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I think it's time to take a hike? I'm not the REI type, so you tell me, but Seattle Times says check out Marmot Pass, Big Huckleberry Mountain, Yellow Aster Butte, Green Mountain, and the Ira Spring Trail to Mason Lake if you wanna huff Washington wildflowers. Are they right? I do not know. For more flowers, consult Matt's list. "I will not run for a second term," confirmed Washington State Representative Kirsten Harris-Talley (KHT)...

The Stranger's rundown of 2022's huge, confused legislative session

Better pick up your dry cleaning. The old dry cleaning place at Olive and Harvard will be going away in a few years (there are no immediate plans to close, according to folks connected to the location), to be eventually replaced by an eight-story mass timber mixed-use building with 70 to 80 new homes and no additional parking, thank God. Sounds good so far! The developers are hosting a site walk and info session at...

A sign bridge in Lakewood collapsed after a white car hit one of its "support beams." The crash and collapse, which amazingly sent no one to heaven or hell or the hospital, evidently impressed WSDOT a great deal, because a sign bridge is "an [incredibly] heavy structure." As if this weren't complicated enough? This structure is what's called a sign bridge. It spans all lanes of I-5 and the exit. It's an incredibility heavy structure....

Rather than looking at current pedestrian counts, the city will use a newly developed set of 'pedestrian generators' to evaluate the need for new painted crosswalks.

Some salt trucks, some ice, some very low temperatures. The February freeze is for sure finally here. KIRO 7 reports that "any tender plants or vegetation that has begun to emerge in the recent calm weather will" learn a bitter lesson this morning, which those peering into the meteorological orbuculum believe will not be "the coldest morning of this spell." You can expect this week to be fricking cold, but don't expect snow to fall...

Portland shooter kills one, injures five at BLM rally. An unidentified Portland resident emerged from his house on Saturday night and confronted Black Lives Matter rally organizers, who were gathering to remember Amir Locke. The resident fired on the protesters, killing one. Our sister site Blogtown has the latest. City Hall tried to sweep away its neighbors. The city attempted to destroy peoples’ only shelter at an encampment near city hall on Sunday — in...

Revenue from Washington's traffic enforcement cameras will go in part toward efforts to assist small communities in applying for grants and accessing funding opportunities.

Happy anniversary of Insurrection I, and happy ongoing Insurrection II. There’s a full schedule of events today — not to investigate or prosecute anyone, hahaha no, that investigation is still plugging along — but there WILL be several hours of speeches, including some fine remarks by Rep. Jayapal, and a “conversation” with Doris Kearns Goodwin to “establish and preserve the narrative” of the first insurrection. Meanwhile, the second insurrection is proc...

Welcome to your evening round-up. First up... Paging Sean Hannity: Ding dong. Beep beep. (What sound does a pager make? I've never seen one in real life, hehe 😊) What was up with all that texting during the riot, Sean? The House select committee investigating the Capitol Insurrection would like to chat. The letter: The Select Committee now has information in its possession, as outlined in part below, indicating that you had advance knowledge regarding...