What’s Trending: The average credit card debt in Bellingham is staggering, how do other cities in Washington compare? Education Secretary Miguel Cardona made a completely incoherent argument about school choice. Adam Schiff is a huge hypocrite on prosecuting one’s political opponents. Merriam-Webster announced its word of the year for 2024. // Big Local: Another sexual assault scandal at a Seattle-area school, this time in Redmond. Months after the offense, a suspect has been arrested in a multi-million-dollar vandalism case at a construction site in Kitsap County. Two burglary suspects in Jefferson County tried to get away in a row boat. The woman arrested in the attempted kidnapping at a Puyallup hospital is being tested if she can mentally stand trial. // Caitlin Clark says she has white privilege.