Seahawks headed to Super Bowl vs. a familiar foe; local protests against another murder by MAGA goons; Teatro ZinZanni suddenly shutters (again); Seattle-Eastside light rail starts in late March.

Crocodile music club for sale after amassing big debts; six Seattle schools ‘shelter in place’ after ICE rumors; tariffs mean slow going at Port of Seattle; should historic Gas Works Park structures be torn down?

MLK Day rallies and the renewed meaning of King’s words; local rise of the ‘religious left;’ Ferguson’s budget-cut plans and their discontents; ex-owner wants to buy, save Red Light Vintage on the Ave.

Varsity Theater closing; Ferguson plugs millionaire tax and bashes MAGA regime; White House threatens all fed funding to ‘sanctuary’ cities and states; prosecutors won’t charge ex-Harrell aide after allegations of sexual assault.

Bruce Lee postage stamp announced; thousands (inc. Mayor Wilson) at Cal Anderson anti-ICE rally; Legislative session opens with money trouble; we’re all in a battle to preserve ‘the nation’s soul.’

Katie Wilson’s swearing-in speech; local reactions/protests follow Venezuela invasion; critics of Microsoft’s AI obsession call it ‘Microslop’; Justice Mary Yu retires from state Supreme Court.

Remembering a produce-market owner; RFK Jr.’s said to be ‘targeting’ Seattle Children’s over trans-youth care; Katie Wilson takes office; Space Needle fireworks obscured by heavy fog.

New Octavia Butler biography; US 2 eastbound opening again (with limits); four die in alleged Eastside murder/suicide; ‘Somali child care providers in WA being harassed.’

Ode to a favorite light-rail station; migrant farmworkers face ‘fear and uncertainty;’ Ferguson’s mostly-cuts budget plan and its discontents; the intersection of politics, religion, and AI.

Saving a Capitol Hill gaming Mecca; judge makes ICE release disabled US vet; Children’s Hospital nurses authorize potential strike; Ross closing two Seattle stores.

Candy Cane Lane endures; flood cleanup continues; climate change’s big role in the floods; city council approves ‘stacked flat’ apartments on residential lots.

Local Chanukah ceremony after Sydney shooting; Green River levee break causes temporary ‘Get Out’ order; alleged pimp crashes SUV into kombucha taproom; tech giants ‘offloading the risks of the AI boom.’

MOHAI explores intersections of women, queer-lib, and motorcycles; Seattle’s soul-food queen dies; Wild Waves gets one more year; over 100,000 may evacuate region’s ‘catastrophic’ floods.

Autistic actor in an autistic role; ICE wants to deport deathly-ill man; state Sen. Rebecca Saldaña running for Zahilay’s old County Council seat; ‘Pride Day’ at Seattle’s World Cup matches will take on a deeper meaning.

Another light-rail expansion opening day; Sen. Murray speaks for a man mauled by an ‘ICE dog’ during arrest; local rents rose 30+ percent in just 5 years; waiting for the big rain.