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Bertha Delays, Tragedy at Local School & More

The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today

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Updated: A shooting at Marysville Pilchuck High School, just north of Seattle, occured this morning at around 10:40 a.m. It is confirmed that two people are dead, including the shooter. For all the latest updates and live coverage go to King 5 news here.

Is there trouble in paradise? It’s been a week since the Seattle Seahawks traded wide reciever Percy Harvin to the New York Jets, after which reports surfaced that he was causing tension in the locker room. Quarterback Russell Wilson is denying there are any issues among Harvin and the rest of the team.

In deja vu news: Work on Bertha has again stopped. Crews had been working to excavate the stalled tunnel borer’s repair vault when a team of archaeologists discovered a deposit of shells in the soil. The Seattle Times reports that the “shells could indicate the presence of historic activity from indigenous tribes or early settlers.” There is no official word on when Seattle’s boondoggle of a tunnel project will get back on schedule. Bertha is supposed to continue along her path from SoDo to South Lake Union in March.

Beer lovers take note, Urban Family Brewing, which closed its taproom (Urban Family Public House) along Ballard’s popular main drag earlier this year, has reopened a tasting room on 4441 26th Ave W. Seattle Beer News has all the details on what the brewery plans to pour and the hours it will be open in its new spot.

Amazon has reported a larger-than-expected third-quarter loss, causing some to call a potentially successful holiday season for retailers into question.

Beginning tonight, both directions of Interstate 5 near Boeing Field will completely close. The madness begins at 9 p.m. with a lane closing every hour until the highway totally shuts down at midnight. There will be detour signs to follow, but if you can, just stay home.

 

Rearview Mirror: Spinasse at Home, a New Spa Experience, and Seattle Mag’s Reader’s Choice Awards 

Rearview Mirror: Spinasse at Home, a New Spa Experience, and Seattle Mag’s Reader’s Choice Awards 

Things I did, saw, ate, learned, or read in the past week (or so).

YOUR VOTE MATTERS Everyone has a favorite restaurant, coffee shop, or local boutique. Call me old-school, but I will die on the hill that Caffe Vita has the best coffee in town. Disagree with me? Now’s your moment to speak up. Each year, we survey Seattle magazine readers, asking them to weigh in on everything…

Studio Sessions: Ling Chun

Studio Sessions: Ling Chun

The Seattle-based artist brings playful color to ceramics and neon while exploring memory, transformation, and life between cultures.

For Ling Chun, creating begins with something sensed before it can be named. Working with clay, glass, light, and sometimes synthetic hair, the Hong Kong-born artist gives physical form to things that words cannot always hold. “For me, the magnitude of making goes far beyond the object that is eventually produced,” Chun says. “The object…

The Magic of PAX Is Stronger Than Ever

The Magic of PAX Is Stronger Than Ever

PAX West draws more than 100,000 people to Seattle each year. Co-founder Jerry Holkins reflects on what the gaming convention set out to change, how its community has grown and why gathering face to face still matters.

Access to game news as it was happening was difficult back in the day. Even with the advent of the internet, communication between game publishers and journalists was still a very elite affair.  I used to fake credentials—via fax machine!—to attend the Electronic Entertainment Expo, mostly just known as E3. It was simultaneously as loud…

Your Guide to Bumbershoot 2026

Your Guide to Bumbershoot 2026

Navigate Seattle’s wildest end-of-summer weekend with 20 picks spanning Death Cab for Cutie, Blood Orange, wrestling, skateboarding and—obviously—movies made in 48 hours.

Four years after Bumbershoot returned with its quirkiness revivified, Seattleites broadly acknowledge the two-day multimedia extravaganza as a welcome finale to the summer festival season. Fests like Bumbershoot are designed around a choose-your-own-adventure model, but if you’re the kind of person who looked at this year’s sprawling lineup—featuring multiple bands, artists, and exhibits happening at…