The Latest Wednesday Evening Headlines Mayor Wilson pledges to expand homeless shelter beds, the Seahawks are officially up for sale, and WA's snowpack is looking bleak. Paige Browning National With a win over Sweden, the U.S. men's hockey team will play for an Olympic medal A thrilling overtime goal by defenseman Quinn Hughes puts Team USA through to a semifinal game against Slovakia. On the other side of the bracket, Canada had its own close call, but moves on to face Finland. Becky Sullivan Front Page: Seahawks for sale, Seattle's mayor on the state of the city, and future state taxes Every week we talk about the most fascinating stories in the news and what they say about the Pacific Northwest. We call it Front Page. Libby Denkmann National The Trump administration is increasingly trying to criminalize observing ICE ICE officers often tell people tracking and watching them that they are breaking federal law in doing so, but legal experts say the vast majority of observers are exercising their constitutional rights. Meg Anderson National 8 confirmed dead in Sierra Nevada avalanche Eight skiers in the Castle Peak avalanche near Lake Tahoe are confirmed to be deceased. GREG MICEK Books Carla Hayden recommends books by Black authors from 2016 that resonate today We're continuing to celebrate Black History Month by looking back at 2016, a year that brought big moments in the culture. Juana Summers Arts & Life Curling builds community in rural Massachusetts In tiny Petersham, Mass., a volunteer-run curling club is a gathering place for people of all ages who love to curl and hang out. Jill Kaufman Politics Foreign policy experts struggle to name Trump's vision of global affairs President Trump's unpredictable rhetoric and actions when it comes to foreign policy amount to what some experts call a "madman strategy." Other analysts say Trump is actually a realist in this area. Jackie Northam Science Mass grave sheds light on 7th century plague In modern-day Jordan, a 1500-year old mass grave sheds light on the lives of people affected by the Plague of Justinian. Durrie Bouscaren Asia In China, a meme is worth a thousand words As China celebrates the lunar new year, the year of the horse has taken on an uncanny association with Draco Malfoy of the Harry Potter series. Ashish Valentine Prev 229 of 1642 Next Sponsored
Wednesday Evening Headlines Mayor Wilson pledges to expand homeless shelter beds, the Seahawks are officially up for sale, and WA's snowpack is looking bleak. Paige Browning
National With a win over Sweden, the U.S. men's hockey team will play for an Olympic medal A thrilling overtime goal by defenseman Quinn Hughes puts Team USA through to a semifinal game against Slovakia. On the other side of the bracket, Canada had its own close call, but moves on to face Finland. Becky Sullivan
Front Page: Seahawks for sale, Seattle's mayor on the state of the city, and future state taxes Every week we talk about the most fascinating stories in the news and what they say about the Pacific Northwest. We call it Front Page. Libby Denkmann
National The Trump administration is increasingly trying to criminalize observing ICE ICE officers often tell people tracking and watching them that they are breaking federal law in doing so, but legal experts say the vast majority of observers are exercising their constitutional rights. Meg Anderson
National 8 confirmed dead in Sierra Nevada avalanche Eight skiers in the Castle Peak avalanche near Lake Tahoe are confirmed to be deceased. GREG MICEK
Books Carla Hayden recommends books by Black authors from 2016 that resonate today We're continuing to celebrate Black History Month by looking back at 2016, a year that brought big moments in the culture. Juana Summers
Arts & Life Curling builds community in rural Massachusetts In tiny Petersham, Mass., a volunteer-run curling club is a gathering place for people of all ages who love to curl and hang out. Jill Kaufman
Politics Foreign policy experts struggle to name Trump's vision of global affairs President Trump's unpredictable rhetoric and actions when it comes to foreign policy amount to what some experts call a "madman strategy." Other analysts say Trump is actually a realist in this area. Jackie Northam
Science Mass grave sheds light on 7th century plague In modern-day Jordan, a 1500-year old mass grave sheds light on the lives of people affected by the Plague of Justinian. Durrie Bouscaren
Asia In China, a meme is worth a thousand words As China celebrates the lunar new year, the year of the horse has taken on an uncanny association with Draco Malfoy of the Harry Potter series. Ashish Valentine