One of Seattle’s (and the world’s) most prominent people passes. Also: KeyArena razing starts; more deliberate far-right violence; dams vs. orcas.

Wannabe Seattle NHL team owners show off their planned practice rink complex; ‘Lid I-5’ folks show show off their proposals to ‘reclaim’ downtown lands; Susan Hutchison shows she’s a dittohead.

Amazon’s sudden conversion to $15 an hour for everyone; Seattle’s a step closer to NHL hockey; how kids in different Seattle neighborhoods have different chances in life.

Remembering Sicks’ Stadium and Washington Mutual Bank; more Durkan-budget details; ‘disaster status’ for western salmon fisheries; opioid traces may have been found in shellfish.

Matt Manweller sort-of quits Legislature; Mayor Durkan plans an austerity budget during boom times; Bellingham Fire Dept. trains on a dead body; ex-UW cartoonist makes good.

City Council committee OKs big UW growth plan (with conditions); win for Hanford workers; setback for ICE-jail hunger strikers; A LOT more Amazon Go stores on the way.

A musical mash-up of Morrissey and workout-DVD reviews (!); the Storm’s righteous total triumph; detained immigrant youth at risk of abuse; local tourism biz deals with shutoff of public ad money.

Sue Bird has fun fanning the flames of Storm fever; finding Burt Reynolds’ Cosmo pose in Tlingit native art; Dori Monson’s latest pathetic tirade.

Defaced public artwork replaced (multiple times); how to talk about our lousy air; Central Wash. U fires Matt Manweller; Felix Hernandez’s almost-comeback.

The ‘quietest place in America’ gets pretty noisy these days; a need for ‘ethnic-specific’ blood donors; 3D-printer gun plans kept offline for now.

‘Seattle Teriyaki’ comes to Philly; local food-wholesale empire sold off; new bike-share rules OK’d; Bitcoin mining via a video-game app.

‘Save the Showbox’ drive grows; burning toxic chemicals while they’re still in the ground; GOP politician uses brutal smear tactics (so what’s new?).

Carmen Best named permanent police chief; Mariners play big roles in the All Star Game; local air quality gets worse; more youth-jail opponents come forward.

A new app shows your place’s indigenous past; a few Republicans finally break with White House; asylum seekers talk suicide; Bezos’ mega-wealth just keeps a-growin’.

Another grand U District church building’s about to go away; a beloved local worker’s taken by ICE agents; is Seattle real estate crash-bound, or is that just wishful thinking?