Seattle Business
Northwest Hospital & Medical Center to Join UW Medicine
Northwest Hospital & Medical Center, a 281-bed full service acute care hospital, will expand its program agreement with UW Medicine to become an integral part of the UW Medicine health system.
McGinn wants light-rail line on Seattle's west side
Seattle mayoral candidate Mike McGinn promises to seek a public vote by 2011 on a new light-rail line for the western side of the city — Ballard, Interbay, Queen Anne, Belltown, downtown, West Seattle, maybe Fremont, too.
Ferry Wenatchee out of service after hard landing
SEATTLE - The state ferry Wenatchee is out of service after it was damaged Sunday morning in a hard landing at Colman Dock.
Seattle Software Firm Claims to Cure What Ails Health Care
While many debate solutions for health care, a Seattle company has developed one which they confidently propose will fix health care. With input from doctors and consumers, Clarion Care set to finding a technical solution to challenge the health c...
Seattle voters reject 20-cent grocery bag fee
SEATTLE — Seattle voters have rejected a 20-cent fee for every paper or plastic bag they get from supermarkets, drug stores and convenience stores. The city's incumbent mayor didn't fare much better than the fee, trailing two challengers in a bid ...
Seattle's Fifteen Twenty-One Second Avenue Establishes a Real Estate Microclimate
Opus Northwest announced today that it closed on its 86th sale at Fifteen Twenty-One Second Avenue, bringing the project's total sales to date to approximately $160 million. The award-winning condominium tower at the edge of Pike Place Market in d...
Coffee Company Combats Human Trafficking, One Cup at a Time
Typically, the coffee artisans at the Seattle-based Storyville Coffee Company have one thing on their collective mind - helping people to brew the perfect cup of coffee at home. It's an obsession that borders on fanaticism.
Washington Mutual officially becomes Chase
On Monday, Seattle-based Washington Mutual officially become Chase. The bright blue Chase logo has been unveiled on 187 bank branches and 255 ATMs in Washington state.
Seattle Mayor seeks tax boost for affordable housing in Seattle
Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels wants to ask voters in November to nearly double the city's property-tax levy for affordable housing. The city's current seven-year $86 million property-tax levy expires this year. Nickels today proposed a $145 million, ...
First cruise ship docks in Seattle
The first cruise ship of the season has docked in Seattle at the port's new Smith Cove terminal.
Tax shortfall could delay new express buses
Because of declining tax revenues, Sound Transit officials have proposed delaying some new express bus service from 2009 and 2010 to 2011.
Boeing posts 50 pct decline in 1Q profit
CHICAGO — Boeing Co., the world's second-largest plane maker, said Wednesday its first-quarter profit dropped by half, hurt by production cuts as airlines postpone deliveries of new planes. It also forecast lower prices and cut its earnings foreca...
Seattle budget cuts are up to the mayor, City Council warns
The Seattle City Council is setting aside Wednesday evening to hear from residents about a proposed $13.3 million midyear budget cut. The public can talk, but the council says it's powerless to respond. In fact, Budget Committee Chairwoman Jean Go...
Microsoft workers get their very own mall, The Commons, on corporate campus
Microsoft is opening the splashy dining-shopping destination The Commons, a signature piece in a massive expansion that will add the equivalent of a Columbia Tower to the corporate campus.
Boeing parking jets around Puget Sound, the desert as buyers struggle
They look like ghost airplanes and they are a bad $300 million omen for the airplane business. Two brand new Boeing wide-body freighter jets painted all white are parked at Paine Field outside the Everett assembly plant.
Seattle budget plan: 30 layoffs, 1-week closure for libraries
The city of Seattle plans to close its libraries for a week during the summer and lay off 30 city workers because of a midyear budget shortfall, Mayor Greg Nickels announced Friday.
Seattle cancer center announces layoffs
SEATTLE -- Officials at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center say 83 employees have been told their jobs are being eliminated. That represents 3 percent of the center's work force.
Port of Seattle ties breaks on rent to clean air
The Port of Seattle Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to give $7 million in rent breaks to companies that run its shipping terminals in return for help in banning the most polluting trucks from Port property.
Mayor Nickels' spending cuts hit Seattle facilities
Seattle's sagging real-estate market prompted Mayor Greg Nickels' staff on Monday to roll out a long list of spending cuts that will hit parks and libraries and postpone seismic upgrades to eight fire stations.
Record number of people seeking help with utility bills
A record number of people have applied for Seattle's low-income utility rate assistance program, which changed eligibility earlier this year to allow more people to qualify.