Paul Allen’s ultra-mega-yacht’s for sale; remembering a master of altered lit-forms; local students of color state their grievances in a DIY book; a new ‘Blob’ threatens Pacific marine life.

Some just-plain-gorgeous WA scenic photos; investigators clear Constantine (with a caveat); the mother of Seattle City Council districts dies; Bellevue prepares for Amazon’s office dogs.

The locals behind some powerful political posters; making virtual reality more like reality (i.e., less all-white); a south-end landmark’s sold; memories of Bumbershoots past.

Georgetown Records’ got a southern sister store; Seattle teachers OK a new contract deal; there’s a big lawsuit over big City Light bills; some local Domino’s outlets now ship pizzas by e-bike (only).

Photographer Lance Mercer’s stepkid’s research might help save his life; Tent City 3 heads to the ’burbs; Bob Ferguson sues against indefinite migrant-kid detention; how a sober guy with a full-time job has to live in an RV.

Lime-E bike batteries go ‘kapow’; more neo-fascist BS in Portland; Amazon pays warehouse workers to say things aren’t really so bad there; other cities don’t want to be the ‘Next Seattle’ after all.

Women get to sing (for now) at St. Mark’s Compline Service; more on state Rep. Matt Shea’s ‘Bible war’ pals; Lorena Gonzalez wants to rein in local PAC spending; Amazon says it can sense your fear.

Nordstrom leaves an emptying-out Northgate; a bus driver’s lovely ‘Ode to Aurora;’ feds try to discredit a climate-related UW study; there’s too much of the wrong kind of salmon.

The downtown ferry terminal will go bye-bye; pork farmers halted a big health probe; robots potentially threaten lots of jobs; a ‘hot, nasty summer election campaign’ is almost over.

Operation Nightwatch’s executive director recalls struggles past and present; possible delays in another Boeing jet program; City Council races turn ‘nasty’; should Seattle be more like Minneapolis (without all the ice)?

A NW rocker-turned-author decries ’90s music-scene nostalgia; how Seattle helped make Rutger Hauer a global star; Boeing loses almost $3 billion; did Durkan ‘red-bait’ a City Council candidate?

The $15 minimum wage and its continuing impact; ‘Mayor Pete’ talks here about ‘real’ moral values; the feds’ big Amazon investigation starts; a LOT more people will live around here by 2050.

Seattle inventors make a hi-tech fake coffee; other inventors make safer but costlier helmets for high school football; a sad tragedy on Pine Street; is King County helping ICE after promising not to?

Shorty’s loses its longtime space but stays alive; KCTS/Crosscut workers want a union; is ICE using WA driver’s-license pics?; Eyman’s latest initiative fizzles.

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.