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By Jack Mayne City Manager Michael Matthias’s pay raise got unanimous Des Moines City Council approval Thursday night (April 11) as Mayor Matt Pina defended the action after a minor storm on Facebook criticized the actions of a week earlier. A week earlier Matthias’ salary was approved to increase to $199,000 at a meeting that

By Andrew McIntosh  – Staff Writer, Puget Sound Business Journal Former United Airlines Captain Clay Lacy, an American aviation legend, will help the Chicago-based carrier launch its daily fights from Paine Field‘s new passenger terminal this weekend. Lacy will be on hand for a Sunday brunch and festivities as United launches two daily flights from Paine

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SEATAC, Wash. – SeaTac International Airport is pushing forward with plans for expansion to accommodate more passengers. Some projects are already underway. Related Headlines Sea-Tac developing $4 billion plan that includes new terminal Sea-Tac International Airport dealing with rat infestation Five new gates open at Sea-Tac Airport Tuesday morning, airport officials are expected to go

A proposed commission to site a new or expanded commercial airport in the state should bypass PAE. Friday, March 15, 2019 1:30am Opinion In Our View By The Herald Editorial Board For the opponents of regular passenger airline service at Paine Field — the cheers from supporters over this month’s first flights still ringing in

We regularly read reports from the airline industry that its CO2 emissions would only make up 2 percent of the national total. Having become suspicious by the multitude of false claims from that corner, we decided to misuse the back of our cigarette box for a calculation. Spoiler: the sector is far from it. In

Hundreds of millions of new passengers are coming, and there’s no solution in sight. By William Wilkes Environmental activists recoil for a reason when the super-rich fly private jets to forums that preach carbon neutrality. Airplane pollution levels really are going through the stratosphere and nobody seems to have a viable plan to rein them

Here’s what you need to know about Paine Field before heading out for your first flight. Author: Allison Sundell Published: 12:02 PM PST March 1, 2019 Updated: 7:22 PM PST March 1, 2019 EVERETT, Wash. — Commercial passenger service will launch Monday from Paine Field in Everett, offering West Coast travelers a second option to

Citizen groups and activists from communities neighboring Sea-Tac Airport, including Quiet Skies Puget Sound, Burien’s Quiet Skies Coalition, the Federal Way Air Noise Alliance, and The Briefing Project, have formed the new “League of Quiet Skies Voters,” to assure that impacts from recent and proposed airport expansion on human health and the environment are a

The coal plant in Colstrip, Montana, is partly owned by Puget Sound Energy. The plant sends power to Washington, but under bills pending in the state Environmentalists are pushing for 100 percent clean power by 2045, while utilities are wary of the costs and risks of leaving behind all fossil fuel-generated electricity. By Hal Bernton