Fishing-boat public art rotting, may get scrapped; Stranger writer suspended for ‘joking’ about campaign shooting; Ferguson, Cantwell lead in polls; eco-protest disses Amazon’s climate efforts.

More dissing about corporatized Pride; local officials say they won’t be (more) punitive against the unhoused after SCOTUS decision; yet another state ferry knocked out of service; feds may seek Boeing plea-bargain deal.

‘Gays eating garlic bread’ event is a hit in real life and online; City Council, as predicted, approves big SPD retroactive-pay deal; UW student employees go on strike; feds say Boeing’s violated a post-737-MAX-crashes settlement.

Artist paints skulls on fentanyl-stained foil; We Heart Seattle leader starts a curious Legislative run; Ferguson’s inquiry into Catholic child-abuse coverups; it’s gonna be hot out.

Seattle Rep’s ‘Fat Ham’ inverts Shakespeare tropes; Kraken leave cable for broadcast TV and Amazon streaming; big profits (and security concerns) for Microsoft; Rep. Adam Smith doesn’t like pro-Gaza protesters.

A history of Black student movements at UW, WSU; Legislature OKs three conservative initiatives; King County launches new anti-fentanyl efforts; MAGA candidate in SW WA invokes racism to oppose a new I-5 bridge.

The Ins & Outs for the coming year of imperative action (and, we hope, some fun along the way).

Spokane preacher prays for fire to ‘consume’ city (with its mayor on stage); King County considers new jail with ‘solar canopy;’ Seattle, DoorDash settle over labor violations; remembering a cancer scientist and competitive-dance organizer.

Vital, historic African-American art from a sorority’s donated collection; almost every D1 council candidate endorses Megan Costa; new state drug law starts; one threatened north-end tree survives, one doesn’t.

Local filmmaker’s Stewart Udall doc; Rep. Jayapal makes pro-Israeli politicians mad; folks had already complained about deadly Tacoma crash site; Harrell switches course on S. Lake Union light rain.

Wa Na Wari gallery’s building listed for sale; state, cities, and counties scramble to potentially make up for Legislature’s drug-bill failure; man tries to hijack a Bremerton ferry because ‘revolution;’ it’s ‘Bed Bath and Bye Bye.’

CNN digs Scarecrow Video; two socialist bloggers don’t dig Sawant’s new project; Ron DeSantis names local right-winger to Fla. college’s board; a major Cascades glacier completely disappears.

Past local musical experiments rediscovered; WA hospitals bleeding $; even at-home workers need transit; COVID vs. ‘I’m over it’: guess who’s winning?

MoPOP exhibit shows the more diverse aspects of feminist punk; man threatens to shoot Rep. Pramila Jayapal; Starbucks closing five Seattle stores over ‘safety’ claims; is Amazon getting into cancer vaccines?

‘Story map’ shows local racial struggles, SPD responses in the 20th century; local Proud Boys member says he’s (wrongly) cited in Jan. 6 probe; unions say Amazon used ‘cherry-picked’ worker-safety data; a second unofficial Banksy show’s in town.