Crocodile closing two of its three performance spaces; WA, 25 other states sue over SNAP funding halt; Amazon announces 14,000 layoffs, while the state has a ‘growing backlog’ of pending unemployment claims.

Rehabbed Salmon Bone Bridge reopens; local responses to fed govt. shutdown; anti-trans rally organizers sue city and Harrell; ‘tattoo queen of Seattle’ wants her stolen marionette back.

Songstress Julie Cascioppo’s new memoir; WA says it won’t feed private voter info to feds; why so many people hate expanding SPD’s surveillance-cam network; an ex-Microsoft exec’s in Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘birthday book.’

‘Sasquatch Mountain’ attraction coming to waterfront; pro-Palestinian sit-in at MS execs’ offices; politicians caught using AI text (and one who denies it); Stranger owners buy Chicago Reader.

Singing together for the fun of it; ICE arrests activist during citizenship hearing; Rendezvous in Belltown suddenly closes; local COVID rates highest in a year.

Anti-Blue Angels billboard goes up; two Latinx-focused music fests canceled for ‘safety concerns’; Starbucks’ CEO makes 6,666 times a typical worker’s pay; is Seattle’s bike network being loved to death?

Where antiquarian books meet punk posters; more ICE flights at Boeing Field; feds arrest anti-deportation protesters in Spokane one month later; Harrell drops Lake Washington Blvd. safety upgrades.

New book on old NW serial killers; Sen. Murray exhorts us to fight back against MAGA; state studies potential slavery reparations; ‘Belltown Hellcat’ driver found guilty.

Movie about (and filmed in) a bar facing closure for redevelopment; Ferguson rejects Legislative budget plans; school bus drivers could go on strike; email describes ‘chaos’ within SPD.

Remembering a popular Sonics legend; UW, WSU face anti-DEI attacks from the feds; more Seattle households going car-free; Mayor Harrell’s niece alleges sexism in City Hall.

More than just manga at MoPOP’s ‘Asian Comics’ exhibit; WA sues against fed education cuts; still no Starbucks union contract after a year; Harrell orders Steinbrueck Park reopened as of today.

Lidia Yuknavitch’s second (sort-of) memoir; Gold Rush museum could close in selloff of federal properties; tariffs are already hurting many NW businesses; marking five years since the COVID era’s real start.

Performances, exhibits for Black History Month; US judge in Seattle puts ‘birthright citizenship’ order on hold; city Comprehensive Plan hearing ‘was a war zone;’ remember what happened five years ago?

History of a once-rundown, now upscaled building; new Boeing CEO may be Seattle-based; City Council may re-ban ‘prostitution loitering;’ some Microsoft online services had connection issues.

Web comic ‘The Oatmeal’ turns 15 and has a Netflix show; cop who joked about Jaahnavi Kandula’s death is fired; Boeing machinists authorize a (potential) strike vote; Seattle’s become ‘too expensive for artists.’