Local ‘meme artist’ pranks future historians; feds take aim at WA home-ownership program; César Chavez’s name taken off a local park; waiting for the Sonics comeback vote.

Ancient Native ‘forest gardens’ in BC; Kraken owners make moves to bid on new Sonics franchise; WA sues USDA over ‘unlawful demands;’ why a local cement plant burns a million tires a year (and wants to burn more).

UW Quad cherry blossoms lit up one night only; will ICE agents show up to take TSA duties at Sea-Tac?; Zags, UW women, Seattle U ousted from b-ball tourneys; CBS Radio abruptly killed at age 99.

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.

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.

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.

Photos of Green River Killer’s abduction sites; sex-abuse claim against Mercer Island teacher; city civil-rights chief fired; Emerald City Comic Con’s owner also owns an ICE contractor.

Coll Thrush’s book ‘Wrecked’ interweaves NW colonialism and shipwrecks; business lobby doesn’t like ‘millionaire tax’ bill; client stabs Ballard Food Bank worker in back; Daylight Savings Time going year-round in BC.

Tacoma Art Museum retrospective of a ‘trailblazing Black American painter;’ DOL’s ‘Spanish’ phone option really speaks English (with an accent); teen shoots up a pizza place; Wilson asks city departments to find potential budget cuts.

New blog on Seattle ‘post-grunge’ music; WA might use pension surplus to help fill budget deficit; Amazon dumps more Seattle office space; Bill Gates apologizes for Epstein meetings, insists he wasn’t a trafficking client.

Kyle MacLachlan on ‘Twin Peaks Day’; Tukwila bans new detention centers; CARE team chief blasts SPD-driven limits on what it can do; man fatally stabs four, then is fatally shot by police, in Purdy.

Desktop-publishing mogul Paul Brainerd RIP; ICE arrested over 2,000 in WA last year; ‘millionaire tax’ bill includes a big corporate tax break; Mariners are back, but will your TV service get them?

Bruce Lee ‘forever stamp’ launching; Wilson’s ‘State of the City’ focuses on affordability, safety; debunking conservative claims against ‘millionaire tax;’ we could use someone like Jesse Jackson these days.

Airport display sign repurposed as ‘kinetic sculpture;’ ‘millionaire tax’ bill passes state Senate, while Legislators reconsider estate tax; 20 families sue Boeing after 2024 crash.