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2024-09-13
Port of Seattle Cyberattack Update
The Port of Seattle/Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) website is currently down as part of the system outages that began Saturday, August 24. Until the website is fully restored, please check this page for official statements and updates. Please do not contact the Washington Public Ports Association (WPPA) with Port of Seattle and SEA Airport questions -
2024-09-08City Council to decide on Des Moines Creek West purchase from Port
Small parcel big step to enable controversial expansion of business park [09/19/2024]The City Council has added this item to their September 26 Agenda (6:00pm). [09/12/2024]At their September 12 meeting, the City Council held over this decision until October. We will provide notice as soon as it is scheduled. Please note that this sale is not -
2024-09-05
USDOT Seeks to Protect Consumers’ Airline Rewards in Probe of Four Largest U.S. Airlines’ Rewards Practices
Thursday, September 5, 2024 Secretary Buttigieg orders airlines to provide reports, records as part of DOT inquiry aimed at protecting the value of rewards and benefits earned by travelers Inquiry follows joint CFPB-DOT public hearing on airline rewards programs earlier this year WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) launched an inquiry -
2024-09-05Port of Seattle Commission SAMP Study Session
A Commission Special Meeting will be held on September 5, 2024. 10:00 a.m., Study Session on the Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP). The meeting will be held at the Port of Seattle Headquarters Building Commission Chambers, located at 2711 Alaskan Way, Seattle Washington. -
2024-09-03Six Washington airports want to charge ahead preparing for electric aircraft
All-electric passenger planes are still experimental. But regional airport managers are eager to install charging infrastructure to accommodate them. By: Tom Banse – October 3, 2024 12:25 pm The managers of half a dozen Washington airports see a future where you could hop across Puget Sound or the Cascade Mountains in minutes on a non-polluting -
SR-509 Surplus, a tale of two cities
Background information on SR-509 WSDOT Surplus purchases by SeaTac and Des Moines along the 18th Ave Corridor For decades WSDOT owned surplus property along a corridor roughly parallel to 18th Ave., from 194th St. in SeaTac south through Des Moines as part of a previous plan for SR-509. The final (very different) alignment for SR-509 -
2024-09-02Remote-work options are rapidly disappearing
Bethany Bickley / ACBJ; Getty Images Marq Burnett – Associate Editor, The Playbook, The Business Journals Sep 2, 2024 The days of widespread, fully remote work may be coming to a close. That’s according to a new survey from ResumeBuilder, which found 87% of companies that had been fully remote will return to the office by 2025. -
2024-09-01
‘Elevated’ from Port of Seattle episode #4 (The Third Runway)
The Port of Seattle has launched a series of short films called ‘Elevated’ celebrating the 75th anniversary of Sea-Tac Airport. We think they are all worth watching, but this one, on the Third Runway, especially as it gives ‘their side of the story’. We object to almost every aspect of this video. Much of it -
2024-08-27Oak Harbor’s $136 Million Win: A Lifeline for Our Schools, But More Work Remains
Oak Harbor Public Schools Empowering Students. Growing Together. #OneOakHarbor Message from Superintendent – Oak Harbor’s $136 Million Win: A Lifeline for Our Schools, But More Work Remains Michelle Kuss-Cybula, Ed.D. • a year ago • Tuesday, Aug 27 at 2:07 PM • Oak Harbor Public Schools, OHPS News, OHPS School Board Oak Harbor’s $136 Million -
2024-08-26
Port of Seattle Updates (outage)
Currently the Port of Seattle/Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) website is down as part of the system outages that began Saturday, August 24. Until the website is fully restored, please check this page for official statements and updates. The Port of Seattle is experiencing certain system outages, indicating a possible cyberattack. The Port isolated critical systems