Tall ship from Norway in town with a cause; SNAP/EBT aid cutoff nears; Harrell/Wilson mayoral race divided on income lines; Alaska Airlines grounds all flights due to a tech outage (again).

New play on (not yet) dying of a terminal disease; Sara Nelson courts right-wing TV viewers; Repubs & conserva-Dems want to control Legislature again; much of tentative new SPD contract ‘still up in the air.’

The New Yorker discovers the Seattle-born monster mart; feds spied on WA license-plate readers; proposed SPOG contact would make SPD cops even richer; Amazon wants to replace 600,000 workers with robots.

‘Native Land’ interactive exhibit opens in Tacoma; big Amazon Web Services crash affects many major websites; Denny Blaine Park goers can stay nude through the winter (huh?); Mariners reach the brink, then…

Massive ‘No Kings’ rallies here, elsewhere; pro-Harrell PAC’s ‘misleading’ anti-Wilson mailer; half of WA’s first legal same-sex marriage dies at 98; Mariners at the brink of history.

Performance as resistance; mass protest time is here again; China-backed hackers blamed for F5 cyberattack; oh yeah, more bad Mariners news.

Remembering the ‘Baseball Saved Us’ author; Harrell spoke to the ‘independent’ PAC supporting him; federal troops still barred from Portland’s streets; Mariners lose ALCS game 3 by a lot.

Retrospective doc about 1999 WTO protests reaps award nomination; county assessor Wilson won’t run again; mixed fiscal news in first ‘WA Music Census;’ Amazon suspends employee who dissed company’s ties to Israel.

Haunted spots in Seattle and around WA; Mariners coming home, still red-hot; why this wildfire season has been less severe; how many new housing units did Harrell really create?

Still more on the magic Mariners; disgusting stories from inside Tacoma ICE jail; state now says priests don’t have to report child abuse (under some conditions); are we in a recession yet?

SIFF won’t reopen Egyptian Theatre; controversial cop won’t run East Precinct after all; ‘Black Lives Matter’ mural vandalized; WSU report says shootings are now the #1 cause of high-school students’ deaths.

Performance piece asks why we still have war; Harrell makes anti-ICE executive orders, while local right-wing influencers appear at the White House; Ms battle Friday for the right to face the Blue Jays in the ALCS.

Art/fashion exhibit celebrates South End diversity; Kristi Noem visits Portland ICE facility; Metro wants to spend $115 mil on safety improvements; Ms’ playoff game rain-delayed.

Memorial Stadium’s demolition; troops going to Portland despite court order against it; AI can help make ‘killer toxins that evade controls;’ Mariners playoff progress report.

Henry Gallery show on ghosts, ancestors, moving between continents, etc.; federal shutdown’s effects widen; can new Harrell proposal really stop ‘food deserts’?; Mariners’ playoff matchup now set.