Seattle Symphony’s first female music director; Katie Wilson calls herself a ‘socialist’ (but not a purist ideologue); downtown foot traffic, hotel biz set high marks; Mariners, Cal Raleigh reach milestones.

‘Immersive’ play about immigrant detainees; Fantagraphics Books hurt by bankrupt wholesaler; Shawn Kemp sentenced to community monitoring; UW team says ICE is ‘breaking international humanitarian law.’

Singing together for the fun of it; ICE arrests activist during citizenship hearing; Rendezvous in Belltown suddenly closes; local COVID rates highest in a year.

Old videotape of Bumbershoot’s a-bit-of-everything past; Katie Wilson has her own PAC; Ferguson again defends WA immigration policy amid MAGA threats; ex-Mama’s Mexican Kitchen site for sale (relatively) cheap.

A homecoming jaunt to Oregon; primary results unchanged in late counts; Alaska Airlines’ Native icon isn’t on some new planes; ex-Seahawks coach Carroll’s return visit ends in a draw.

Pacific Science Center ending dinosaur exhibit; ICE frees Juanita school worker; tsunami advisory on WA coast; Dick’s heir’s initiative would criminalize sleeping outside in parts of King County.

Local cartoonists’ public-health comics; WA DOL’s sharing driver’s-license data with ICE, other orgs; ex-Councilmember Juarez likely to get her old job back; violent crime in Seattle’s way down (a problem for some).

Photo exhibit in B’ham on queer ‘non-visibility;’ farms can’t find workers due to ‘ICE fears;’ high bacteria levels close several local beaches; MS Windows’ ‘blue screen of death’ changes color.

Bobby Sherman RIP; GOP plan to sell lots of federal lands hits legal snag; state budget-shortfall prediction gets worse; who isn’t going to major local attractions these days.

Terry Morgan’s all-around arts production career; Harrell wants to streamline OK’ing new developments; state agencies prepare for major cuts; resistance actions in the streets and on the air.

New book on old NW serial killers; Sen. Murray exhorts us to fight back against MAGA; state studies potential slavery reparations; ‘Belltown Hellcat’ driver found guilty.

Local doc on historic ‘70s gay disco; Ferguson slams DC regime’s ‘assault on the US Constitution;’ feds may drop charges against Boeing in 737 MAX crashes; Elijah Lewis’s killer sentenced.

Cabaret show on late strip-club mogul; advocates want at least a quasi-indie ‘Cascadia’ nation; WA ‘ birthright citizenship’ case goes to Supreme Court; class-action suit filed over Nordstrom buyout deal.

(Shorter) film-fest madness returns; what you might not hear about King County shooting numbers; Amazon was falsely rumored to be listing products’ tariff costs; Texas ia getting a 3-D printed Starbucks store.

New play about Black lives, laundromats, and magic; some UW and SU int’l. students get their visas back; Legislative session’s scheduled end draws near with much still to do; it’s been 60 years since a big earthquake.