Army vet Muhammad Zahid Chaudhry’s long drive for citizenship; Wilson makes several anti-ICE measures; outgoing SPOG boss Mike Solan makes one more crude insult; jury finds Seattle negligent in 2020 CHOP killing, awarding $30 million.

WA-shot ‘Train Dreams’ up for four Oscars; we’ll soon know when we can take Seattle-Eastside light rail; bill in Legislature would make hiring a sex worker a felony; Seahawks favored to make (and win) Super Bowl.

Seattle in the Depression, as it was covered at the time; ICE flights at Boeing Field way up; Wilson replaces more city dept. heads; area unemployment rises above 5 percent.

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.

Seahawks trounce 49ers in playoffs; heads of Social Housing Developer, City Light both fired; Seattle single-family rents up 20 percent; another fatal hookah-lounge shooting.

New musical tracks a gender and family journey; Legislative session starts with threats of big cuts; anti-ICE protests (and proposed actions) continue; 49ers to play Seahawks in playoffs.

Anti-ICE protests follow Minneapolis shooting death; police trainers accused of harassing female recruits; development plan’s breakup might save Wedgwood Broiler; UW star quarterback enters transfer portal.

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.

Beloved Ballard dive bar closing; Stevens Pass ski area opens (but you gotta go the long way around); ICE may set even lower standards for Tacoma jail operator; we’ve had ‘our warmest December ever.’

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.

Personal notes get translated into fabric in local artist’s exhibit; WA defends voter privacy and Planned Parenthood from the feds; Boeing cleared to buy back Spirit Aerosystems; ‘South Hill Rapist’ dies.

The man who found or created much of Bartell’s beloved merch; BECU to merge with Calif. credit union; King County Council OKs budget, while Zahilay fires much of Constantine’s old staff.

The Seattle World’s Fair’s ‘adult’ shows recalled; Katie Wilson-bashing gets even more ridiculous; DC could cut homelessness funds housing thousands; charges filed in attempted Neighbours nightclub arson.