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Less than one-third of Snohomish County voters want port representation, according to the first batch of results released Tuesday night. By Jake Goldstein-Street Tuesday, August 6, 2024 8:18pm LOCAL NEWSELECTION 2024EVERETT EVERETT — The argument that the Port of Everett’s boundary expansion would unnecessarily increase property taxes seems to have convinced voters. The port’s ballot proposition

A first-of-its kind study conducted in Canada’s two largest cities by McGill-led researchers has linked about 1,100 premature deaths per year to an unregulated air pollutant. Ultrafine particles (UFPs) primarily come from vehicle emissions and industrial activities. Canada’s federal and provincial governments have not set concentration limits for UFPs, as they have for larger fine

The Ninth District is home to several airports, including Sea-Tac airport. Communities surrounding airports have come to experience an increased and disproportionate share of public health and environmental impacts stemming from increases in air traffic. Studies have demonstrated that communities near airports and airflight pathways are exposed to higher proportions of harmful pollution particles from

All six of the Blue Angels fly in formation at the end of last year’s airshow. (Jennifer Buchanan / The Seattle Times, 2023) By Breck Lebegue Special to The Seattle Times It’s time to salute and say goodbye to the Blue Angels at Seafair. Although we need skilled fighter pilots to defend our nation and

July 28, 2024 at 6:00 am Updated July 30, 2024 at 4:11 pm    By  Lulu Ramadan  and  Sydney Brownstone The Seattle Times & ProPublica First in a Seattle Times and ProPublica series about the impact of data centers in Washington. This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with The Seattle Times.

Airbus officials hold a panel on sustainable aviation on Wednesday at the Farnborough Air Show. (Dominic Gates / The Seattle Times) By Dominic Gates Seattle Times aerospace reporter FARNBOROUGH, England — The aviation industry has preached for years that low-carbon sustainable aviation fuel, or SAF, will be key to making the airline business carbon neutral.

The Commercial Aviation Work Group (CAWG), meeting for the first time on Thursday, July 11, is tasked with resolving Washington’s projected aviation capacity shortage. Interim chairman Evan Nordby (left-center) addresses the group. PHOTO BY JEFFREY WESTBROOK Posted Friday, July 26, 2024 6:37 pm Why were the citizen representatives all part of the aviation industry? Is this group even

By  Alexandra Yoon-Hendricks Seattle Times staff reporter Community advocates and state lawmakers are raising concern over the Port of Seattle’s limited assessment of soundproofing equipment it installed in more than 9,000 homes near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, many of which have since failed. Since the mid-1980s, the Port of Seattle has installed soundproofing like triple-pane windows

6, 2024 at 6:00 am Updated July 26, 2024 at 6:00 am    By  Erin Edwards Pacific NW magazine writer The Navy’s Blue Angels have been performing their roaring aerobatic flight demonstration at the Seafair Air Show since 1972. It’s a Seattle summer tradition: Paired with the Seafair Cup hydroplane races that began in 1951, the

By Andrew R Chow/Granbury, Texas | Photographs by Jake Dockins for TIME An aerial view of Marathon Digital Holdings’ bitcoin mine in Granbury, Texas, on May 21, 2024. Drone operation by Izaac Costiniano On an evening in December 2023, 43-year-old small business owner Sarah Rosenkranz collapsed in her home in Granbury, Texas and was rushed