New totem, ‘story’ poles with modern/eternal messages; federal cuts mean big layoffs at Seattle Children’s; Amazon ends policy resellers hate; Harrell catches up to Wilson in campaign fundraising.

Ceramic sculptor’s takes on myth and misogyny; homeless numbers in WA growing more slowly; Storm’s massive comeback forces a playoff game 3; no, Mt. St. Helens isn’t erupting again.

Local co.’s ‘landline-inspired’ phones for kids have no screens or apps; hundreds attend city’s last Comp Plan hearing; park goers hit by ‘dive-bombing owls,’ local school’s national award canceled by feds.

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.

‘Baseball cards’ depict crooked and/or abusive cops; state AG Brown warns of ‘race-based policing’ after US Supreme Court ruling; WA Justice Mary Yu retiring; ‘Seattle’s racial income gap among the widest.’

Char Easter’s ethereal guitar music returns; Council approves more CCTV cams despite major opposition; Bill Gates profits from ICE flights; Storm clinch last playoff spot in last seconds of last regular-season game.

Bremerton civic project honors Quincy Jones (and other Black locals); CVS devours Bartell Drugs’ last crumbs; judge orders ICE to release Seattle man; is Harrell using city funds/resources for electioneering?

MoPOP’s Nirvana exhibit closes after 14 years; big Waterfront Park holds grand opening gala; Sen. Cantwell gives hell to RFK Jr.; Ferguson predicts major economic and job losses from tariffs.

Tomo Nakayama’s song of optimism; western governors form vax partnership; fed oversight of SPD officially ends; don’t expect the ‘Prize Patrol’ to come knocking any time soon.

Rallies for ‘Workers Over Billionaires;’ other protesters don’t give homophobes the martyrdom they want; deportation flights now hiding their identity; some subsidized apts. now cost more than some market-rate units.

Sock puppets mime to Council meetings in videos; feds used WA DOL data to track down undocumented residents; Microsoft asked FBI to spy on pro-Gaza employees; can kazoos drown out homophobic preacher?

‘Sasquatch Mountain’ attraction coming to waterfront; pro-Palestinian sit-in at MS execs’ offices; politicians caught using AI text (and one who denies it); Stranger owners buy Chicago Reader.

Starbucks/Redhook/Seattle Weekly cofounder Gordon Bowker RIP; how right-wing preacher Sean Feucht capitalizes on Seattle-bashing; how to keep federal troops off our streets; coding careers are even more male-dominated these days.

‘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.