More Paul Allen punditry; #MeToo lands at Seattle’s premier black church; Inslee scoffs at oil ports on military lands; fewer opioid deaths in SnoCo.

One of Seattle’s (and the world’s) most prominent people passes. Also: KeyArena razing starts; more deliberate far-right violence; dams vs. orcas.

A new book maps out Seattle’s past and present; who’s a ‘local’ writer really?; lower-end rents keep soaring; a ‘Christian’ confidence scheme is busted.

The state Supreme Court nixes the death penalty; a local cartoonist’s poignant school-shooting verse; the stock market as a fickle god; a Seattle themed shopping plaza opens in Japan.

A great ‘pop surrealist’ gallery is reborn; Amazon backtracks on warehouse pay; abused/abandoned kids often have opioid-using adults; Hanford’s tanks will still be toxic when they’re empty.

Funnying-up local scenery (without Photoshopping); JCPenney leaves Seattle; a victory for pipeline protesters; a karaoke-related bar stabbing in Madison Park.

Amazon’s sudden conversion to $15 an hour for everyone; Seattle’s a step closer to NHL hockey; how kids in different Seattle neighborhoods have different chances in life.

Archie McPhee’s latest novelty junk food; heroism and spoiled privilege on display in DC; a plan for tiny art spaces; a petition would rescind the county’s Safeco Field subsidies.

Seattle’s art and performance scenes are fighting back; protests over KEXP’s axing of protesters’ favorite show; a local angle on the Kavanaugh scandal; Amazon’s anti-union video surfaces.

Remembering Sicks’ Stadium and Washington Mutual Bank; more Durkan-budget details; ‘disaster status’ for western salmon fisheries; opioid traces may have been found in shellfish.

Matt Manweller sort-of quits Legislature; Mayor Durkan plans an austerity budget during boom times; Bellingham Fire Dept. trains on a dead body; ex-UW cartoonist makes good.

Totem poles aren’t really of local origin (so should we remove them?); more claims against State Rep. Martin Manweller; a Seattle radio legend dies.

Whose land are we really on?

Is climate change already inevitable?

Why is autumn air so wonderful?

A ‘non-binary,’ oft-cross-dressing YouTube star; viaduct’s death date announced; Safeco Field subsidy OK’d; my new book’s already a hit.

Amazon’s founder finally announces some charitable giving; the sick orca may have died; good and bad fish news; a dream of a better day ahead.