Local band’s ethereal minimalism; county assessor John Wilson stops running for county exec; federal cuts endanger local radio fave C89.5; Amazon refutes story claiming Prime Day sales are way down this year.

Happy little clouds hang from SAM’s ceiling; Medicaid cuts could devastate WA hospitals; Harrell seeks end to federal SPD oversight; coffee houses face matcha shortage.

Ijeoma Oluo on making a viable ‘revolution;’ acting SPD chief Barnes gets the permanent job; state sues to stop ICE from getting people’s personal Medicaid data; WA’s new electric ferries to be built in Florida.

Cory Doctorow on online monopolists; Redhook BrewLab closing; Roosevelt football broke recruitment rules; anti-ICE protesters return in big numbers to Federal Bldg. as officials and others prepare for bigger rallies Saturday.

Kshama Sawant running for congress; Cathy Moore quitting City Council; city attorney candidate Nathan Rouse vowing to rein in police guild’s power; feds create, then drop, list of ‘sanctuary’ jurisdictions.

The latest cute-vehicle craze from Japan; Ferguson announces joint anti-tariff suit; AT&T buying Lumen’s fiber unit; College Inn Pub closing (again).

Barnes & Noble taking over University Book Store’s ‘trade books’ dept.; Ferguson signs budget; tax bills; Nordstrom’s ‘go private’ deal closes; ya gotta be rich to even rent in today’s Seattle.

Recalling the infamous Donut House on 1st & Pike; judge strikes down White House order against law firm Perkins Coie; first tariff horror stories emerge; cops crack down on Denny Blaine nudes.

50 years after Vietnam War’s end, feds slashing refugee-resettlement programs; Ferguson will take his time choosing which bills to sign; more racism charges by officers against SPD; Canada sea “No”/”Non” to right wing.

Remembering Seattle’s most notorious dance club; locals mourn the pope; Boeing gets planes planes China rejected; Legislative Dems drop plans to raise the property-tax lid as session’s scheduled end nears.

Virginia Inn’s owner says it’s getting evicted; DC regime wants more logging, less help for salmon; some Martin Selig office buildings go to a receiver; Dems in Legislature may ‘bypass’ Ferguson veto threat on wealth tax proposal.

New local news site ‘The Burner’ starts; green card workers at Sea-Tac afraid to fly; Port of Seattle sues to stop Sodo housing plan; unhoused-encampment sweeps still rising.

New Seattle civic poet recounts decades in immigration-bureaucracy hell; sudden, massive federal health cuts hit home; city payroll-tax collections way down; we got rain and lightning but no tornados.

White Center as ‘new creative hotbed;’ county exec Constantine to lead Sound Transit; state Senate Dems’ proposed budget includes gas-tax hike; UW prof fights back at ‘assault on Black history.’

A contender for the ‘Great Seattle Novel;’ ‘sanctuary churches’ fight back against federal threats; UW imposes hiring freeze; DJ Bob ‘Twisted Tunes’ Rivers RIP.