Landmine-sniffing rodents in Tacoma; City Council OK’s a soda-tax-specific fund; NW trees are drying up and dying out; UW gets a big grant to fight disinformation.

A state court nixes Seattle’s wealth tax but suggests a possible fix; Prime Day protests; WSDOT touts high-speed rail’s promise; developers’ plans for the Lava Lounge site don’t look very ‘funky’.

A MAD-dening announcement; Children’s Hospital ORs reopen; what’s not in Seattle Schools’ new native-history curriculum; the southern resident orcas aren’t where they should be.

An art installation for the Northwest’s new “fifth season”; Durkan (hearts) Amazon, presidential candidates don’t; BC can’t get rid of its trash; thousands of e-books sold by Microsoft will become unreadable.

Lots more oil tankers are bound for the Sound; hate crimes outside a Renton church; more Meinert/Mecca reaction; would you trust your financial privacy to Facebook?

A Japanese exchange student among the Richland Bombers; Council OKs Showbox extension and Ft. Lawton housing; a new building will look like a ‘façaded’ old building; Nick Hanauer on why ‘Education Isn’t Enough.’

The newest public (painted) face of the drive to expose violence against Native women; an Edmonds convenience-store owner closes after an allegedly racist attack; another Showbox reprieve; more questions about the homeless count.

Remembering the Chinese railroad builders 150 years later; Boeing says it’s got a 737 MAX fix ready; why Puget Sound’s orange in spots; another Mt. St. Helens anniversary.

Local May Day events stayed on-message (sorry, news media); the yearly SIFF onslaught approaches; more hate-talk from Matt Shea; is this any way to teach science?

A creepy police surveillance tower at a supermarket; SeaTac mobile-home defenders reach a settlement; a Boeing shareholder’s lawsuit; how we’re not the only place with a homeless crisis and why we don’t realize it.

A local vintage-wear merchant’s newest comeback; Boeing’s CEO again vows to make things right; Bezos divorce details; one surprisingly positive result of the KOMO homeless-special ado.

We may get another hot, dry, fire-laden summer; Northgate’s de-malling is well underway; who Amazon will put in its new Bellevue buildings; Seattle Times closing Bothell printing plant.

Creating a new visual representation for an old oral language; Books to Prisoners might get effectively banned; standoff at Nickelsville tiny-house sites continues; is the 737 crisis due to ‘cheap government’?

A local punk pioneer speaks for the trees; Saudis cited in Bezos blowup; the alleged Lake City shooter says he doesn’t remember doing it; the surprising Ms just keep winning.

An ‘alpine coaster’ may come to Leavenworth; the FBI joins the 737 MAX probe; Nicklesville’s removed from running three tiny-house villages; KOMO’s homeless doc gets bashed some more.