Ex-local singer-raconteur Gary Heffern RIP; another Palantir protest in Seattle; RV parking ban up for City Council vote; fake Uber driver tries, fails to abduct woman.

Local filmmaker examines 1967’s alleged Bigfoot footage; why KKK hoods are visible in a downtown window; local corps. give big to MAGA ballroom project; WA can’t legally require foster parents to be supportive to LGBTQ youth.

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.)

Local book imprint with a ‘young, feminine, alone-in-your-bedroom’ vibe; ferry service (mostly) back after Mon. disruptions; WA Supreme Court candidate openly ‘anti tax;’ Walmart plans drone deliveries in the region.

Comedian Joey Clift’s book on Native life and misconceptions; Dem-on-Dem races for Legislature; Amazon vows $1 billion for ‘data center communities;’ why Seattle’s still got data center projects moving forward.

Comics creator Peter Bagge talks about his long career; Macklemore announces ‘Free Palestine’ tour; two separate pedestrian deaths on Sounder tracks; Microsoft wants to put commercials into video games.

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.

Grand Illusion taking over the three-screen Varsity; City Council outlaws grocery ‘algorithmic pricing;’ more layoffs at Microsoft, Expedia; Wilson’s first budget is big on austerity (except for cops).

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.

Meet West Seattle’s ‘beaver detective;’ Seattle teachers authorize strike if contract talks fail; WA sues to stop new mail-ballot restrictions; Bill Gates calls for ‘a tax on AI automated systems.’

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.’

New Netflix doc on Boeing whistleblowers; cars coming back on Pike Place (some days); Amazon AI lab caught buying, destroying rare books; Olympic Peninsula forest bought, saved from logging.

‘AI film festival’ coming back to town; ICE still trying to prevent state jail inspections; Storm finally win a game after 11 straight losses; where will Spokane wildfire victims live?

Three wildfires attack WA’s second city; Councilmembers, Black leaders diss SPD chief Barnes’ ouster; Edmonds church condemns ICE activity on its property; another stupid shooting, in Idaho.

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.