An LED and mylar “cherry tree” at the UW; Boeing wants to buy back Spirit AeroSystems; the SPD officer who killed Jaahnavi Kandula gets a traffic citation; Conor Byrne Pub set to close on 3/31.

Veteran music club turns 20; ‘Strippers’ Bill of Rights’ passes Legislature; fallout from city councilmembers getting protesters arrested; a GOP-led ‘secret assault on voting rights’ in WA.

Forty years of the band Girl Trouble; West Precinct protest demands ‘Justice for Jaahnavi;’ City Council to ‘reconsider’ living wages for gig workers after delivery companies slap on new fees; we’ve got major winter weather again.

Black History Month art & music picks; cop who struck Jaahnavi Kandula won’t be charged; Seattle takes back part of Regional Homelessness Authority’s funding; Boeing’s 737 program head resigns.

Charles Peterson’s Nirvana pix in new book; charter school partly funded by Russell Wilson may have to close; man beaten by Lakewood cops says he hadn’t spit at them; remembering a ‘vivid’ abstract painter.

Local woman describes biking during the Dark Season (and liking it); rent stabilization passes state House; Mexican regulators go after Amazon; UW acquires thousands of Crocodile live-music recordings.

Linda’s Tavern marks 30 years (without Linda); Alaska Air flight attendants authorize strike; ‘Twin Peaks’ museum exhibit coming to North Bend next week; the Smith Tower was almost turned residential.

Standing relics of Seattle’s vice-laden past; national site likes Seattle & Spokane’s downtown efforts; ex-owner of Tula’s Jazz Club dies; fighting back against the ‘racial justice backlash.’

Trying to solve civil-rights leader’s slaying 55 years later; Liquor & Cannabis Board pauses ‘lewd conduct’ enforcement; bill to rein in rent-gouging dies in Legislature; OR GOP lawmakers who walked out can’t run again.

Touring play’s exuberant ‘meta’ take on ‘Don Quixote;’ two School Board members resign; Councilmember Nelson opposes even-year elections; AI ‘deepfakes,’ abuse, and disinformation.

Music-scene outreach to supply the homeless; Tacoma man convicted at 18, out of prison at 43, could be sent back; ex-WA First Lady Nancy Evans dies; ‘three girls’ caught on cam vandalizing cars in Bellevue.

Play, book explore the roots of a NW-reared art-music legend; Alaska Air wants Boeing to pay losses due to 737 MAX 9 troubles; big layoffs at REI and Microsoft; King County landfill’s got lots of arsenic.

A Tacoma-based ‘Muslim Khmer’ artist’s provocative installations; ‘SNL’ makes a spoof Alaska Airlines ad; Sens. Murray & Cantwell describe a horrific post-‘Roe’ landscape; a beloved Seattle music-scene figure dies.

K-Pop merch chain comes to town; Boeing names more production safeguards amid a second lawsuit; cold snap’s widespread damage to pipes and playfields; 50 African refugees refuse to return to Tukwila church tent encampment.

Group art show depicts positive vibes & Black music; new City Council installed; people in WA’s high-pollution areas die an average 2.5 years sooner; ex-Vito’s building to be demolished after second fire.