The Port of Everett will receive $61,000 from the Department of Homeland Security to beef up its security systems, Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Wash., announced Wednesday. Port director John Mohr said the money will be used to provide backup power to the port’s security systems in the event of a power failure. The port earlier received a grant for perimeter fencing.
The Lynnwood ZIP code 98037 was the hottest for home sales in the Puget Sound area during the third quarter, according to an analysis of sales data by RE/MAX Northwest. The company said nearly 350 homes were sold there between July and September, averaging $250,117. Sales in ZIP codes in Renton and Seattle were No. 2 and No. 3, respectively, followed by 98270 in Marysville with 284 sales, and 98208 in Everett with 281.
The board of directors for Lynnwood-based City Bank has declared a 20-cent per-share dividend, payable Jan. 23 to shareholders of record as of Jan. 9. That’s unchanged from the previous quarter, when the company doubled the dividend. It’s the 61st consecutive quarterly payment.
Holiday shoppers catapulted sales at the nation’s retailers higher in November, raising hopes that the rest of the year will see more Santas than Scrooges. That cheered Wall Street and helped lift the Dow Jones industrial average past 10,000. The Commerce Department reported Thursday that retail sales rose 0.9 percent in November as shoppers got into the holiday spirit.
A survey of the 15 busiest airports by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine found it is getting easier for travelers to find meals that are low in fat and cholesterol and high in fiber. The airport with the most healthy options is in Denver, followed by San Francisco and Chicago’s O’Hare. Wholesome meals in Denver included a portabella mushroom sandwich and vegetable tacos.
Workers trying to decertify the second-largest union at Boeing Co.’s Wichita facility, the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace, have filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board containing enough signatures to force a vote. The union represents 3,460 Boeing workers in Wichita.
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