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.

Seattle history-vignette series now all streaming; city closing Aurora side streets; Steve Ballmer to fund 10,000 affordable housing units; extremist Idaho preacher intends to ‘take over’ an eastern WA town.

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.

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.

Locally-shot film about a road trip with fearsome complications; deadly explosion at WA paper mill; Meta lays off 1,400 in WA while CEO’s superyacht shows in town; ‘bicycle weekends’ and their discontents.

UW architecture students document what Seattle lost to I-5; Israel abducts WA men in Gaza aid flotilla; some Kitsap ‘non-emergency’ help calls will go to AI; Longview school admin accused of covering up student abuse.

Lori Matsukawa’s new memoir; LGBTQ folks fleeing to WA from TX, other red states; UW stabbing victim remembered as her alleged slayer turns himself in; GOP group wants judge to throw out Legislative district map.

Documentary exposes 1937 murder case and its eerie twist; WA wins court case against US tariffs; Wilson asks city depts. to prepare for big budget cuts; region has more home sellers these days, but fewer buyers.

May Day rally/march draws thousands; Ezell’s Chicken talks of going national; bicyclist who struck a car in a ‘protected bike lane’ gets big city payout; Ooh! Ooh! Meanie mayor talks non-reverently about the rich!

Kim Fu’s novel of ghosts, memories, and rain; ‘nearby gunfire’ disrupts Wilson speech; ‘Magic: the Gathering’ online game creators say they’ve unionized; drive to dissolve Homelessness Authority begins.

Gerard Tsutakawa’s new sculpture unveiled at Lumen; officials seem ready to dissolve Homelessness Authority; Microsoft alters OpenAI pact; remembering a Seattle activist murdered by Philippine soldiers.

Photo book on Seattle streets and struggles; Proud Boys leader from WA gets Jan. 6 conviction erased; state jobless rate rises again; Princess Angeline, reluctant local celebrity.

Samish Nation’s ‘weaving retreat;’ warmongering hurts potential World Cup business; big data-center plans would take LOTS of City Light electricity; ‘broken’ Ichiro statue fixed, so apparently were the current Ms’ ‘bats.’

New hotel’s ‘aggressively whimsical’ decor; City Council committee approves bigger library levy; Storm star sends ‘goodbye’ social-media post; massive Forest Service cuts could make wildfires worse.