Another light-rail expansion opening day; Sen. Murray speaks for a man mauled by an ‘ICE dog’ during arrest; local rents rose 30+ percent in just 5 years; waiting for the big rain.

Light rail expands in south King County; city to double aid to ‘affordable’ housing providers; local Somali community reacts to racist White House remarks; ‘everyone in Seattle hates AI.’

Personal notes get translated into fabric in local artist’s exhibit; WA defends voter privacy and Planned Parenthood from the feds; Boeing cleared to buy back Spirit Aerosystems; ‘South Hill Rapist’ dies.

A coffee house training at-risk youth; Costco sues over federal tariffs; state big-biz payroll tax plan coming to next Legislature; BC Bitcoin ‘mines’ turning into AI data centers.

Bookseller Peter Miller on Pioneer Square’s future; Little Red Hen suing to stop eviction; state lawmakers prepare for big budget cuts; are Gas Works’ legacy structures a ‘public nuisance’?

Ancient natural ‘abstract sculptures’ on display; DC shooting suspect’s Bellingham connection; state sues to stop SNAP cuts to lawful permanent residents; Alaska earthquake gets felt down here.

Doomed Belltown apt. building saved by and for artists; ICE abductions threaten local suburbs; Bill Gates’ daughter wants more women running AI companies; Buy Nothing Day’s local roots.

Ex-Seahawk’s mobile ‘spatial design’ gem; civil-rights official named to state Supreme Court; community clinics brace for ‘the new uninsured;’ why did BP’s pipeline leak go undetected for so long?

Cafe Nordo concept to be revived, expanded; what America pre-JFK-shooting was really like; states block feds from killing some funding programs; UW study set AI contributes to racially-biased hiring decisions.

Remembering Indigenous icon ‘Princess Angeline;’ local boutique’s windows of warning; City Council’s $9 billion budget includes most of Harrell’s wishes; foes of Microsoft’s Israel deals don’t want an MS exec advising Zahilay.

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.

Wilson crosses the line for mayoral win; Wilson’s family link to two classic Hollywood dramas; WA Dems (except one) oppose compromise to end govt. shutdown; Starbucks strike deadline’s today.

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.

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.