Briefs: Master Builders offers $30,000 scholarship for students in construction field

Master Builders offers $30,000 scholarship for students in construction field

The Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties is offering $30,000 in scholarship funds to college, trade or technical school students who are sophomores, juniors or seniors enrolled in residential construction-related programs. The application deadline has been extended to May 15. Last year, five students received scholarships from the Master Builders. Students can apply here.

Everett Port Gardner Rotary, volunteers beautify Forest Park

The Everett Port Gardner Rotary Club, with assistance from Boy Scout Troop 122, members of Jobs Daughters and the Boys &Girls Club, celebrated Earth Day by planting more than 500 plants in a beautification project at Forest Park. This is the seventh year that Rotary has taken on this project under the direction of the Everett Parks Department.

UW Bothell ranked top bargain by Payscale.com

Payscale.com ranks University of Washington Bothell in the top 50 in the nation — and tops in the state — for its return on investment. UW Bothell comes in No. 42 for in-state students and No. 76 for out-of-state students. (Public institutions are ranked twice because of the difference in tuition for in-state and out-of-state tuition, but private institutions are ranked once because in- and out-of-state students pay the same.) There is no school, public or private, in the state of Washington that ranks higher than UW Bothell.

First Financial Northwest reports profit in first quarter

First Financial Northwest reported net income for the quarter that ended March 31 of $1.8 million, or $0.14 per diluted share, compared to net income of $2.1 million, or $0.16 per diluted share, for the quarter that ended December 31, 2015. Renton-headquartered First Financial Northwest has branches in Mill Creek and Edmonds.

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