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1/19/24: CIRCLES OF JOY
Jan 18th, 2024 by Clark Humphrey

Auburn company’s historic role in donut making; the ‘former guy’ stays on WA Presidential ballot for now; winter mayhem continues to our north and south; light-rail maintenance disruption proves even more disruptive.

9/21/23: A TIME OF THE SIGNS
Sep 20th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Tacoma’s Almond Roca neon sign re-created; Harrell signs, extols new drug law; Snohomish novelty candle maker sues Fla. imitator, wins; local COVID cases creeping back up.

8/29/23: PUTTING THE ‘A’ AND ‘I” INTO ‘PIZZA’
Aug 28th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

A hi-tech pizza vending machine; the summer version of ‘SAD;’ why ‘Christian nationalists’ see eastern WA as a target market for authoritarianism; what Seattle school families want (despite a looming budget crisis).

7/19/23: THE ‘PAINE’ OF IT ALL
Jul 18th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Everett airport puts ‘Seattle’ in its name; City Council passes industrial-zoning package; MS sees ‘massive opportunity’ in AI tech for business; DoorDash database mistakes a Tacoma home for a Popeyes.

8/29/22: A LIFE WELL SEASONED
Aug 28th, 2022 by Clark Humphrey

Sausage and hydro-racing mogul Art Oberto RIP; Seattle teachers’ union still negotiating a contract; ex-Garfield swim team member alleges ‘sexual hazing;’ Ms’ rookie superstar Julio Rodriguez signs a mega-deal.

8/9/22: OH, YOU’RE SUCH A CARD
Aug 8th, 2022 by Clark Humphrey

A Northwest-themed ‘Cards Against Humanity’-clone game; pro-MAGA rival inches ahead of Rep. Herrera Beutler; regional ‘arts and culture sector’ still struggling; original Kidd Valley burger joint to close.

11/26/21: FRANK-LY SWEET
Nov 25th, 2021 by Clark Humphrey

Another ‘only from Archie McPhee’ product at Xmas; Christian schools with ‘lax protocols’ lead in student COVID cases; Pacific Place ‘goes indie’ amid ‘ghost malls’ tide; remembering WA’s first Black (and non-Indigenous) settler.

11/12/21: IN THE FUTURE WAS THE WORD
Nov 11th, 2021 by Clark Humphrey

Art installation combines AI technology with religion; Councilmember Mosqueda decries ‘misinformation” about proposed SPD budget cuts; is WA approaching COVID ‘herd immunity’?; Broadway will be temporarily DIckless.

10/20/21: BUILDING A LEGACY
Oct 19th, 2021 by Clark Humphrey

New book chronicles a local architect’s life and work; more Mandate Monday #1 fallout; Edmonds school reverts to remote learning; state charges Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer with lying to officials.

9/7/21: WILL THE 12 EGGS BE UNBROKEN?
Sep 6th, 2021 by Clark Humphrey

Beth’s Cafe, just reopened, is now re-closed; Proud Boys use anti-vax/anti-mask excuses for their hostile ‘rallies;’ a tentative union pact over state-worker vax mandate; ‘Compassion Seattle’ city-charter campaign dead (again).

9/2/21: WHAT THEY LEFT BEHIND
Sep 1st, 2021 by Clark Humphrey

Panama Hotel’s preserved artifacts from WWII internment victims; Children’s Hospital promises to become anti-racist; Amazon’s on another hiring spree here and worldwide; what if COVID doesn’t really ‘go away’?

6/2/21: ON THE ROCKS
Jun 1st, 2021 by Clark Humphrey

Walker Rock Garden site is partly sold, being redeveloped; a Pike Place Market legend passes; Aplets & Cotlets maker possibly saved; OSHA data confirms high injury rates among Amazon warehouse workers.

3/22/21: THE LAST SHEET CAKE
Mar 21st, 2021 by Clark Humphrey

Remo Borracchini’s Bakery closes after 99 years on Rainier Avenue; Bellevue Arts Museum head quits; rallies in Bellevue and Edmonds oppose anti-Asian hate crimes; WA’s homeless rate was rising before the pandemic’s start (we don’t know about after).

3/18/21: SUCH SWEET SORROW
Mar 17th, 2021 by Clark Humphrey

The Aplets & Cotlets factory’s set to shut down; a big online concert tonight will benefit WA’s live-music community; a year of the Canadian border closure; the potential ‘domino effect’ of the Alabama Amazon union vote.

12/3/20: THE TOWERING ILLUSION
Dec 2nd, 2020 by Clark Humphrey

Space Needle New Year’s fireworks are canceled (again), to ‘go virtual’ this year; COVID outbreak at a WA Frito-Lay plant; police pepper-spray and topple an old man with PTSD at a Capitol Hill protest; can the unfinished Convention Center expansion plan be redirected?

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