More Meinert accusers, now willing to be named; ‘date-rape drug’ seized at Belltown nightclub; will a ‘private’ Spokane speech doom the GOP’s midterm chances?

Can the Showbox be saved?; what’ll be left of Northgate; Mariners front office reacts to past misconduct allegations; still more David Meinert fallout.

A new app shows your place’s indigenous past; a few Republicans finally break with White House; asylum seekers talk suicide; Bezos’ mega-wealth just keeps a-growin’.

Another grand U District church building’s about to go away; a beloved local worker’s taken by ICE agents; is Seattle real estate crash-bound, or is that just wishful thinking?

A local comics creator’s poignant last work; wildfire season’s truly here; complaints against sheriff’s deputies ignored; WA’s first Latino heritage museum.

Seattle’s First Lady of tattoos; Boeing’s new offshore R&D team; origins of the Seattle Dog; another call for Dems to be not too radical.

LGBTQ paraders for immigrant rights; jackets for those who DO care; a guy claims women’s brains aren’t built for coding; publishers gaming Amazon via “book stuffing.”

Harsh police treatment for a bus-fare scofflaw; yet more head-tax complications; Death Cab on a Bezos-era Seattle; the royal wedding preacher’s lessons for us.

A birthday for this e-missive (and its maker); various Seattles that might have been; ICE mothers jailed here; peacocks vs. cars in BC.

Street deaths remembered; why anti-homelessness efforts can seem futile; local ‘scarf dancer’ accused of groping; making the case for making the 797 here.

Where the parts of torn-down buildings go; questioning Amazon’s shelter donations; making tech less evil; opioids getting into local shellfish.

Anti-head-tax campaign begins with big funding; kayakers vs. pipeline redux; Susan Hutchison redux; Seattle’s not immune to hate-talk after all.

Head-tax haters keep hating; Robinson Cano caught ‘using’; Cosmic Crisp apple PR blitz just beginning; what progressives can say they’re for.

Another old church building may go away; still more head-tax talk; the real cost to solve the homeless crisis is massive; the Lummi Tribe wants an aquarium orca back.

Nordic Museum’s big new debut; Cinco de Mayo’s new meaning; more head-tax and public-hearing-screamers fallout; Ichiro gets kicked upstairs.