By Amanda Zhou and Isabella Breda Seattle Times staff reporters 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, University of Washington and Walker Family Foundation, and
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Articles from around the area, including re-prints from various newspapers (provided under Fair-Use provision.) These are information only, which means that many, Many, MANY of these do not represent my point of view. (Seriously, they don’t.) I just want you to know what’s out there being discussed by electeds that concern Des Moines.
How climate change is remaking this top WA job
A prescribed burn, or fire, is conducted in a Central Washington forest. The Department of Natural Resources helps communities prepare for wildfire through home assessments and prescribed fire. (John Marshall / The Nature Conservancy, 2018) By Amanda Zhou Seattle Times staff reporter Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate
... continue reading.An armada of wise quackers sails Lake Union during Duck Dodge season
By Tantri Wija Special to The Seattle Times BIRDS OF A FEATHER flock together. Throughout the day, local avians scatter to scavenge and squawk at each other far and wide around our lakes and waterways, but as the day draws to a close, some will arrange themselves into formation and take off, and quickly that
... continue reading.First multifamily units open at Sunrise development in South Hill
Shawna De La Rosa – Reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal Jul 2, 2024 Corliss Management Group has completed the first of nearly 1,000 multifamily units planned for the Sunrise master-planned community in Puyallup’s South Hill area. The developer has just opened the first two buildings at The Douglas at Sunrise, a 120-unit apartment complex that will
... continue reading.Point Ruston receiver booted after lender raises concerns
By Shawna De La Rosa – Reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal Jul 17, 2024 Listen to this article3 min Los Angeles-based Stapleton Group Inc. was named receiver for seven properties at Point Ruston in Tacoma by Pierce County Superior Court Judge Stanley Rumbaugh in late June. Stapleton will replace Lynnwood-based Resource Transition Consultants, which became the court-appointed receiver in
... continue reading.Point Ruston receiver booted after lender raises concerns
This retail building where a Farrelli’s Pizza restaurant operates is one of seven properties in receivership at the Point Ruston mixed-use development in Tacoma. SHAWNA DE LA ROSA | PSBJ By Shawna De La Rosa – Reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal Jul 17, 2024 Los Angeles-based Stapleton Group Inc. was named receiver for seven properties at Point Ruston in
... continue reading.Kroger identifies WA stores it will sell in effort to get Albertsons deal approved
This QFC store in the Kirkland Urban shopping center is one of 124 Washington grocery stores that parent company Kroger Co. plans to sell to Keene, N.H.-based C&S Wholesale Grocers to allay antitrust concerns. ANTHONY BOLANTE | PSBJ By Steve Watkins – Staff reporter, Cincinnati Business Courier Jul 9, 2024 Listen to this article5 min Kroger Co. has
... continue reading.The Seattle Times recommends: Bob Ferguson for governor
By The Seattle Times editorial board An education system failing to produce expected outcomes. Transportation projects wildly over budget. Concerns about community safety metastasizing into outright fear. The next governor of Washington will face all these challenges and many more in an atmosphere of increased political polarization and coarsening civic discourse. Of the 28 gubernatorial
... continue reading.How a new SeaTac farmers market aims to serve immigrants and refugees
SEATAC — When Riddhi Mehta-Neugebauer and her mother spotted the leafy bundles of amaranth at a new SeaTac farmers market, they could hardly believe it. “Both she and I looked at this like, ‘Oh, we got to get bunches of this, it’s really rare,’ ” said Mehta-Neugebauer, a SeaTac resident who primarily cooks South Asian
... continue reading.The light rail bridge spectacle you’ve eyeballed for so long nears the finish line
By Mike Lindblom Seattle Times staff reporter Traffic Lab is a Seattle Times project that digs into the region’s transportation issues to explore the policies and politics that determine how we get around and how billions of dollars in public money are spent. KENT — Millions of travelers have glimpsed a huge Sound Transit bridge taking
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