American Girl’s two new ‘1999 Seattle’ dolls; Mudede on what (really) makes a vibrant city (hint: it’s not upscale retail); one neighborhood that wants a light-rail station; serious snow could appear in Seattle this weekend.

Love expressed for Taco Time NW, while Beth’s Cafe reopens at last; Tammy Morales wants to stay on the City Council (unlike four colleagues); is Amazon trying to de-emphasize direct online sales?

Mourning ‘outsider artist’ Gregory Blackstock, Screaming Trees cofounder Van Conner, and author Jonathan Raban; Grand Illusion Cinema could be razed in two years; Microsoft confirms 10,000 worldwide layoffs.

Local art exhibits for King Day weekend; Legislature to consider tax breaks for ‘news providers;’ Amazon NY warehouse union drive wins on appeal; the Kraken are on a winning streak, U District’s Kraken Bar not so much.

Papercut artist Nikki McClure’s ‘slices’ of real life; Seattle Center picked to run new waterfront park; more area tech layoffs; Starbucks orders office workers back.

Bill Gates and others developing neo-nuclear power concepts; Inslee gives marching orders to Legislature; City Council votes to preserve ex-Seafirst bank branch building on Denny; some students disagree with Seattle Schools’ suit against social media giants.

How six locals overcame opioid addictions; 10 gamers sue Microsoft over Activision merger; preparing for Ice Storm ’22; remembering a Philly Soul legend who put down roots in Seattle.

‘Running While Black’ author’s new KCTS series; court again rejects SPD officers’ suit against Sawant; Amazon to keep selling antisemitic video; does the state really need an ‘organized retail theft task force’?

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.

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.’

Second set of ballots doesn’t change city, state races; Amazon’s stock value drops $1 trillion since year’s start; Paul Allen’s private art collection auctioned for a total of $1.5 billion; Ingraham High School shooting suspect could face a murder charge.

Memories of the Bumbershoot arts festival’s One Reel-produced era; investigating a 2021 protest-site clash between an undercover cop and undercover deputies; should Union Station have trains again?; could Gonzaga basketball move to a major conference?

Nooksack designer Louie Gong’s ‘Sasquatch Collection’ shoes; someone’s defacing Kshama Sawant’s house; Seattle’s Best Coffee sold to Nestlé; state could pay big $ over mentally-ill defendents stuck in jails.

William Shatner on the sadness of space as seen from Jeff Bezos’ rocket; Seattle’s COVID ‘state of emergency’ to end; another post-CHOP report instructs SPD to ‘repair public trust;’ city of SeaTac to get the nation’s highest minimum wage (at least for some occupations).