New blog on Seattle ‘post-grunge’ music; WA might use pension surplus to help fill budget deficit; Amazon dumps more Seattle office space; Bill Gates apologizes for Epstein meetings, insists he wasn’t a trafficking client.

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.

Group swimming in the winter cold; ‘millionaire tax’ foes accused of padding their numbers; staff call for city civil-rights boss’s removal; area preachers denounce the notion of ‘MAGA Christianity.’

Desktop-publishing mogul Paul Brainerd RIP; ICE arrested over 2,000 in WA last year; ‘millionaire tax’ bill includes a big corporate tax break; Mariners are back, but will your TV service get them?

Site-specific installations at a soon-to-be-razed home; Seahawks for sale after all; GOP procedural trick dooms many Legislature bills for this year; buying a home inside a video game (what could be more fun?).

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.

Architect’s 3D-printed models of WA ferries; Amazon nixes Ring/Flock ‘surveillance tech’ deal; feds joining case of assault charges against a transgender high-school athlete; Harborview patient trashes ER room, almost causing explosion.

Degenerate Art Ensemble’s next multimedia performance; could WA ‘millionaire tax’ help legalize Seattle income tax?; SeaTimes business columnist Jon Talton dies; Jeff Bezos decimates Wash. Post newsroom.

Local artist’s seemingly-moving silhouettes; Ferguson hesitant about millionaire-income-tax bill; Gluesenkamp Perez’s primary challenger rakes in bucks; locals still fighting for Black history in schools.

Seahawks headed to Super Bowl vs. a familiar foe; local protests against another murder by MAGA goons; Teatro ZinZanni suddenly shutters (again); Seattle-Eastside light rail starts in late March.

Crocodile music club for sale after amassing big debts; six Seattle schools ‘shelter in place’ after ICE rumors; tariffs mean slow going at Port of Seattle; should historic Gas Works Park structures be torn down?

MLK Day rallies and the renewed meaning of King’s words; local rise of the ‘religious left;’ Ferguson’s budget-cut plans and their discontents; ex-owner wants to buy, save Red Light Vintage on the Ave.

Varsity Theater closing; Ferguson plugs millionaire tax and bashes MAGA regime; White House threatens all fed funding to ‘sanctuary’ cities and states; prosecutors won’t charge ex-Harrell aide after allegations of sexual assault.

Bruce Lee postage stamp announced; thousands (inc. Mayor Wilson) at Cal Anderson anti-ICE rally; Legislative session opens with money trouble; we’re all in a battle to preserve ‘the nation’s soul.’

Katie Wilson’s swearing-in speech; local reactions/protests follow Venezuela invasion; critics of Microsoft’s AI obsession call it ‘Microslop’; Justice Mary Yu retires from state Supreme Court.