‘Ghost kitchen’ and other costume ideas; state eviction moratorium’s end nears again; last-minute big bucks pour into local elections; Amazon’s quarterly profits fall by almost half.

Local eco-origins of ‘Dune;’ state antitrust suit against big chicken producers; ‘a new Black arts center’ to anchor a CD mixed-use project.

Local music vet Ken Stringfellow denies several women’s sexual-misconduct claims; more windstorm fallout; another judge upholds state vax mandate; Amazon’s employee-leave policies said to have many major flaws.

The Kraken’s home debut is a triumph (except for the game’s outcome and the lack of regular TV); Mandate Monday #2 is here; 40 overboard cargo containers added to the usual local windstorm damage; is it racist to note Bruce Harrell’s past defense of Ed Murray?

Celebrating 50 years since the Pike Place Market preservation initiative; Climate Pledge Arena officially opens; a GOP state House member complains about vax requirement to get into his office; 51 past and present SPD officers are on a King County disciplinary list.

New book recalls a beloved U District hangout; fired WSU football coach sues over vax mandate; Ferndale aluminum plant could reopen; a trans-woman politician in Cobain’s old hometown.

A local landscape-art work gets national recognition; the state will impose a new vax-or-test mandate for big indoor/outdoor gatherings; 737 MAX program’s former chief technical pilot charged with fraud; does Jean Godden know how to fix downtown?

Northern lights’ local spectacle shines; Kraken’s regular-season launch thrills & disappoints; county council strips Kathy Lambert’s committee chairs; Boeing imposes employee vax mandate.

County Councilmember race-baits a (white) election rival; SPD prepares for firings of unvaxxed cops, while Inslee might impose a private-sector vax mandate; Melinda French Gates joins ‘Forbes 400’ on her own.

‘Alice in Wonderland’ themed cocktail ‘experience’ coming to Seattle; Amazon’s openly playing Seattle against the suburbs; a major labor union may cut back on Sawant support; many police and sheriff’s employees are still un-vaxxed at the mandate deadline.

Digital studio creates CGI still backdrops for drag and other performers; nonprofits’ troubles holding to diversity pledges; Real Change cofounder’s new ‘street paper’ venture; what it means when local candidates say they’re ‘abolitionist.’

Vaccination-themed mural installed at U District church; Kraken shines in preseason debut (too bad about Storm, Seahawks); car dealership tries to out-park an encampment; State Patrol has ‘failed to diversify over the decades.’

‘Black Lives Matter’ street mural installed at City Hall; UBC psychologist predicted the pandemic-reaction nonsense in 2019; crowded hospitals again delay non-COVID-related surgeries; Seahawks drop home opener in OT.

Heatwave-decimated snowpacks on Mt. Rainier; King County to require vax proof for many indoor and outdoor public spaces; waiting for the big rain/wind storm to show up; Inscape art studios endangered.

Local 9/11 remembrances; autumnal weather’s welcome return; a passenger’s anti-mask tirade stalls a Fauntleroy ferry run; Wilson and Seahawks’ triumphal season debut.