Name troubles befall ‘our’ Meghan Trainor; Inslee continues his national media blitz; how Bezos lost control of his public image; Durkan wins another round vs. Sawant.

The Symphony’s new hi-tech performance space opens soon; more on the HALA deal’s current status; will the Art Institute of Seattle survive?; did Amazon have an illegal ‘in’ for a big Pentagon cloud-computing deal?

Remembering a Monkee; the cost of getting toxic wood out of the sound; rent control progresses in OR; an update on our big-little fund drive.

The snow took its toll on a local-music legend; WA’s not suing over the ‘national emergency’ (yet); can scientists predict a ‘Big One’ earthquake?

A major correction: The site where a strangely-shaped new tower project is going up, as seen in Thursday’s MISCmedia MAIL, is NOT the site of El Corazon/The Funhouse, but an adjacent lot. Our apologies to all.

Another vital alt-culture spot’s (at least indirectly) threatened; another City Council member’s not running again; another local TV station’s for sale; the snow trouble’s still not over in some places.

A major correction: The site where a strangely-shaped new tower project is going up, as seen in Thursday’s MISCmedia MAIL, is NOT the site of El Corazon/The Funhouse, but an adjacent lot. Our apologies to all.

A sea cruise with a pompous talk-radio host; more on MS’s big affordable-housing plan; 1st Avenue streetcar lives!; Sounders team up with a local e-commerce firm (no, not THAT one).

Northgate’s original ‘anchor store’ will go away; still more climate-change ickiness; BC tribes want to buy that big pipeline project; Pramila Jayapal may co-preside on any impeachment drive.

Neighbours dance club’s building sold; Bruce Harrell to leave the City Council; Inslee wants public-option health care; Mounties trash BC pipeline blockades.

‘Designer grunge’ guy rips off Nirvana; various folks’ 2019 predictions; another fatal police shooting; Huskies’ Rose Bowl comeback try falls short.

For the 33rd year, what will become “Yay” and “Meh” over the next twelve months.

Classic Ballard diner suddenly shutters; useful things made from Boeing fiber leftovers; cop retaliates against man who’d cussed at him; Amazon loves pomposity.

A new book maps out Seattle’s past and present; who’s a ‘local’ writer really?; lower-end rents keep soaring; a ‘Christian’ confidence scheme is busted.

Sonics nostalgia on display; more national political nightmares; towns where Amazon’s good for physical retailers.

Mr. ‘Claymation’ dies; who cares about the NBA anymore?; Viaduct razing will be fast and loud; recalling the ‘Infamous Kitsap Ferry Riot’.