Photo exhibit in B’ham on queer ‘non-visibility;’ farms can’t find workers due to ‘ICE fears;’ high bacteria levels close several local beaches; MS Windows’ ‘blue screen of death’ changes color.

Bobby Sherman RIP; GOP plan to sell lots of federal lands hits legal snag; state budget-shortfall prediction gets worse; who isn’t going to major local attractions these days.

Terry Morgan’s all-around arts production career; Harrell wants to streamline OK’ing new developments; state agencies prepare for major cuts; resistance actions in the streets and on the air.

New book on old NW serial killers; Sen. Murray exhorts us to fight back against MAGA; state studies potential slavery reparations; ‘Belltown Hellcat’ driver found guilty.

Local doc on historic ‘70s gay disco; Ferguson slams DC regime’s ‘assault on the US Constitution;’ feds may drop charges against Boeing in 737 MAX crashes; Elijah Lewis’s killer sentenced.

Cabaret show on late strip-club mogul; advocates want at least a quasi-indie ‘Cascadia’ nation; WA ‘ birthright citizenship’ case goes to Supreme Court; class-action suit filed over Nordstrom buyout deal.

(Shorter) film-fest madness returns; what you might not hear about King County shooting numbers; Amazon was falsely rumored to be listing products’ tariff costs; Texas ia getting a 3-D printed Starbucks store.

New play about Black lives, laundromats, and magic; some UW and SU int’l. students get their visas back; Legislative session’s scheduled end draws near with much still to do; it’s been 60 years since a big earthquake.

50 years of Microsoft; protests against Musk and ICE; state Senate OKs budget plan with business, wealth taxes; 5th Avenue Theatre forms ‘alliance’ with Seattle Theatre Group.

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.

Two Iranian American women’s provocative works; Ukrainian Americans ‘plan to protest;’ Reykdal asks WA schools to keep DEI programs; Amazon MGM takes full control of 007 film franchise.

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?

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?.