Bruce Lee postage stamp announced; thousands (inc. Mayor Wilson) at Cal Anderson anti-ICE rally; Legislative session opens with money trouble; we’re all in a battle to preserve ‘the nation’s soul.’

New musical tracks a gender and family journey; Legislative session starts with threats of big cuts; anti-ICE protests (and proposed actions) continue; 49ers to play Seahawks in playoffs.

Anti-ICE protests follow Minneapolis shooting death; police trainers accused of harassing female recruits; development plan’s breakup might save Wedgwood Broiler; UW star quarterback enters transfer portal.

County Council honors Ken Jennings; state retracts carbon-reduction claims; juvenile detention sex-abuse suits could bankrupt Pierce County; five years since the attempted domestic coup.

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.’

Ode to a favorite light-rail station; migrant farmworkers face ‘fear and uncertainty;’ Ferguson’s mostly-cuts budget plan and its discontents; the intersection of politics, religion, and AI.

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.’

‘The Jinkx and DeLa Holiday Show’ returns; massive windstorm threat also returns; Ferguson proposes drastic budget cuts but supports income tax on millionaires; most striking Starbucks workers returning to work.

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’?

The historic ‘bus riders’ depicted on a Rainier Ave. mural; another local levee breaks; two farms accused of keeping workers on the job during flood evacuations; Rad Power Bikes files for bankruptcy.

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.’

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.

Personal notes get translated into fabric in local artist’s exhibit; WA defends voter privacy and Planned Parenthood from the feds; Boeing cleared to buy back Spirit Aerosystems; ‘South Hill Rapist’ dies.

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