Seattle’s historic (and beautiful) Labor Temple is apparently doomed; another Showbox reprieve (for now); more GOP dirty election tricks; my Halloween costume picks.

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

Sonics nostalgia on display; more national political nightmares; towns where Amazon’s good for physical retailers.

Mr. ‘Claymation’ dies; who cares about the NBA anymore?; Viaduct razing will be fast and loud; recalling the ‘Infamous Kitsap Ferry Riot’.

Ballard’s beautiful, doomed railway bridge; more Amazon pay-raise fallout; county to change deadly-force inquests; are flying cars on the way at last?

A proud holdout dive bar; still more local Kavanaugh and gender-justice fallout; e-scooters are a big hit in Tacoma; putting logs into a river to help the fish.

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.

Amazon’s founder finally announces some charitable giving; the sick orca may have died; good and bad fish news; a dream of a better day ahead.

Viaduct removal means an obscure public artwork’s removal; WNBA players should make more; the Mystery Coke Machine’s non-reappearance; Hugo House buys its new space.

A local bookselling legend dies; M’s get most of the county $ they wanted; Showbox landlord sues; Bernie Sanders introduces ‘Stop B.E.Z.O.S. Act’.

Legendary local hat store closes; Seattle teachers won’t strike; Paul Allen (heart)s GOP; is the downtown streetcar plan still worth it?

Ballard library’s newly anti-homeless exterior; smokestorm as a metaphor for urban limitations; ‘Mrs. Piggle Wiggle’ as a horror story.

Tariffs vs. e-bike makers; Durkan signs Showbox bill; historic recording studio to be razed; are mass shootings really ‘senseless’?

Local company’s gender-neutral undies; Manweller report made public; bringing techies into the civic discussion; We Can Breathe Again!

We’ve again got the most noxious air in the world; King County settles teen solitary-confinement lawsuit; Seattle’s mega-growth may finally be slowing; did Metro order buses that can’t go up our steep hills?