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2/23/21: THE PICTURE OF HEALTH (CARE WORKERS)
Feb 22nd, 2021 by Clark Humphrey

Gallery portraits of front-line heroes; Mariners’ CEO quits after impolite remarks went public; how to bring downtown back from the pandemic doldrums?; more engine issues on Boeing planes.

2/16/21: LOVE AMONG THE LAB SAMPLES
Feb 15th, 2021 by Clark Humphrey

‘Bridgerton’ historical-romance author and her UW COVID-expert hubby; the Big Melt continues; a public-private partnership to make more ‘vaccine equity;’ Durkan gives a really short ‘State of the City’ speech.

2/12/21: YOU GOTTA HAVE HEART, OR SOMETHING
Feb 11th, 2021 by Clark Humphrey

Dina Martina’s V-Day greetings; waiting for the snow to get more serious; more of the state gets into a ‘phase 2’ reopening; could either or both of 2017’s temp-mayors run for the office this year?

2/11/12: MODERN LOVERS (NO JONATHAN RICHMAN)
Feb 10th, 2021 by Clark Humphrey

Rapinoe & Bird, Wilson & Ciara as lovebird role models; waiting for snow’s big promise/threat; Tim Eyman fined and banned from political fundraising; a local inventor’s crosswalks light up under your feet.

2/4/21: ART OF THE STATE
Feb 3rd, 2021 by Clark Humphrey

Drive to replace Marcus Whitman’s DC Capitol statue with one of a Native-rights activist; claims of deliberate meddling in state unemployment system; City Council President Lorena Gonzalez runs for mayor; Amazon’s next CEO is a thorough ‘tech bro.’

1/29/21: CASTLING
Jan 28th, 2021 by Clark Humphrey

Remembering the Spanish Castle roadhouse; local bars, restaurants, and gyms can re-reopen Monday; protests try to stop encampment sweep outside Bellingham city hall; WA’s history of strife, battle, and survival.

1/26/21: THE VINYL FRONTIER
Jan 25th, 2021 by Clark Humphrey

Sub Pop retail shop opens beneath a mostly-empty Amazon tower; WA records its lowest new-COVID-case count of the year; a Native-homeless advocate runs for mayor; no, Bill Gates doesn’t want to kill you on behalf of any lizard men from outer space.

1/13/21 THE BELLS’ FINAL TOLL
Jan 13th, 2021 by Clark Humphrey

Two Bells demolished three years after it closed; SPOG head Mike Solan refuses to quit; activists claim the FBI had a role in suppressing local summer protests; a post-COVID national recession could make homelessness a whole lot worse.

1/1/21: THE INS AND THE OUTS FOR A YEAR THAT’S GOTTA BE BETTER
Dec 31st, 2020 by Clark Humphrey

Our 35th (Yes!) annual list of trends that will soar and decline over the coming 365.

12/28/20: UNHAPPY ENDING
Dec 27th, 2020 by Clark Humphrey

Seven Gables Theater movie memories; the local COVID curve’s still ‘flattening’ for now; Seahawks clinch division title; ‘excessive force’ lawsuit against the SPD could cost the city $600,000 or more.

12/25/20: THE FINAL CURTAIN?
Dec 24th, 2020 by Clark Humphrey

On the day after the Seven Gables Theater burned, we look back on some recent local arts and culture stories, trends, and tales of survival.

12/23/20: OF ODES AND CODES
Dec 22nd, 2020 by Clark Humphrey

Where poetry, programming, and Amazon intersect; train cars with crude oil catch fire; homeless-services group refutes KOMO’s depiction of it; a few of the big COVID relief bill’s various pieces and their various effects.

12/22/20: YESTER-DREAD
Dec 21st, 2020 by Clark Humphrey

Timothy Egan on Lewis & Clark’s lessons for surviving a bleak winter; right-wing protesters try to break into Oregon’s capitol building; daytime flooded streets are followed by nighttime snow; some folks want a gondola to West Seattle instead of light rail.

12/1/20: THE UPSIDE OF A PLAGUE
Nov 30th, 2020 by Clark Humphrey

New kids’ book ‘Panda Demick’ looks on (and for) the bright side; state starts COVID tracking phone app; Tacoma ICE jail uses solitary confinement heavily; make your own ‘restoration of federal sanity advent calendar.’

11/25/20: HOW DO YOU MAKE AN ELEPHANT DISAPPEAR?
Nov 24th, 2020 by Clark Humphrey

Iconic car-wash sign gone; another one-day COVID case record as hospitals fill up; a unionization drive at an Alabama Amazon warehouse; what Thanksgiving means this year (or could).

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