Celebrating generations of local female tattoo artists; a non-MAX 737 crashes in a remote part of China; a now ex-KOMO reporter outs himself as a fan of the extreme-right Proud Boys; a court strikes down some Seattle tenant protections.

Pro-peace, pro-Ukraine light show to brighten Seattle; Amazon/MGM deal completed; UW-led program teaches teens to beware of misinformation; another smash-n’-grab targets another Walgreens store’s ATM.

KNKX plans big new downtown digs; artists try to save Inscape studios; things that happened here in ’72; in an Idaho case of alleged child abuse, right-wingers claim the parents are the real victims.

Seahawks’ superstar QB reportedly traded; state redistricting committee chair quits; more local companies leave Russia; WA oil refineries have bought a lot of Russian crude.

Marchers in Seattle demand a Ukraine no-fly zone; 3rd & Pine ‘cleaned up’ (sort-of, for a time); UW Israeli Studies program loses a big donor; will bill to ‘reform police reforms’ really just water them down?

David Guterson novelizes a child’s ‘homicide by abuse;’ what ‘cleaning up’ 3rd Ave. will and won’t do; rural judge rules against WA capital gains tax; the ‘full Amazon-ification of Whole Foods.’

More local protests, vigils, reactions to the Russian invasion of Ukraine; King Co. will end its mask mandate when the state does; another fatal shooting on Third Ave.; legislature’s gas-export tax proposal may be dropped.

Mark Lanegan RIP; city eviction moratorium will end next week after all; serious cold snap moves in; local Ukrainians watch and wait.

Concept art shows new City Market building (with eerie fictional shoppers); encampment sweep near City Hall delayed but could happen today; suspected shooter of PDX protesters called ‘fixated;’ union vote scheduled at one Seattle Starbucks.

Artist’s elaborate cutouts remember the 80th anniversary of the WWII internments; Washington (but not necessarily King Co.) to end indoor mask mandate on the equinox; can $10 million in corporate cash solve homelessness (at least downtown)?; Amazon union-busters threaten to slash wages.

Catholic order to sell big, undeveloped Laurelhurst land tract; King County indoor-spaces vax mandate to end; Sounders FC’s practice facility to take over some ex-Boeing land; Legislative workers stage a walkout over working conditions.

A retired Bellevue arts docent’s own ‘Barbieville;’ zoning reform is among the bills dead in the Legislature; WA’s COVID ‘R number’ has gone way down; Harrell’s ‘State of the City’ speech repeats big, vague promises.

Burke Museum exhibit explores the bio-diversity of tiny spaces; Microsoft, Expedia to bring office workers back; Spokane co. makes fake face masks just for show; Sawant wants to keep the city’s eviction ban going.

HBO movie ‘Kimi’ exploits Seattle tech-biz hype; city eviction moratorium to end in 2 weeks; forensics team believes Durkan’s phone was deliberately set to delete texts; REI management releases anti-union podcast.

A Seattle civil-rights lawyer’s new documentary; a Kent school library can keep its LGBTQ books; Bellevue’s housing is now costlier than Manhattan’s; a Cascade volcano’s at a ‘very high risk’ of erupting.