Photos of the Viaduct’s last days; we’ve got the first US case of Wuhan coronavirus; did the Saudi crown prince hack Jeff Bezos’ cell phone?; a gas thief starts a big leak from a city-owned gas tank into Longfellow Creek.

KUOW tries to make public radio a little less lily-white; how King County got re-namesaked in 1986; Cornish College’s first black president sees himself as a ‘preacher for the arts’; Felix Hernandez tries a comeback (with Atlanta).

University Book Store turns 120; Gov. Inslee’s carbon-cap law partly survives state Supreme Court; Microsoft vows to become ‘carbon negative’; Julia Sweeney defends her ‘Pat’ character as more ‘annoying’ than androgynous.

Will we get snow? (maybe), icy coldness? (oh yeah); more damaging Boeing internal documents unearthed; Jay Inslee’s witty snap-back to Tim Eyman; UW medical residents take a ‘wellness day off.’

The struggle to get even one Latinx lawmaker elected in Yakima; waiting for the threat/promise of snow; Bernie Sanders gets some local endorsements; why’s the news been so darn heavy these days?

What will emerge and ebb during the twelve months in which many things must change.

The local decade in review, for better and for worse; Microsoft blames a data breach on N. Koreans; more robots just make life worse for Amazon warehouse workers; high winds could cancel our NYE fireworks.

More downtown chain stores are shuttering; are some anti-trans ‘feminists’ really right-wingers?; a prosecutor’s ‘egregious misconduct’ in Snohomish County; the Seahawks come within one play of victory again.

Separate art exhibits honor historic African American men and women; ‘Real Change’ marks 25 years (its principle issue far from solved); Seahawks face the match of the year; what the next decade needs from us.

Dennis Muilenburg isn’t Boeing’s CEO anymore; Marshawn Lynch is a Seahawk again; ghosts of Christian punk rockers past; reclaiming Christmas (and Jesus) from authoritarian forces.

Darn, it’s been sure wet around here lately; state Rep. Matt Shea says he won’t resign; Mayor Durkan wants ‘biometric tracking’ of homeless folk thru social services; does Dennis Muilenburg have what it takes to see Boeing thru the 737 MAX crisis?

Woman who was sometimes a homeless kid now teaches affluent kids; thousands attend impeachment rallies around the state; Bob Ferguson sues over courthouse ICE arrests; marbled murrelets need lots of land (but just how much?).

Envisioning a Bertha-like tunnel to replace I-5 downtown; what anti-authoritarian resistance should look like; City Council approves new homelessness authority; does Amazon ‘strip-mine’ other companies’ technologies?

Microsoft joins the deliberately “ugly” holiday sweater craze; how the Pike Place newsstand could be saved; two local rock promoters pass on; (some) non-passengers will get to enter Sea-Tac’s concourses.

Dept. store Santa photos’ local origin; gifted-education task force’s suggestions; Safeway & Stratolaunch now connected; another year-end honor for Megan Rapinoe & co.