New hotel’s ‘aggressively whimsical’ decor; City Council committee approves bigger library levy; Storm star sends ‘goodbye’ social-media post; massive Forest Service cuts could make wildfires worse.

One of Seattle’s lesser known ‘liminal spaces;’ local politicians, protesters denounce White House war threats; unauthorized ‘Dragon Land’ art installations removed; UW lit class goes (almost) all ‘analog.’

Daughter looks back at father’s WWII internment; soaring fuel prices and their victims; downtown visitors up to 2019 levels, workers still behind; lawsuit targets Boeing for ‘off the clock’ duties.

Redmond Old Fire House’s last all-ages concert; UW demotes prof for anti-Zionist, anti-Iran-war posts; Seattle Met magazine bought, editor fired; another dead grey whale in Grays Harbor.

Canadian costumed alt-music duo’s video a hit for KEXP; Wilson to ‘go bigger’ on housing, density; old Garfield High scandal/tragedy revisited; is White House ‘dismantling’ Forest Service?

Local plays feature funny eco-sermons and a headless man’s wife; judge upholds big award in CHOP death case; Wilson wants bigger tiny-house villages; defending Lindy West’s new memoir.

Another, even bigger, ‘No Kings’ rally/march; light rail finally crosses Lake Washington; farmers feel pain from war-inflated fuel, fertilizer prices; folk-pop singer turned talk-TV host Dick Foley RIP.

NBA says Sonics coming back (in two years, maybe); developers, politicians talk of ‘rolling back’ MHA rules; REI workers urge anniversary-sale boycott; county assessor charged with violating protection order.

Non-‘mystical’ 20th century NW art at SAM; Wilson pauses new police CCTV cams (but keeps current ones on); backlash against light-rail expansion cutbacks; ICE detains asylum seekers on questionable grounds.

Indigenous historian is a local Women’s History Month icon; SW WA extremist Joe Kent quits MAGA regime; Sound Transit hopes to trim rail-construction budgets; City Light faces possible future power shortages.

New film based (sort-of) on a true Seattle story; Spokane pastor’s Islamophobic preaching on tour; Wilson pauses city use of AI tech; greater downtown’s now got over 100,000 residents.

One-day winter wonderland; Seattle Center wants big bond measure; REI cuts benefits, new-employees’ pay; feds want man to pay $1.8 million for not self-deporting.

New arts space opened by two ‘immigrants from Tehran;’ ‘millionaires tax’ awaits Ferguson’s signature (as Howard Schultz decamps for Florida); Iran won’t play World Cup match set for Seattle.

Art exhibits portray Black women, power, and wisdom; ‘millionaire tax’ passes WA House after 24-hour debate; Starbucks union fights latest closure plans; big Boeing deal to sell smart bombs to Israel.

Seattleite’s book on an obscure aspect of WWII; Seattle corporate lawyer is new state Supreme Court appointee; ex-city attorney Davison left over 5,000 unresolved cases; still more Starbucks store closures (most of them unionized).