Non-‘mystical’ 20th century NW art at SAM; Wilson pauses new police CCTV cams (but keeps current ones on); backlash against light-rail expansion cutbacks; ICE detains asylum seekers on questionable grounds.

Cancer patient/counselor’s sidewalk ‘pep talk library;’ Dick’s Drive Ins workers’ class-action suit; Metro driver in ‘medical crisis’ crashes into seven vehicles; reconsidering Cesar Chavez.

Longtime, still-living leaders for local Native rights; Ferguson says he’ll sign ‘millionaires tax;’ 5th Ave. Theatre, Pacific Science Center lay off workers; Starbucks closing another unionized store.

Coll Thrush’s book ‘Wrecked’ interweaves NW colonialism and shipwrecks; business lobby doesn’t like ‘millionaire tax’ bill; client stabs Ballard Food Bank worker in back; Daylight Savings Time going year-round in BC.

Netflix doc on Eddie Vedder’s crusade vs. a rare disease; top local philanthropist (and staunch Israel defender) dies; Torrent sets a women’s-soccer attendance record; locals denounce new Iran war.

Airport display sign repurposed as ‘kinetic sculpture;’ ‘millionaire tax’ bill passes state Senate, while Legislators reconsider estate tax; 20 families sue Boeing after 2024 crash.

Replacing stolen Peace Park statue; Ferguson, Brown planning for ‘worst-case’ ICE scenario as protests continue; ex-Starbucks VP claims retaliation in lawsuit; a Dem claiming Dems are ‘too liberal’ at the exact wrong time.

Crocodile music club for sale after amassing big debts; six Seattle schools ‘shelter in place’ after ICE rumors; tariffs mean slow going at Port of Seattle; should historic Gas Works Park structures be torn down?

New Octavia Butler biography; US 2 eastbound opening again (with limits); four die in alleged Eastside murder/suicide; ‘Somali child care providers in WA being harassed.’

MOHAI explores intersections of women, queer-lib, and motorcycles; Seattle’s soul-food queen dies; Wild Waves gets one more year; over 100,000 may evacuate region’s ‘catastrophic’ floods.

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.

The Seattle World’s Fair’s ‘adult’ shows recalled; Katie Wilson-bashing gets even more ridiculous; DC could cut homelessness funds housing thousands; charges filed in attempted Neighbours nightclub arson.

Big rotating globe invites contemplation at St. Mark’s; Katie Wilson’s lead for mayor grows; judge nixes city plans for a Sodo housing/arts complex; WA sez SNAP benefits are ‘go’, SCOTUS sez they’re ‘stop.’

Susan Silver on steering Soundgarden’s success; local sports legend Lenny Wilkens dies; Katie Wilson could take the lead for mayor in today’s ballot drop; MAGA regime shows it really hates the hungry.