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January unemployment rate in Washington drops to 6%

The biggest gains were in leisure and hospitality, education and health services, and government.

The nose of the 500th 787 Dreamliner at the assembly plant in Everett on Wednesday morning on September 21, 2016. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Business

Boeing tests Dreamliner windows, searches for other flaws

The company learned that a supplier of cockpit windows had modified its production process.

Captain Carl Williams speaks to a socially distanced and masked group of whale watchers before boarding the Island Explorer 4 on Thursday, March 11, 2021 in Everett, Wa. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Business

Snohomish County’s tourism workers feel hopeful, wary in 2021

Many seasonal ventures are waiting until the last minute to decide whether to open this year.

Patrons view the 787 exhibition Thursday morning at the Boeing Future of Flight Musuem at Paine Field on October 8, 2020. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Local News

Boeing’s Future of Flight at Paine Field reopens — for 2nd time

State coronavirus restrictions have closed the aviation center twice in the past year. It’s open again.

People experiencing homelessness camping on Smith Avenue Thursday afternoon in Everett on March 11, 2021. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Local News

Businesses and the homeless at odds over Everett ordinance

Even with a shelter village nearby, some say a limited “no-sit, no-lie” law would criminalize homelessness.

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Life

You voted: The best food delivery in Snohomish County

Even during a pandemic, people still have their favorites.

Southwest Airlines' inaugural flight from Colorado Springs, Colo., to Denver is pushed away from Gate 9 at Colorado Springs Airport, Thursday, March 11, 2021. Southwest began nonstop service from the airport to Denver, Dallas, Chicago, Las Vegas, Phoenix and Los Angeles. (Christian Murdock/The Gazette via AP)

Business

Southwest Airlines on verge of deal for dozens of Boeing jets

The 737 Max planes usually sell for $100 million, but 50% discounts are often given on large orders.

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Life

You voted: The best coffee and espresso bar in Snohomish County

Even during a pandemic, people still have their favorites.

FILE - In this March 11, 2019 file photo, rescuers work at the scene of an Ethiopian Airlines flight crash near Bishoftu, or Debre Zeit, south of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.  Relatives of some of the passengers who died in the crash will mark the two-year anniversary of the disaster on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, by seeking a reversal of government orders that let Boeing 737 Max jets fly again.  (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene, File)

Business

Families of Boeing crash victims: Don’t fly 737 Max jets again

Some of the relatives also are calling for management changes at the Federal Aviation Administration.

FILE - The first Alaska Airlines passenger flight on a Boeing 737-9 Max airplane takes off, Monday, March 1, 2021, on a flight to San Diego from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle.   Boeing says it got more new orders than cancellations for planes in February.  Boeing said Tuesday, March 9, that it received 82 new orders and 51 cancellations last month, for a net gain of 31.    (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Business

Boeing finally sees positive net orders for airplanes

The orders could indicate that airlines are starting to feel more optimistic about a rebound in travel.

Business

Seattle’s Brown Paper Tickets to pay $9 million in restitution

During the pandemic, so many events were canceled that the company lost control of its cash flow.

Local News

Every city may get a tax break used by Arlington, Marysville

It’s helped bring businesses to the two cities, so lawmakers want to make it available statewide.

FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2011 file photo, Nielsen Company CEO David Calhoun, center, watches progress as he waits for the company's IPO to begin trading, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Boeing CEO David Calhoun declined a salary and performance bonus for most of 2020 but still received stock benefits that pushed the estimated value of his compensation to more than $21 million, according to a regulatory filing Friday, March 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Business

Boeing CEO waived pay but got compensation worth $21 million

The aerospace giant struggled last year with fallout from two deadly crashes and an economic downturn.

Erin Staadecker (left-right) Jael Weinburg and Kaylee Allen with Rosie formed the Edmonds firm Creative Dementia Collective. The company helps memory care patients and care-givers by providing art, music and other creative therapies. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Business

This startup offers artful therapy for dementia patients

Creative Dementia Collective uses art and music to help them — and their caregivers.

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You voted: The best cocktails in Snohomish County

Even during a pandemic, people still have their favorites.

The nose of the 500th 787 Dreamliner at the assembly plant in Everett on Wednesday morning on September 21, 2016. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Business

U.S., EU agree to suspend tariffs in Boeing-Airbus dispute

The move eases a 17-year transatlantic dispute over illegal aid to the world’s biggest aircraft makers.

A Boeing 787 operated by All Nippon Airways taxis under a rainbow created by fire trucks at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Monday, Oct. 1, 2012, in Seattle, during an official welcome ceremony after it landed on the first day of service for the aircraft on ANA's Seattle-Tokyo route. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Business

Last Everett-built Boeing 787 rolls off the assembly line

Production of the once-hot Dreamliner is being consolidated at the company’s South Carolina plant.

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Local News

Masked in a nearly empty theater, a movie outing at last

Just four of us were in the audience for a matinee showing of “Nomadland” at Stanwood Cinemas.

Business

Right-wing friendly Parler again sues Amazon

The lawsuit alleges contractual offenses, deceptive and unfair trade practices and defamation.

Karuana Gatimu of Snohomish, director of the customer advocacy group at Microsoft Teams Engineering. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Business

Microsoft executive: Tech opportunities for women have grown

The sector hasn’t always been friendly to women or people of color, but it’s getting better, says a…