Remembering a produce-market owner; RFK Jr.’s said to be ‘targeting’ Seattle Children’s over trans-youth care; Katie Wilson takes office; Space Needle fireworks obscured by heavy fog.

New Octavia Butler biography; US 2 eastbound opening again (with limits); four die in alleged Eastside murder/suicide; ‘Somali child care providers in WA being harassed.’

Beloved Ballard dive bar closing; Stevens Pass ski area opens (but you gotta go the long way around); ICE may set even lower standards for Tacoma jail operator; we’ve had ‘our warmest December ever.’

Art by loved ones of the incarcerated; city buys Talaris property in Laurelhurst; Bush Garden reopening at new site after two-year delay; proposing a ‘180 degree turn’ approach to the climate crises.

Candy Cane Lane endures; flood cleanup continues; climate change’s big role in the floods; city council approves ‘stacked flat’ apartments on residential lots.

Santa’s whole family on a holiday train; floods aren’t over but recovery’s just begun; local Dems start ‘non-violent resistance committee;’ just another ho-hum Seahawks miracle win.

New nonprofit arts/performance space; ICE arrests surge while detention conditions deteriorate; big windstorm power outages continue; who’s behind mysterious right-wing political entity ‘Washington Rising’?

Local Chanukah ceremony after Sydney shooting; Green River levee break causes temporary ‘Get Out’ order; alleged pimp crashes SUV into kombucha taproom; tech giants ‘offloading the risks of the AI boom.’

Photo book celebrates local waters; floods keep causing major mayhem and damage around the state; WA as a potential haven for ‘climate refugees;’ the latest way to perk up local nightlife: vintage stores?

MOHAI explores intersections of women, queer-lib, and motorcycles; Seattle’s soul-food queen dies; Wild Waves gets one more year; over 100,000 may evacuate region’s ‘catastrophic’ floods.

Autistic actor in an autistic role; ICE wants to deport deathly-ill man; state Sen. Rebecca Saldaña running for Zahilay’s old County Council seat; ‘Pride Day’ at Seattle’s World Cup matches will take on a deeper meaning.

Another light-rail expansion opening day; Sen. Murray speaks for a man mauled by an ‘ICE dog’ during arrest; local rents rose 30+ percent in just 5 years; waiting for the big rain.

Annual Sheraton ‘Gingerbread Village;’ feds sue state to get voter-registration data; Ferguson to submit ‘all-cuts budget;’ SPD killing near Othello station.

Bookseller Peter Miller on Pioneer Square’s future; Little Red Hen suing to stop eviction; state lawmakers prepare for big budget cuts; are Gas Works’ legacy structures a ‘public nuisance’?

Ex-Seahawk’s mobile ‘spatial design’ gem; civil-rights official named to state Supreme Court; community clinics brace for ‘the new uninsured;’ why did BP’s pipeline leak go undetected for so long?