Erik Lacitis

It was supposed a brand-new Fourth of July experience, having a drone light show at Angle Lake in SeaTac, a body of water squeezed in between Interstate 5 and Highway 99, just off the international airport associated with the city's name.

SEATAC — It was supposed to be a brand-new Fourth of July experience, having a drone light show at Angle Lake in SeaTac, a body of water squeezed in between Interstate 5 and Highway 99. The lake is just off the international airport associated with the city's name.

What became a disaster had started as a brand-new holiday experience: A drone light show, costing the city of SeaTac $40,000 for the event.

The saga of the 55 failed drones at the bottom of Angle Lake continued Wednesday. Divers spent much of the morning searching, and they found 48 of them and their batteries.

Local political leaders rejected violence in statements. A professor reflected on past assassination attempts. And two sisters with opposing views agreed on something.

There are plenty of reasons to slam bureaucracy. But the Small Business Administration really can help launch a dream, as it did for the owners of a Tacoma pharmacy.

By “MAN SENTENCED TO 60 days home detention in stuffed goat caper,” read the headline of a July 23 story in the Daily Record, of Ellensburg, by staff writer Brian Kelly.

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By WE CAN'T HELP IT. Show us a list promising a Top 10 or Top whatever, and we look.

By Editor's note: Pacific NW magazine's weekly Backstory provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the writer's process or an extra tidbit