Category: Business
An Oak Harbor resident has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court stating her well was contaminated with chemicals from firefighting foam used at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. As per the lawsuit, accusation lies on five companies in the manufacture, marketing, sales and delivery of the firefighting foam of knowingly putting the water — […]
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan is all set to advance the city’s long-delayed plan to convert unused land adjacent to Discovery Park into more than 200 affordable homes. It has been more than a few decade legal challenges, and economic forces have been stalling the effort to redevelop Fort Lawton in Magnolia. But a ruling last […]
King County Councilmember Dave Upthegrove is planning to bring a 6-month moratorium on building and expanding the fossil fuel plants in King County. Upthegrove said, “We’re throwing a line in the sand for the future, it sends a clear message that moving forward, King County is going to support clean energy technologies rather than fossil […]
For 11 long years, the process of reserving a cabin of the 33 cabins at the Cama Beach State Park on Camano Island has been quite a task. The numbers available were of the park itself, and Deb Bell who’s worked at Cama Beach since before the park opened would answer every call herself and […]
As the most extended ever shutdown in the history of the United States is getting stretched, the woes of the federal employees are getting worse. But, giving some relief Governor Jay Inslee on Thursday announced an expansion of unemployment benefits to federal employees who have been working without pay. On Friday the federal employees will […]
As per a recent news update, Dutch Bros has confirmed that they would be setting up their first café in the town of Tacoma. The company has been growing rapidly in recent years. One of the top representatives of Dutch Bros stated that Pierce County would be getting its first Dutch Bros cafe this year. […]
Alaska Airlines plans to add over 3,000 jobs in the next one year. The airlines announced its hiring plans on an official blog post. As part of its “2019 jobs forecast,” it will hire people for a range of roles, and three-quarters of the new jobs will be based in Washington state. The jobs, mainly frontline positions, […]
Members of the Washington and Oregon fish and wildlife commissions will meet soon to deliberate on salmon management reforms on river Columbia. The meeting will take place on January 17, 2019, from 11 am to 5 pm in the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission Room, 4034 Fairview Industrial Dr. S.E. in Salem, Oregon stated the […]
Among the three basic necessities, the shelter is the most expensive one. But to the contrary, the prices of the apartments in Seattle are experiencing low growth. Seattle sees growth in apartment construction, but one apartment in every ten apartments is now lying unoccupied. Landlords are trying new ways to attract the customers starting from […]
For the last couple of years, the rental market in the Washington State has been cooling off. But, it is yet to become so cheap that anyone can afford houses here on rent. As per a report, Seattle renters have spent $9.8 billion on housing in 2018 only. So, are you wondering which city dwellers […]
