Local author on how to mentally survive on a changing planet; 191 texts were ‘manually deleted’ from Durkan’s phone after 2020 protests; local crab populations ‘flourishing’ but still not salmon; Congressional candidate Joe Kent tries to distance himself (but not too far) from far-right extremists.

New coffee chain uses ‘barista bots;’ Harrell wants controversial sonic tech to track down gunshots; Mackenzie Scott divorces hubby #2; GOP Legislative candidate admits his past anti-Jewish Facebook meme post.

CHOP documentary premieres inside ex-CHOP zone; Harrell’s budget plan favors police spending (natch); could a Seattle port dispute derail a regional dockworkers’ labor deal?; housing prices here decline the most since 2009.

Gates Foundation visitors tell their COVID stories on price tags; NYT reports on Providence’s aggressive collections tactics (even among patients who qualify for free care); report shows many 911 calls don’t require police; I-90 traffic gets backed up for hours on Mercer Island.

Tacoma bar owners’ quest to restore the old, funny Rainier Beer ads; Seattle’s median income hits a new high (and why that’s bad); state official is ‘cautiously optimistic’ about the COVID fight in WA; we just had our driest summer ever.

Local firm’s ‘metaverse platform’ of virtual offices; Seattle’s building lots of (costly) apartments; SAM’s reimagining its ‘American art’ collection; wildfire smoke comes back to Seattle bigtime.

Teamsters march en masse at Amazon HQ; acting SPD chief Diaz picked for permanent job; Boeing outsourcing corporate jobs to India; Nordstrom moves to stop a Mexican company from taking it over.

Central District art space/shop opens; county jail operating reforms could take years; WA opioid settlement could fall through; ‘A Week Without Driving’ is now underway.

How Indigenous and Asian Americans worked together in early local agriculture; West Seattle Bridge reopens at long last; Death Cab for Cutie’s ‘geocaching’ a downloadable song; a not-very-good weekend for the Seahawks and Mariners.

West Seattle Bridge to finally reopen; a lot of Seattle still works from home; Pierce County to dispense antidote drug Narcan from vending machines; Guild 45th theaters coming down.

Africatown’s new community center opens in a gorgeous ex-fire station; a gruesome stabbing and house fire in Montlake; what we’re only now learning about COVID deaths in WA prisons; saying the unsayable about the Ms’ chances.

A Stranger writer’s history of queer comedy in TV sitcoms; school in Seattle starts at last; NYT essay lauds Seattle’s JustCare housing program; Starbucks to spend millions on store automation (while still union-busting).

Amazon Prime Video documentary probes 737 MAX crashes’ aftermath; possible teachers’-strike breakthrough; Seahawks fans got their boos’ worth vs. Russell Wilson; dance club Neighbors to get new owners.

Podcast investigates the Tacoma Police killing of Manuel Ellis; Seattle teachers’ strike is on; remembering the Whidbey Island plane-crash victims; GOP Senate candidate Tiffany Smiley’s ‘erased’ her former 2020-election remarks from her website.

Will Seattle teachers walk out today?; 1 dead, 9 missing in Puget Sound plane crash; Pacific Place downtown mall won’t be turned into offices after all; striking Starbucks workers find support on social media.