Spiritualism and seances in early Seattle; Microsoft fights back after H-1B visa program suspension; city attorney’s ‘community court’ successor program; what is ‘Cascadia’ anyway? (Hint: It’s really big.)

A trans artist’s look at perimenopause and other craziness; judge rules White House can’t fire local US Attorney; Boeing engineers OK new contract; Seattle libraries way outpace national borrowing rates.

Mayor Wilson with ‘End Times Fascism’ authors; remembering a defiant voice for change; ‘lost’ Homelessness Authority funds were just a ‘ledger error’; Boeing whistleblower claims ‘retaliation.’

Singer-songwriter Gary Minkler RIP; cities-ranking list puts Seattle #4 in the world; city-govt. study links Seattle’s tax base to Amazon’s stock price; big Seattle U art donation getting smaller.

Local animation creators’ big dreams; ‘praise and skepticism’ for Wilson’s budget plan; school bus drivers authorize a potential strike; Seahawks cofounder and arts patron dies at 92.

‘WALKDONTRUN’ art walk marathon returns; ex-Councilmember Dolores Sibonga dies at 95; Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez helps Republicans on a key vote (again); WA Supreme Court nixes a Bryan Heywood initiative.

Ex-local filmmaker’s hype-free take on AI; ‘cheering’ Supreme Court’s mail-voting decision; new local business-booster group launches; Macklemore fired from Ed Sheeran tour for pro-Palestinian stance.

Ex-local ‘Victorian Lowbrow’ artist ‘Madame Talbot’ RIP; biz leaders want new city public-safety plan; local group wants to reopen Egyptian Theater; one WA town that’s profited from data centers.

Last weekend of Wild Waves water park; Macklemore proclaims ‘Free Palestine’ at NJ stadium concert; politicians join pickets at hotel workers’ strike; three fatal shootings in same vicinity, in less than 24 hours.

Local novelist’s version of old Jamaica (with treachery and ‘witch houses’); shelter builder Pallet folds; Ferguson aims to help victims of Medicaid cuts; I-90 light rail electric lines are apparently ‘zapping’ fish.

Remembering a Capitol Hill painter of the human drama, who was rather dramatic himself; Seattle schools may or may not be on strike today; whistleblower says mail-ballot restrictions are being enacted anyway, despite court ban.

Late-model Mazda found at bottom of Ship Canal; potential teachers’ strike still looms, while state workers stage one-day walkout; remembering the guy from my high school who got a World Series ring.

Celebrating Dolly Parton on Capitol Hill; Bellevue Square, adjacent properties for sale; Seattle teachers’ strike deadline nears; ICE flights from Boeing Field escalate.

WA State Book Award nominees include a ‘Dumb Birds Field Guide;’ court blocks federal retaliations against King County; another sexual harassment suit against an SPD officer; city, world say ‘Goodbye Dolly.’

Strange, beloved raccoon prowls Ballard back yards; Wilson’s transit measure passes Council mostly intact; suit over ‘torturous’ conditions at WA women’s prison; crime way down (mostly) in Seattle so far this year.