination; county’s ‘supportive permanent housing’ funds at risk of federal cuts.

Local author follows an ‘indicator species;’ City Council gives Wilson two months to decide Homelessness Authority’s fate; Ferguson won’t suspend cap-and-trade to cut gas prices; longtime Seattle Opera boss RIP.

WA State Ferries at 75; White House wants to axe federal agency investigating Longview blast; did Sound Transit board members ‘screw Seattle’ in their latest cuts?; a call for an independent Cascadia.

Bush Garden karaoke bar reopening after a decade; Sound Transit board approves big project delays; Denny Blaine nudity foes claim proof of public sex acts there; more bodies found at Longview paper-mill blast site.