Books on Seattle in the Depression and radical labor in Grays Harbor; Pierce County sheriff wants to collaborate with ICE; YouthCare CEO quits during money trouble; Amazon grows in Bellevue while Microsoft shrinks.

An old Soviet fighter jet re-dressed for art and beauty; Microsoft announces lots more layoffs; much of Washington’s under ‘burn ban’ orders; what’s there to celebrate this weekend?

Pride Parade with more defiance, fewer corporations; Seattle population, personal wealth hit new records; AG Brown blasts ‘birthright citizenship’ court ruling; Idaho sniper attacks firefighters.

Protesting Bezos’ mega-expensive wedding; Seattle Pride is ‘fearful but empowered;’ Mt. Rainier’s glaciers are ‘disappearing;’ what protests need to lead to.

Plans for new, enhanced Peace Park statue; ‘big bill’ would put 4.5 million WA acres for sale; farms here can’t find enough workers; two die when police chase ends at Edmonds ferry dock.

‘Uncle Sam’ billboard in southwest WA sold to Chehalis tribes; grocery workers vote to strike; ‘worsening conditions’ reported at Tacoma ICE jail; thoughts on 10 years of these e-missives.

Graphic novel of gay Asians in Seattle; Filipina UW lab tech ordered released by ICE; MS foresees AI changing the whole Internet; county assessor Wilson asked to resign after restraining order.

Barnes & Noble taking over University Book Store’s ‘trade books’ dept.; Ferguson signs budget; tax bills; Nordstrom’s ‘go private’ deal closes; ya gotta be rich to even rent in today’s Seattle.

Massive anti-MAGA/DOGE rallies in Seattle, elsewhere; another WA lawsuit to save research funding; melting ice bringing more whales to the Arctic; Storm legend Sue Bird named to Basketball Hall of Fame.

Last chance to see the Icelandic digital fake flowers; local Jimmy Carter tribute; Ferguson orders budget cuts to most state govt. departments; Eddie Bauer merging with JCPenney.

The Ins and Outs for the resistance-centric year ahead.

‘SNL’ takes on Amazon (again); Boeing laying off 10 percent of workers; a newborn orca may be dying; should the state sell or preserve ‘future old growth’ trees?

SAM’s lobby ‘tree’ installation going away; Auburn tightens anti-homeless law; Boeing, machinists to resume contract talks; conflicting protests mark one year of the Gaza siege.

Bellevue Arts Museum suddenly shut (again); Nordstrom family wants to ‘take company private;’ why the right-wing initiatives are bad for students, bicyclists, and everyone; gamers can also be lovers, or at least fantasize about it (in many varieties).

Seattle’s got an ‘art vending machine’ (again); many new parents quitting work without affordable daycare; why rental prices are finally dropping around here; what WA’s primary might predict about the national vote.