Private tech-art museum opens; Sound Transit board doesn’t decide on new light-rail station sites; state budget talks begin; middle-school student allegedly attacks teacher.

Eco-costs of a Seattle-Alaska cruise; evidence shows Green River killer could’ve been caught long before he was; man charged with abusing children he’d met at a Redmond church; arson charge in boat-storage fire.

Ex-Coliseum Theater to become a big pop-up art space; more about the apartment eviction that led to a shooting death; bakery king Remo Borracchini dies; King County’s now majority ‘high income.’

What should the new owner do with the ex-Lusty Lady building?; Starbucks boss Howard Schultz retires (again); Amazon announced 9,000 more worldwide layoffs; Ballard woman dies in a shootout during an eviction.

SPD detective/youth-chess mentor ‘Cookie’ Bouldin sues dept., claiming years of gender/race discrimination; county exec Constantine won’t run for governor; Kent schools plan staff cuts; Sawant bill would cap late-rent fees.

David Schmader’s big book of WA/OR movies & TV shows; state Supreme Court allows transit ‘fare enforcement’ to continue; Bellevue school board OKs closing two elementary schools; remote work’s still big in Seattle (for some workers, on some days).

Robyn Hitchcock’s local pop anthem turns 25; the Stranger returns to print (at least once); T-Mobile buying Mint Mobile; making the case against a new light rail station near the Chinatown-International District.

New plays address racial-justice struggles (here and elsewhere); downtown business leader sees signs of recovery; Meta/Facebook has another big round of layoffs; remembering the first modern bank failure to hit Seattle hard.

Portland-made ‘Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio’ wins Oscar; SPD trainer’s support of anti-gay policies; Sawant’s support of PCC labor actions; phony Safeway employee accused of stealing $700,000 worth of crab from a warehouse.

New Peter Blecha book links ‘40s-‘50s Seattle R&B to ‘50s-‘60s Northwest garage rock; more on Rep. George Santos’ alleged link to an alleged Seattle ATM thief; 1st & Pike cherry trees to be replaced; Silicon Valley Bank crash’s local effects.

Shawn Kemp’s side of Tacoma parking-lot incident; COVID’s still killing folks here; online activists try to stop a big new Alaska oil-drilling project; a Capitol Hill institution insists it’s not getting redeveloped.

Painting credited to a NW master revealed as fake; another Idaho college caves to right-wing pressure, lotsa 737s still await modification at Moses Lake; Sonics legend Shawn Kemp arrested after drive-by shooting.

‘Salish Geek’ artist fights for his life; Constantine wants to redevelop county-owned downtown blocks; ‘missing middle housing’ bill passes state House; should port commissioners care about social justice?

Funko’s got a lot more ‘Pop!’ figures than it can sell; right-wing trustees cause chaos at an Idaho college; Macklemore gives a ‘surprise’ free concert; what should be WA’s ‘official state smell’?

Spectacles (commercial and homemade) at Comic Con; hate notes stuck onto RV residences; local unemployed tech workers finding it hard to pick up new work; death of a Seahawks superfan.