Video games, fandom, etc. described as building identity and community; extreme-weather aftermath continues; WA greenhouse-gas emissions reach a 12-year high; new King County office to promote ‘the creative economy.’

Wing Luke exhibit connects WWII internment camps with other ethnic struggles; a little snow around here can still cause big problems; hopes for sentencing reform in the next Legislature; how private-equity firms bleed (sometimes fatally) the companies they buy.

Charles Mudede on modern ghosts of Seattle past; a million chickens killed due to bird flu; an ‘officer involved’ death at King County Jail; Catholic Archdiocese spends big on a new archbishop’s residence.

Local Xmas records of note; downtown crime is apparently ‘on the decline;’ area hiring remains strong despite tech layoff; massive waterfront highway gets an Indigenous ‘honorary name.’

Maps show different communities’ carbon outputs; Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer acquitted of making false accusations against a Black newspaper carrier; Inslee proposes a $70 billion, two-year budget; will electric cars kill the radio star?

Local artist’s ‘zeitgeisty’ show at SAM; Value Village lawsuit goes to state Supreme Court; NLRB rules against companies firing people for unionizing; is the social-media age ending?

Supporters and allies greet Drag Queen Story Hour; Councilmember Lisa Herbold won’t run again; US senators question a tiny WA bank’s role in Big Crypto; should Amazon ‘rethink its business from scratch’?

Tom Dyer’s 40-song ode to Oly; marking 10 years since the same-sex wedding spectacular at City Hall; window shot at Renton drag-queen story hour site; FTC sues to stop Microsoft from taking over Activision Blizzard.

Sue Bird & Megan Rapinoe’s new media company to cover ‘revolutionaries’; next city housing levy could be a big ask; Metro cancels many runs due to faulty buses; MS, Amazon both get pieces of new Pentagon cloud-computing deal.

1875 shipwreck remains found off WA coast; gun background-check law may finally get enforced; magic-mushroom therapy begins in Oregon; faulty Xmas-tree lights cause major house fire.

MOHAI marks a decade at South Lake Union amid a vastly-changing city; budget bill passes, but city will still need to find more revenue; Everett Herald cuts back on print editions; someone stole the stuffed cougar from Vito’s.

The late Octavia Butler’s sci-fi visions enthrall new generations; City Council passes budget (barely); King County sues DSHS over ‘leaving defendants with mental illness in jail;’ the tiny WA bank tied up in a crypto firm’s crash.

A disconnected landline phone for ‘calling’ long-gone loved ones; film programmer Ruth Hayler RIP; Everett shooting victim gets away by vehicle but not very far; restricting police hi-speed chases saves bystanders’ lives.

Native American Heritage Month-themed art shows; still more city budget details; free home COVID tests to end; human programmers sue Microsoft over ‘self-writing’ AI coding project.

Fantagraphics marks 40 years of ‘Love & Rockets;’ a local memorial to traffic deaths had to update its numbers; Rep. Jayapal doesn’t like the big supermarket-merger plan; Starbucks closing another unionized store, again supposedly over ‘safety concerns.’