Rising music star Chong the Nomad decamps for LA; Sen. Murray decries possible Medicaid cuts; Oly rally aims to stop big state budget cuts; a major institution in NW history could disappear.

Activist/writer Katie Wilson runs for mayor; law firm Perkins Coie gets restraining order against MAGA attack; tariffs could make Boeing planes a lot costlier; Lynnwood council pick found to have had an OnlyFans page.

A contender for the ‘Great Seattle Novel;’ ‘sanctuary churches’ fight back against federal threats; UW imposes hiring freeze; DJ Bob ‘Twisted Tunes’ Rivers RIP.

Our fave crystal store gets noticed; SBA shuts Seattle office over ‘sanctuary city’ status; Tent City 3 resident running for mayor; ‘killing fields’ survivor turned noodle-house owner dies.

Doc about old Rainier ads now showing; White House goes after Perkins Coie law firm; JBLM soldiers accused of selling military secrets; car fatally hits preteen outside Washington Middle School.

Classic-toys exhibit comes to Tacoma; another anti-MAGA rally today; another accusation about Harrell’s time in Iowa in ’96; Ken Stringfellow has new record, still refutes sexual-misconduct claims.

E-comic book on how stock buybacks screw workers; locals voice support for Ukraine; Microsoft kills Skype chat app; eight hospitalized after apparent street-racing crash.

Bill Gates hypes memoir, says he’s not like some other tech moguls; arts groups fight anti-DEI edicts; more bills die at Legislative deadline; Starbucks laying off 1,100 office staff nationwide.

Artist Buster Simpson’s retrospective show; first Legislative cutoff deadline; small earthquakes hit WA and BC; no, the feds can’t ship NW water to CA.

Memorials to two WA women killed at West Bank protests; White House ‘gleefully’ posts video of detainee flights at Boeing Field; Harrell misses with ‘fake Sonics announcement;’ fatal ‘speeding Tesla’ crash.

Thousands rally against MAGA layoffs & freezes; Seattle judge blocks ban on gender-affirming care; Seattle social-housing fund measure wins big; rap DJ/promoter ‘Nasty Nes’ Rodriguez RIP.

Remembering local Black photog Al Smith; Ferguson, other WA officials denounce MAGA 2.0 tactics, while Fred Hutch obediently kills DEI programs; city workers sue over error-prone new payroll system.

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?

Neko Case still loves Tacoma in new memoir; 1,500 anti-MAGA marchers in Oly, while activists monitor ICE flights; Seattle school kids get a ‘remote day,’ confounding parents; will the big snow finally appear today?

Lunar New Year now a state holiday; WA immigrants and advocates fighting back; Seattle’s first two homicides of 2025; Storm sending Jewell Loyd to Las Vegas.