Council Member Tim Burgess, shown here marching with Grandmothers Against Gun Violence, says that the city anticipated the National Rifle Association lawsuit.
Council Member Tim Burgess, shown here marching with Grandmothers Against Gun Violence, says that the city anticipated the National Rifle Association lawsuit. City of Seattle

The National Rifle Association Sues Seattle Over New Guns and Ammo Tax: The lawsuit, filed Monday in King County Superior Court, argues that the new "gun violence tax" passed by the Seattle City Council is a "piece of propaganda" that violates the state's jurisdiction. An NRA lawsuit is no idle threat: When the city council tried to stop people from carrying guns in parks back in 2009, the NRA sued and won. But this time city council member Tim Burgess says the city is ready—and that a tax is different than the last attempt to regulate gun ownership. "We anticipated this, so we're prepared," Burgess told the Seattle Times.

Amazon Launches One-Hour Delivery Service in Seattle: Prime Now deliveries run between 8 a.m. and midnight every day for $7.99. (Manhattan, Chicago, sure—but how the hell is that going to work here?!)

The Seattle Times Editorial Board Doesn't Want You to Get Excited About Airport Workers Making $15: The editorial board argues that the effects of the "$15 minimum-wage experiment" for an additional 4,700 airport workers—workers who had been blocked from the benefits of SeaTac's minimum wage ordinance until a state supreme court decision last week—aren't clear. Ruling that airport workers are also deserving of the city of SeaTac's minimum wage "waded into micromanagement of the airport," the Times ed board writes. "Despite cheerleading from labor and advocates, it is too early to weigh the ultimate consequences of a huge increase that won’t fully take effect in Seattle until 2019," the editorial reads.

NASA satellites now show smoke from Western wildfires drifting east across the country.
NASA satellites now show smoke from western wildfires drifting east. NASA/Goddard, Lynn Jenner

Okanogan Wildfires Overtake Carlton Complex as Biggest in State History: As of Monday, the fires have burned 256,567 acres according to InciWeb. That's more than 500 acres larger than the Carlton Complex fires last year, the Wenatchee World reports. Okanogan County is still counting the official number of homes burned.

A Juvenile Inmate Firefighter Shot Himself on Friday: A member of an inmate firefighting crew in Chelan County stole a gun and made an attempt to escape last week, according to Oregon Public Broadcasting. "Officers involved say the inmate was spotted Saturday about five miles from the firefighting camp," OPB reports. "He ran away when officers tried to approach him. The Sheriff’s Office says that’s when he turned around, spoke with deputies and shot himself." The inmate was flown to Harborview Medical Center. His injuries are unknown.

Seattle Police Shot a Man Suspected of Beating a Woman to Death in Magnolia: On Monday night, police officers found a woman beaten to death inside a tent underneath the Magnolia Bridge. SPD says that the homicide suspect was armed with a weapon inside another tent and refused to surrender to negotiators. A SWAT team officer shot the suspect in the leg; the suspect was later treated at Harborview Medical Center for a non-life-threatening injuries.

King County Council Chair Larry Phillips Is Going to the UN Climate Conference This Winter: He's repping King County as part of a "Local Climate Leaders Circle," along with politicians from 12 other American cities.

Lake Unions water level could soon break a 28-year record low.
Lake Union's water level could soon break a 28-year record. cdrin/Shutterstock

Lake Union's Water Level Is So Low That Floating Homes Could Be Damaged: Right now water only rises 20 feet from the lake floor. The lake's water level could drop to as low as 19 feet by October, breaking a 28-year record.

SPD Buys K-9 Who Sniffed Out Child Pornography Evidence in Jared Fogle's House: Bear, a 2-year-old black lab, can smell memory cards used to store child porn. "He’s trained to sniff out a chemical compound emitted from memory-storage devices like memory sticks and SD cards, and point them out to his handlers," the Seattle Times reports. "In Fogle’s house, he helped find evidence related to the child-pornography charges."

KUOW Has an Interview with the Reporter Who Investigated Misty Upham's Life and Death for the Guardian: Read Kristen Millares Young's story on the Native American actress whose body was found in Auburn woods last year, then listen to the interview here.