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Kimberly-Clark puts Everett mill on market
EVERETT -- Kimberly-Clark officially put its now-closed Everett paper mill up for sale April 26 and says demolition of structures there will commence by summer. The 66.4-acre property is
Date: 05/01/2012 | SCBJ Business News
Boeing tops expectations with strong earnings
Airlines around the world are updating their fleets with new, more fuel-efficient planes, and that's good news for aircraft maker Boeing Co.
Date: 04/25/2012 | SCBJ Aerospace
Talk begins on future of Everett K-C mill site
EVERETT -- Employees at the city's last large waterfront mill worked their final shifts April 15, and the city is already well under way with plans for the land.
Date: 04/18/2012 | SCBJ Business News
Mountain Pacific Bank leaves FDIC's scrutiny
EVERETT — With a single sentence from banking regulators, Mountain Pacific Bank becomes the first Snohomish County-based bank to be released from federal oversight without an infusion of outside capital or a merger.
Date: 04/06/2012 | SCBJ Business News
Jobless benefits to be cut later this month
About 1,455 Snohomish County residents will lose unemployment benefits on April 21, when those benefits get reduced by 26 weeks.
Date: 04/03/2012 | SCBJ Business News
February's jobless rate sneaks up a tick
EVERETT — Snohomish County's unemployment rate edged up from 8.7 percent to 8.9 percent in February, the state Employment Security Department reported March 27.But year over year, there was improvement. The unemployment rate was 10.5 percent in February 2011.
Date: 03/27/2012 | SCBJ Business News
Skotdal expands Library Place with Elks purchase
EVERETT — As the first residents began to move into the 178-unit Library Place apartments next to the Everett Public Library, developer Skotdal Real Estate announced March 16 it had bought the neighboring Everett Elks building out of foreclosure.
Date: 03/19/2012 | SCBJ Business News
County jobless rate rises to 8.7% in January
The Snohomish County unemployment rate shot up in January to 8.7 percent from 8 percent in December as more people resumed job searches in the first month of 2012.
Date: 03/13/2012 | SCBJ Business News
Lynnwood Whole Foods to open March 15
LYNNWOOD -- More than 150 Whole Foods Market employees met up with 60 farmers, ranchers and artisan producers during a training session recently. They'll meet again March 15 when the new location opens in Lynnwood.
Date: 03/06/2012 | SCBJ Business News
777, 787 execs trade jobs, signaling 777-X plans
A recent management shift by the Boeing Co. seems to indicate the company's intent to develop a new version of the Everett-built 777, now that the future of the 737 is...
Date: 02/27/2012 | SCBJ Aerospace
787's technology draws admiration from the president
EVERETT -- President Barack Obama got the ultimate VIP tour of the Boeing Co.'s 787 production line at Paine Field.And Boeing got the ultimate praise during his Feb. 17 visit.
Date: 02/21/2012 | SCBJ Business News
Boeing, Airbus make their cases at aerospace conference
LYNNWOOD -- Aerospace analysts, the Boeing Co. and Airbus all agree: The commercial aircraft market looks strong for years to come.Where great minds diverge: Which jets win over more customers, and why?
Date: 02/08/2012 | SCBJ Aerospace
Coastal Community Bank reports profit, increased lending
EVERETT -- Coastal Community Bank increased the amount it lent to residents and businesses in the region by more than 25 percent in 2011, the bank said Monday.
Date: 01/30/2012 | SCBJ Business News
County unemployment falls to lowest level since 2008
Snohomish County's jobless rate saw another promising decline in December to 8.2 percent, the lowest that unemployment has been in the county since December 2008.
Date: 01/24/2012 | SCBJ Business News
Aerospace's big players to meet in Lynnwood Feb. 6-8
Increased production rates at Boeing Co., Airbus and other jet makers present both opportunities and challenges for local aerospace suppliers.
Date: 01/16/2012 | SCBJ Aerospace
Despite Boeing hiring, state economy still stalled
The state economy continues to be weighed down by a slack housing market and less demand for construction, despite bright spots in key areas such as aerospace and computer software, the state's chief economist told lawmakers in Olympia on Monday.
Date: 01/10/2012 | Business
Boeing to close Kansas site, move tanker work to Washington
The Boeing Co. will shutter its defense site in Kansas by 2013 and move tanker work to Washington state, the company said Jan. 7.
Date: 01/04/2012 | SCBJ Aerospace
County's falling jobless rate could signal better times ahead
The recession ended more than two years ago, but it didn't start looking like it in Snohomish County until the jobless rate hit 8.6 percent last month.
Date: 12/20/2011 | SCBJ Business News
Kimberly-Clark to close
Talks with buyer break down over environmental issues
Date: 12/13/2011 | SCBJ Extras
Economic alliance pushes multiple aerospace goals
EVERETT — Bring on the Boeing 737MAX program, boost aerospace training and education programs and add investment incentives and tax breaks for all aerospace companies in Washington state.
Date: 11/30/2011 | SCBJ Business News
Snohomish County jobless rate drops despite loss of jobs
EVERETT -- Snohomish County's unemployment rate dropped in October, not because more people found work, but because the labor force dwindled.Unemployment, at 9 percent in September, fell to 8.7 percent last month, the Employment Security Department reported Tuesday.
