Big rotating globe invites contemplation at St. Mark’s; Katie Wilson’s lead for mayor grows; judge nixes city plans for a Sodo housing/arts complex; WA sez SNAP benefits are ‘go’, SCOTUS sez they’re ‘stop.’

Wilson takes very narrow lead for mayor in late ballots; Ferguson says SNAP funds ‘good to go’ in WA; unearthed emails claim FBI tried to infiltrate CHOP in 2020; something else Canada does better than us.

The New Yorker discovers the Seattle-born monster mart; feds spied on WA license-plate readers; proposed SPOG contact would make SPD cops even richer; Amazon wants to replace 600,000 workers with robots.

Retrospective doc about 1999 WTO protests reaps award nomination; county assessor Wilson won’t run again; mixed fiscal news in first ‘WA Music Census;’ Amazon suspends employee who dissed company’s ties to Israel.

Haunted spots in Seattle and around WA; Mariners coming home, still red-hot; why this wildfire season has been less severe; how many new housing units did Harrell really create?

Memorial Stadium’s demolition; troops going to Portland despite court order against it; AI can help make ‘killer toxins that evade controls;’ Mariners playoff progress report.

Henry Gallery show on ghosts, ancestors, moving between continents, etc.; federal shutdown’s effects widen; can new Harrell proposal really stop ‘food deserts’?; Mariners’ playoff matchup now set.

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.

‘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.

Recalling ‘Subculture Joe’s’ art antics; court sez state can inspect Tacoma ICE jail; 18 arrested at pro-Gaza Microsoft campus protest; right-wing group posts, drops plan to march at Cal Anderson Park.

Lynda V. Mapes launches book praising old forests; Ferguson keeps defending WA’s immigration policies; two more Fred Meyer stores (one in Seattle) closing; KING to be absorbed into the biggest TV station group ever.

Arts/music center opens at ex-big box store site; Tacoma ICE jail told to pay detainees min. wage; Katie Wilson starts to get big endorsements; waiting for the big rains to arrive.

Two specialty bookshops open in short-term spaces; why Worldcon coming here’s a big deal; locals decry fed takeover of DC local police; will city allow another homophobic ‘hate rally’ on Capitol Hill?

Late photojournalist’s son displays his works in new prints; WA state employee held by ICE in Texas; Katie Wilson has majority vote for mayor; no, Pacific Place’s plight isn’t downtown-Seattle-specific.