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By  Lauren Rosenblatt ,  Dominic Gates ,  Paige Cornwell  and  Alex Halverson Seattle Times staff reporters The Boeing strike is over after 53 days. Machinists union members voted Monday to approve the company’s most recent contract offer, enabling Boeing to restart work at assembly plants in Everett and Renton and at parts plants throughout the

Public meeting scheduled for Nov. 12 at Wildwood Elementary School. By Keelin Everly-Lang • November 2, 2024 7:30 am The Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) is expanding their capacity and operation, including the addition of more international airlines like the Philippine Airlines (PAL) whose inaugural flight landed at SEA on Oct. 2 this year. Photo by

Richard Fineberg in 1984, when he was a policy analyst for Alaska’s governor in Juneau, the capital. Consumed by his research, he lived ascetically for a time in a cabin without indoor plumbing.Credit…Brian K. Allen By Richard Sandomir Nov. 1, 2024 When Richard A. Fineberg lived in a small cabin in central Alaska, overlooking a valley

By Brian Davis Special to The Seattle Times The Port of Seattle has unveiled a new Sustainable Airport Master Plan for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The plan will enable a huge surge in passenger and cargo traffic over the next decade. Great for the Puget Sound economy. Terrible for thousands of people who live under the

Final AFFF EIS published   The final AFFF environmental impact statement (EIS) is published. The EIS is based on feedback received during a public comment period on the draft EIS, which assessed disposal options for an AFFF collection and disposal program.     In 2018, Washington passed the Firefighting Agents and Equipment law (Chapter 70A.400 RCW). This law does the following: Restricts

Oct. 24, 2024 at 2:04 am Updated Oct. 24, 2024 at 2:33 pm      1 of 2 | FILE – Contractors Luis Benitez, foreground, and Jose Diaz, background, clean up lead paint in a contaminated building, Feb. 23, 2006, in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki) By  MATTHEW DALY The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two weeks

By Nick Pasion – Reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal Oct 16, 2024 Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) may soon offer a direct flight from Seattle to Washington, D.C., after the Department of Transportation granted a tentative flight slot to the carrier on Wednesday. The flight would connect Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Washington’s Ronald Reagan International Airport, putting Delta

By Nick Pasion – Reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal Oct 22, 2024 Seattle-Tacoma International Airport has secured $17.5 million from the federal government to help fund the reconstruction of the South Concourse. The money will go toward structural, seismic and building system upgrades, part of a $24.5 million grant package for airports across Washington. “This funding will

Tantri Wija Special to The Seattle Times IF FUTURE ARCHAEOLOGISTS (whether aliens or, should we persist as a species, our own descendants) were to explore the city that might or might not still be known as Tacoma, they surely would visit its eerily beautiful Dune Peninsula at Point Defiance Park. Wide-eyed, they would marvel at the

By  Amanda Zhou Seattle Times staff reporter Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, Jim and Birte Falconer, Mike and Becky Hughes, Henry M. Jackson Foundation, University of Washington and Walker Family Foundation,