Date: 11/22/2011 | SCBJ Business News
Huge 777 order fires up Everett Boeing plant
EVERETT -- At his work station under a Boeing Co. 777, Tim Dixon conducted some of the last tests on the jet before it was to roll out the door in Everett Monday night.
Date: 11/15/2011 | SCBJ Aerospace
Boeing, Machinists find common ground in improving productivity
The Boeing Co. and the Machinists union aren't known for getting along.
Date: 11/07/2011 | SCBJ Extras
Kimberly-Clark unions reach deal with potential buyer, but would lose many jobs
EVERETT -- Union members at the Kimberly-Clark Corp. plant here have reached a five-year labor agreement with potential buyer Atlas Holdings LLC that would secure jobs for about 300 people.
Date: 10/31/2011 | SCBJ Business News
Dick's opens, and there is much rejoicing
EDMONDS — Dick's Drive-In tapped into enormous demand for its newest hamburger joint, which opened Oct. 20 in Edmonds on Highway 99.“We want Dick's! We want Dick's!” the crowd of about 1,000 hungry, enthusiastic customers chanted.
Date: 10/26/2011 | SCBJ Extras
Rethinking the waterfront
Citizens brainstorm changes to port's master plan
Date: 10/24/2011 | Business
Kimberly-Clark employees warned they could be laid off; talks with potential buyer continue
EVERETT -- Most of the 750 employees at the Kimberly-Clark Corp. plants in Everett have received a warning that they could be laid off in the next 60 days, but the notice doesn't affect attempts to sell the business.
Date: 10/17/2011 | Business
Potential buyer surfaces for Everett Kimberly-Clark mill
EVERETT -- Kimberly-Clark Corp. has entered into serious talks with Atlas Holdings LLC to sell its pulp and paper mills, officials said Tuesday.This summer, the company had warned its 750 workers that unless a buyer is found, it would shut the plants down early next year.
Date: 10/04/2011 | Business
Hundreds of Boeing workers celebrate delivery of first 787
EVERETT -- A sea of umbrellas and 787 scarves surrounded the first Boeing Dreamliner as it was handed over to All Nippon Airways on Monday. "No amount of rain can obscure the beauty of these airplanes," said Pat Shanahan, vice president of the Boeing Co.'s airplane programs.
Date: 09/27/2011 | SCBJ Aerospace
Leverage may be behind refusal of first 747-8 freighter
Speculation continued Monday about why Cargolux refused to take delivery of the first Boeing Co. 747-8 freighter.
Date: 09/20/2011 | Business
Everett company faces $1.1 million fine for improper maintenance of Southwest planes
Federal aviation authorities want to fine Aviation Technical Services $1.1 million for improperly repairing Southwest Airlines aircraft.
Date: 09/12/2011 | Business
Summit to focus on jet jobs
The state's aerospace industry will take center stage during an event later this month.
Date: 09/06/2011 | Business
787 earns certification
FAA approves the jet's design and the production plan
Date: 08/26/2011 | Business
UW looks to train Boeing engineers in Abu Dhabi
Future Boeing Co. engineers could soon be educated by the University of Washington in ... Abu Dhabi.
Date: 08/19/2011 | Business
Tested and ready
Boeing confirms 787 flight testing is complete (updated)
Date: 08/17/2011 | Business
Meet the Dreamliner
Boeing rolls out the first 787 that will carry passengers
Date: 08/10/2011 | Business
Cabela's breaks ground on Quil Ceda Village site
TULALIP -- The Tulalip Tribes have launched an accelerated 30-week construction program intended to allow Cabela's Inc. to open its Quil Ceda Village store in April, officials said.
Date: 08/02/2011 | Business
Puzzling words on 737
Boeing suggests it might not build updated jet in Renton
Date: 07/27/2011 | Business
American splits order
737 gets new life, but Airbus gets larger slice of 460 jets
Date: 07/20/2011 | Business
Jet City, elsewhere
Boeing's mirror 787 final assembly site in S.C. only a start
Date: 07/11/2011 | Business
Engineers float idea for tsunami survival capsule
MUKILTEO — Structural engineers Julian Sharpe and Scott Hill spend most of their working time at their business, IDEA International Inc., doing hard-core engineering analysis for the aerospace industry, including their old employer, Boeing.
Date: 06/30/2011 | SCBJ Business News
Longtime Brien Motors owner Rock Peterson is state's Auto Dealer of the Year
EVERETT— Rock Peterson, owner of Brien Motors in Everett, was honored by his peers with the Robert P. Mallon Dealer of the Year award May 19 at the Washington State Auto Dealers Association's annual convention.
Date: 06/29/2011 | SCBJ Business Profile
Unemployment edges down as more sectors of county economy hire workers in May
For the first time in more than a year, Snohomish County's job engine fired on more than a couple cylinders in May, adding new workers in a variety of fields, including aerospace and the retail trade.
Date: 06/21/2011 | Business
Judge urges Boeing, Machinists to reach a settlement on S.C. 787 plant
SEATTLE -- The Boeing Co. asked a judge Tuesday to dismiss a labor complaint that alleges its new 787 plant was built as retaliation against its Machinists in the Puget Sound region.
Date: 06/14/2011 | Business
Cabela's store coming to Quil Ceda Village
TULALIP -- The big empty lot next to the Home Depot in Quil Ceda Village is about to be filled -- by Cabela's Inc.
Date: 06/08/2011 | Business
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