More on the 50-year legacy of the Boldt Decision; union forming at the Stranger; King County has fewer under-18s compared to 2020; when Seattle had its own Mardi Gras and why it stopped.

A pop up African American museum in Columbia City this month; a jury award in the case of Children’s Hospital mold infections; kids at a Seattle daycare secretly got fed melatonin; Ristorante Machiavelli’s suddenly closing.

Video game teaches mega-earthquake survival skills; repeal of ‘lewd conduct’ ban in bars passes state Senate; Starbucks told to rehire labor-organizing barista; WSP officers thought woman with ‘bleeding brain’ was just drunk.

Local conceptual artist’s documentations of futility; Ezell’s Famous Chicken marks 40 years (without Ezell); Chateau Ste. Michelle plans big developments (but no more winemaking on site); could end of ‘lewd conduct’ rules help strippers?

Trying to solve civil-rights leader’s slaying 55 years later; Liquor & Cannabis Board pauses ‘lewd conduct’ enforcement; bill to rein in rent-gouging dies in Legislature; OR GOP lawmakers who walked out can’t run again.

Ijeoma Oluo’s new book on how to ‘Be a Revolution;’ Christopher Rufo’s links to ‘scientific racism’ journal; King County youth jail won’t close any time soon; Seahawks to have NFL’s youngest head coach.

Touring play’s exuberant ‘meta’ take on ‘Don Quixote;’ two School Board members resign; Councilmember Nelson opposes even-year elections; AI ‘deepfakes,’ abuse, and disinformation.

City says don’t toss your old AAs in the trash; two gay bars cited for under-dressed patrons; migrant refugees to be kicked out of Kent hotel; ‘pickleball hotel’ coming to Interbay.

Play, book explore the roots of a NW-reared art-music legend; Alaska Air wants Boeing to pay losses due to 737 MAX 9 troubles; big layoffs at REI and Microsoft; King County landfill’s got lots of arsenic.

40 years of ‘the computer for the rest of us;’ center-right Council picks center-right Tanya Woo; SPOG VP dissed for ‘joking’ about woman killed by police car; yet more 737 troubles.

Misadventures in AI-generated e-tail product blurbs; Harrell imposes (almost) citywide hiring freeze, while most City Council Position 2 nominees pledge fealty to him; legislation would ban police from ‘hog-tying suspects.’

Auburn company’s historic role in donut making; the ‘former guy’ stays on WA Presidential ballot for now; winter mayhem continues to our north and south; light-rail maintenance disruption proves even more disruptive.

Comedian Pearl Lam takes on ‘reality’ TV in a one-woman show; more deadly winter-weather effects; Amazon buys a stake in several regional TV sports channels; ‘what happened to Seattle’s relationship with Boeing?’

50 years since the Boldt Decision strengthened tribal fishing rights; frozen water pipes bursting all over; Ferguson asks feds to block big grocery merger; service and cynicism on MLK Day.

UW Huskies join Seahawks as (temporarily) coachless; precious works at Davidson Gallery burned; temp-Councilmember candidates down to eight; damn it’s cold!