Longtime, still-living leaders for local Native rights; Ferguson says he’ll sign ‘millionaires tax;’ 5th Ave. Theatre, Pacific Science Center lay off workers; Starbucks closing another unionized store.

Tattoo legend gets her marionette doll back; Seattle named ‘best place to live in US’ again;’ city, county on different paths about banning new ICE facilities; ‘millionaire tax’ bill might have to wait until next year.

Kyle MacLachlan on ‘Twin Peaks Day’; Tukwila bans new detention centers; CARE team chief blasts SPD-driven limits on what it can do; man fatally stabs four, then is fatally shot by police, in Purdy.

Bruce Lee ‘forever stamp’ launching; Wilson’s ‘State of the City’ focuses on affordability, safety; debunking conservative claims against ‘millionaire tax;’ we could use someone like Jesse Jackson these days.

More afterglow from Seahawks’ Super Bowl win; bankrupt Eddie Bauer closing Seattle HQ; ‘millionaire tax’ passes first hurdle in Olympia; King County sues to stop ‘conditions’ attached to federal funding.

Seahawks’ spectacular win and fan’ celebrations; another ex-Microsoft exec named in Epstein files; ‘right wing ideologues’ speak against millionaire-tax bill; lots of WA trees are ‘dead or dying;’

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.

The Ins and the Outs for the year when we (somehow, we hope) begin to get rid of the goons running and ruining everything in DC.

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.’

The man who found or created much of Bartell’s beloved merch; BECU to merge with Calif. credit union; King County Council OKs budget, while Zahilay fires much of Constantine’s old staff.

Harrell’s farewell, Wilson’s victory speech; damning evidence about SPD’s Cal Anderson response in May; juvenile-detention doctor accused of multiple sexual abuses; Starbucks strike is on.

Knute Berger profiles Henry and Sarah Yesler; will full SNAP funding come back or not?; mayoral race narrows in late ballots; the (unintended?) double meaning of the new women’s hockey team’s name.

Doc ‘WTO/99’ depicts an older (lost?) Seattle; SNAP benefits still ‘in limbo;’ Harrell’s lead slightly widens in Wednesday ballot drop; Barnes & Noble returning to downtown next year.

Art/music/comix promoter Larry Reid profiled; fewer people are dying on Seattle’s streets; Amazon to lay off up to 30,000 workers; what DOES horror mean in a world of cruelty and terror as gov’t policy?

Charles Burns’ graphic novel ‘Black Hole’ coming to Netflix; feds post, remove ICE promo vid with possible far-right ‘dog whistle;’ dog-daycare closes after ‘cruelty’ charge; big weekend storm’s big damage.