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Boeing issues layoff notices to 438 workers as it begins drastic cuts

November 17, 2024, 2:41pm Business

Boeing has delivered layoff notices to more than 400 members of its professional aerospace labor union, part of thousands of cuts planned as the company struggles to recover from financial and regulatory trouble as well as an eight-week strike by its machinists' union. Read story

King Cove is partially visible from the road to its airport on April 19, 2022.

Biden administration throws support behind road through Alaska’s Izembek wildlife refuge

King Cove is partially visible from the road to its airport on April 19, 2022.

November 17, 2024, 6:05am Latest News

The Biden administration on Wednesday endorsed a land exchange that would allow a controversial gravel road to be built through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in Southwest Alaska. Read story

Seventh grader Kwasi Noumedor 12, holds a Yondr Pouch, which students can lock their phones during the day during school.

Yondr pouches seal students’ cellphones away for the entire school day. Are they working?

Seventh grader Kwasi Noumedor 12, holds a Yondr Pouch, which students can lock their phones during the day during school.

November 17, 2024, 6:02am Latest News

Principal Zachary Stowell surveyed the cafeteria at Seattle’s Robert Eagle Staff Middle School — and he liked what he saw. Read story

Anurag Kamasamudram, center, and Mayuri Gupta, right, look at a townhome with realtor Matt Miner, left, from Compass, a real estate company, in the Queen Anne neighborhood in Seattle on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. The couple has an investment house but this is their first time buying a home for themselves. &Ccedil;&fnof;&uacute;Matt&Ccedil;&fnof;&Ugrave;s helped us understand what we like and don&Ccedil;&fnof;&Ugrave;t like through the tours,&Ccedil;&fnof;&ugrave; says Mayuri. The couple is new to Seattle since May and still learning the neighborhoods. &Ccedil;&fnof;&uacute;He&Ccedil;&fnof;&Ugrave;s helping us understand what areas we want to live in too.&Ccedil;&fnof;&ugrave; she says.

Seattle-area homebuyers, trying to go agent-free, face hurdles

Anurag Kamasamudram, center, and Mayuri Gupta, right, look at a townhome with realtor Matt Miner, left, from Compass, a real estate company, in the Queen Anne neighborhood in Seattle on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. The couple has an investment house but this is their first time buying a home for themselves. &Ccedil;&fnof;&uacute;Matt&Ccedil;&fnof;&Ugrave;s helped us understand what we like and don&Ccedil;&fnof;&Ugrave;t like through the tours,&Ccedil;&fnof;&ugrave; says Mayuri. The couple is new to Seattle since May and still learning the neighborhoods. &Ccedil;&fnof;&uacute;He&Ccedil;&fnof;&Ugrave;s helping us understand what areas we want to live in too.&Ccedil;&fnof;&ugrave; she says.

November 17, 2024, 6:02am Business

Ballard renters Anurag Kamasamudram and Mayuri Gupta started their home search casually this fall. They hoped to get a feel for the market, “window shopping” before they hired an agent and started searching more seriously in the spring. Read story

Foot traffic is fairly heavy in front of the Amazon spheres located at Lenora Street and 7th Avenue in Seattle around noontime on May 1, 2023. (Ellen M.

Earnings for Seattle tech workers hit record high

Foot traffic is fairly heavy in front of the Amazon spheres located at Lenora Street and 7th Avenue in Seattle around noontime on May 1, 2023. (Ellen M.

November 17, 2024, 6:00am Business

Everyone knows Seattle tech workers make good money. Even so, when it comes to earnings, it’s remarkable how far they’ve pulled ahead. Read story

Power lines stretch near the Bonneville Lock and Dam from the Washington side of the Columbia River. Connecting a new, large, energy-intensive business to Southwest Washington&rsquo;s power grid &mdash; especially with the shrinking amount of vacant land in the region &mdash; can be costly and time consuming, perhaps making Clark County less attractive for such endeavors.

‘My heart is happy’: Indigenous voices are a priority of new Columbia River Basin Treaty

Power lines stretch near the Bonneville Lock and Dam from the Washington side of the Columbia River. Connecting a new, large, energy-intensive business to Southwest Washington&rsquo;s power grid &mdash; especially with the shrinking amount of vacant land in the region &mdash; can be costly and time consuming, perhaps making Clark County less attractive for such endeavors.

November 17, 2024, 5:54am Northwest

Seeing salmon return to the Columbia River Basin has made Ktunaxa Nation member Troy Hunter’s “heart happy.” Read story

Cherries hang on a tree in 2015 at the Lyall Farms in Mattawa.

WA businesses brace for curbs on immigration, trade under Trump 2.0

Cherries hang on a tree in 2015 at the Lyall Farms in Mattawa.

November 17, 2024, 5:05am Business

While the American business community is broadly bullish on a second Trump administration, many businesses in Washington state want to see the fine print on the president-elect’s economic policies. Read story

The NE Seattle Moms volunteer group buys, cooks and serves lunch at YouthCare's Orion Center in the South Lake Union neighborhood of Seattle in 2018.

Federal money helps homelessness agencies grow. Now, they face uncertainty

The NE Seattle Moms volunteer group buys, cooks and serves lunch at YouthCare's Orion Center in the South Lake Union neighborhood of Seattle in 2018.

November 16, 2024, 3:01pm Latest News

This summer, one of King County’s largest young adult homelessness service providers announced the closure of two transitional housing programs, one day center and a shifting of its shelter services. By the end of the year, the nonprofit, YouthCare, estimates 13 people will be laid off as a result and… Read story

Josh Smith operates Bear Mountain Forest Nursery at his home in Peters Creek, Alaska, on Aug. 30, 2024. There, he&rsquo;s experimenting with hazelnut strains to see what can thrive.

Alaska-grown hazelnuts? A changing climate is helping growers coax unusual crops from northern soil

Josh Smith operates Bear Mountain Forest Nursery at his home in Peters Creek, Alaska, on Aug. 30, 2024. There, he&rsquo;s experimenting with hazelnut strains to see what can thrive.

November 16, 2024, 11:58am Northwest

The little tree in Josh Smith’s yard at the base of Bear Mountain resembled an alder, the scrappy and familiar Alaskan shrub. Read story

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives at an election night watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Center, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla.

Four areas where Trump’s policies and WA’s priorities could clash

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives at an election night watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Center, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla.

November 16, 2024, 6:02am Northwest Free

In the runup to Election Day, Donald Trump had kind words for Washington state. Read story