New Seattle civic poet recounts decades in immigration-bureaucracy hell; sudden, massive federal health cuts hit home; city payroll-tax collections way down; we got rain and lightning but no tornados.

White Center as ‘new creative hotbed;’ county exec Constantine to lead Sound Transit; state Senate Dems’ proposed budget includes gas-tax hike; UW prof fights back at ‘assault on Black history.’

Remembering a popular Sonics legend; UW, WSU face anti-DEI attacks from the feds; more Seattle households going car-free; Mayor Harrell’s niece alleges sexism in City Hall.

Political-pop artist Ai Weiwei’s big show(s) at SAM; Seattle judge blocks refugee-funding freeze; Ferguson, local WB-owned game studio shutting down; Ferguson, state House Dems at odds over budget cuts.

Bill Gates hypes memoir, says he’s not like some other tech moguls; arts groups fight anti-DEI edicts; more bills die at Legislative deadline; Starbucks laying off 1,100 office staff nationwide.

Artist Buster Simpson’s retrospective show; first Legislative cutoff deadline; small earthquakes hit WA and BC; no, the feds can’t ship NW water to CA.

Layne Staley’s journals coming in book form; rally compares MAGA tactics to WWII imprisonments; more fallout from Harrell’s Sonics-comeback ‘joke;’ Elijah Lewis’ killer found guilty of murder.

Thousands rally against MAGA layoffs & freezes; Seattle judge blocks ban on gender-affirming care; Seattle social-housing fund measure wins big; rap DJ/promoter ‘Nasty Nes’ Rodriguez RIP.

Remembering local Black photog Al Smith; Ferguson, other WA officials denounce MAGA 2.0 tactics, while Fred Hutch obediently kills DEI programs; city workers sue over error-prone new payroll system.

‘Rocket’ retrospective exhibit at UW; Pike Place Market bows out of ‘Resistance’ event; more fallout from social-housing tax victory; big layoffs at Redfin after a joint-venture deal with Zillow.

The more robust social-housing funding measure leads in early votes; Sen. Murray (and fed workers) denounce Musk coup drive; council OKs return of harsh crowd-control tactics; Microsoft researchers say AI could make folks dumber.

Performances, exhibits for Black History Month; US judge in Seattle puts ‘birthright citizenship’ order on hold; city Comprehensive Plan hearing ‘was a war zone;’ remember what happened five years ago?

Neko Case still loves Tacoma in new memoir; 1,500 anti-MAGA marchers in Oly, while activists monitor ICE flights; Seattle school kids get a ‘remote day,’ confounding parents; will the big snow finally appear today?

Preston Singletary’s next world to conquer (film); Wildrose lesbian bar co-owner dies; high-school principal arrested, but not charged, for alleged DUI; will King County proceed with buying 120 Teslas?.

Documentary covers the long fight to bring orca Tokitae home; local businesses stage ‘A Day Without Immigrants;’ UW hires its first-ever Black president; two Stranger reporters agree to resign.