Alaska volcanic activity affecting few Alaska Airlines flights
Sea-Tac’s Alaska Airlines hasn’t yet canceled any flights because of activity at two Alaska volcanoes, the Sea-Tac-based airline said today. But a regional Alaska airline, Pen Air, which operates...
View ArticleTacoma Web design and application development firm named to Inner City 100
SiteCrafting, a 15-year-old Tacoma-based Web design and application development company, has been honored as one of America’s top inner-city firms by The Initiative for a Competitive Inner City and...
View ArticleDowntown Tacoma nightspot closing June 2
A breakup of the partnership that operated two Big Whisky Saloons will force closure of the country and rock bar’s Tacoma branch three years after it opened. The bar at 100 S. Ninth St. will hold a...
View ArticleDelta Air Lines challenging partner Alaska Airlines in Seattle-LA market
Delta Air Lines, which recently began flying three times daily between Sea-Tac and Los Angeles International Airport, is increasing the frequency of its flights next fall. The Atlanta-based airline...
View ArticlePort of Tacoma container numbers up nearly 35 percent for year
The Port of Tacoma’s container traffic numbers, a key measurement of the port’s prosperity, have jumped by nearly 35 percent in 2012′s first four months, new figures from the port show. The port’s...
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Builder to begin constructing 143 single-family homes in Eastside’s New Salishan
The Tacoma Housing Authority took a major step this week in advancing the rebirth of the former Salishan public housing project on Tacoma’s Eastside as a major mixed-use housing development. The...
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Major office deal announced for State Farm in Arizona
Today in Tempe, Ariz., city officials announced that two private developers will build a $600 million mixed-use complex that will be anchored by State Farm. According to a report in the East Valley...
View ArticleAtlanta-based moving and storage company opens Northwest base in Tacoma
Atlanta-based Atlantic Relocations Systems has expanded its geographic reach to the Pacific Northwest with the opening of a Tacoma location. Atlantic, an agent for Atlas Van Lines, now has 13 branch...
View ArticleFree veterans’ job fair set for June 6 at Seattle Center
A free job fair for veterans and their spouses is set for June 6 at the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall. Thirty-eight companies are participating at the fair. Among those companies are the fair’s...
View ArticlePort of Tacoma honors four Tacoma-area businesses for contributions to the...
The Port of Tacoma has named four of its customers recipients of the 2013 Summit Awards in recognition of their contributions to the port and the Pierce County community. The port presented the awards...
View ArticleFoss Waterway Development Authority elevates interim director to permanent...
The municipal authority that promotes and governs redevelopment of downtown Tacoma’s Thea Foss Waterway has named Su Dowie as its executive director. Dowie had served as the authority’s interim...
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Flirtation with $4 gas appears to be over for now
The brief romance between $4-per-gallon prices and South Sound service stations appears to be over, at least for now. The average price for a gallon of unleaded regular dropped to $3.92 a gallon...
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Boeing to lay off 253 more workers
Boeing continued culling its Puget Sound workforce this summer, sending layoff notices Tuesday to 253 workers due to be laid off by mid-July. This week’s layoff notices were the third set of workforce...
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California-based apartment developer buys Tacoma’s Chelsea Heights and might...
A California-based apartment developer has bought Chelsea Heights in Tacoma, has an offer in on Albers Mill and its eyes on other properties in the city. ColRich, headquartered in San Diego, bought...
View ArticleMovies To Go soon to be gone – Lakewood store closing June 30
Movies To Go, one of the original video-rental stores in Pierce County, has begun its close-out sale and will finally shutter its doors on June 30. Owners Mike and Carol Umdehocker, who opened the...
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Singapore Airlines enters launch order for largest version of Boeing’s 787...
Singapore Airlines gave a jump start Thursday to Boeing’s plans to build a larger version of its 787 Dreamliner. The Asian airline said it was ordering 30 of the 320-seat 787-10 aircraft. While Boeing...
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Foss seaplane float dedication set for Wednesday noon
It isn’t exactly Sea-Tac Airport, but Tacoma next week will open a significant addition to the area’s aeronautical assets. A long-sought seaplane float will be formally dedicated at noon Wednesday on...
View ArticlePort of Tacoma Commission raises member salaries to $1,800 monthly
The Port of Tacoma Commission raised salaries for future commissioners Thursday to $1,800 a month, more than triple the $500 monthly commission members now receive. The salary increase is the first in...
View ArticleSBA ombudsman visiting Seattle on Thursday, wants to hear views on...
Owners of small businesses will have an opportunity to air their views on regulatory fairness at a forum June 6 sponsored by the Small Business Administration. SBA Acting National Ombudsman Yolanda...
View ArticleCredit union sponsoring five scholarships for high school students to attend...
Alaska USA Federal Credit Union will contribute $5,000 to Washington Business Week, a weeklong camp held four times this summer at four colleges across the state, according to a news release. The funds...
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