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In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, rescuers conduct search operations at the site of a plane crash in Tengxian County in southern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. Mud-stained wallets. Bank cards. Official identity cards. Some of the personal effects of 132 lives presumed lost were lined up by rescue workers scouring a remote mountainside Tuesday for the wreckage of a China Eastern plane that one day earlier inexplicably fell from the sky and burst into a huge fireball. (Zhou Hua/Xinhua via AP)

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China jet’s nosedive from 29,000 feet baffles crash specialists

“It’s hard to get the airplane to do this,” an expert says. There were almost certainly no survivors…

Melissa Hemrich, Business Development Officer at Coastal Community Bank, and Rhonda Snyder, Business Development Officer at Coastal Community Bank, are experienced local networkers and resources for helping local businesses return to networking.

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Networking Tips: Local Networking Groups Return to In-Person Meetings

The pandemic has limited in-person interactions, including opportunities to meet new people and develop business relationships. With mask…

In this photo taken by mobile phone released by Xinhua News Agency, a piece of wreckage of the China Eastern's flight MU5735 are seen after it crashed on the mountain in Tengxian County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Monday, March 21, 2022. A China Eastern Boeing 737-800 with 132 people on board crashed in a remote mountainous area of southern China on Monday, officials said, setting off a forest fire visible from space in the country's worst air disaster in nearly a decade. (Xinhua via AP)

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Boeing 737 crashes in southern China with 132 aboard

More than 15 hours after communication was lost with the plane, there was still no word of survivors.

FIELD co-owner Liz Morgan processes flowers at their shop in Edmonds on Wednesday, March 2, 2022. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Business

‘Great Resignation’: Many career shifts in Snohomish County

“I was angry, and in hindsight, I’m sure that was stress,” said Mary Goetz, who retired from her…

A quality control specialist at The Group14 Technologies in Woodinville, Washington on March 1, 2022.  (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Business

In Snohomish County, climate change is an economic game changer

Batteries, nuclear power and electric planes are just a few of the industries that have come online here.

Galina Volchkova, senior director of housing services at Volunteers of America, is shown processing some of the thousands of applications for rental assistance she received in 2021. (Katie Hayes / Herald file)

Local News

Rental assistance applications closed for now

Snohomish County expects up to $21 million for the next round of the Emergency Rental Assistance Program.

FILE - A line of Boeing 777X jets are parked nose to tail on an unused runway at Paine Field, near Boeing's massive production facility, Friday, April 23, 2021, in Everett, Wash.  After a couple dismal years, Boeing is getting more orders and delivering more airline planes. The company said Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022, that it delivered 38 commercial planes in December and 340 for all of 2021.  (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Business

Supply chain problems further slow Boeing deliveries

Some airplanes cannot be completed for want of items as small as a roll of tape.

Funko headquarters in downtown Everett. (Sue Misao / Herald file)

Business

Funko HQ buildings for sale; toymaker says lease unaffected

The historic Port Gardner building at 2802 Wetmore Ave., in the heart of downtown Everett, is listed in…

Courtney Simons, right, helps her daughter Whitaker, 5, get her skates on before heading out to the rink at Everett Skate Deck on Thursday, March 3, 2022 in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Local News

Everett Skate Deck, a place of youth and romance, will close

The business has been in the same family for four generations. Now it’s fated to become townhomes.

Mike Thomas (6) owner of the Everett Royals, shares a laugh after practice at Archbishop Murphy High School on February 2, 2022 in Everett, Washington. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Sports

Semi-pro football team pushes players to succeed off the field

The Everett Royals “do everything it takes to make sure that players are not struggling.”

A person walks along a path past the Weyerhaeuser Building on Wednesday, March 2, 2022, at the Port of Everett in Everett, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)

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Port OKs historic Weyerhaeuser building lease with restaurateur

The 10-year deal with China City owner Jack Ng includes up to $1 million in renovation by the…

United Airlines Flight 310 to Los Angeles is refueled using biofuel at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago on June 5, 2019. The demonstration flight, powered by a fuel mixture containing 30 percent biofuel, was intended to be the greenest possible flight, testing several sustainability initiatives. (Jose M. Osorio/Chicago Tribune/TNS)

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Boeing buys 2 million gallons of aviation biofuel

Made in part from agricultural waste, the fuel will power Boeing test flights and airplane deliveries in Everett…

FILE - In this March 23, 2020, file photo, workers head out a gate at a Boeing airplane manufacturing plant, where a mural of a jet covers a massive door behind in Renton, Wash. Boeing Co. has said it will dole out annual performance bonuses next month to most employees despite losing $12 billion over the last year during the coronavirus pandemic. Most of the company's employees did not receive annual bonuses last year after it lost $636 million in 2019 because of the grounding of the 737 MAX by the Federal Aviation Administration, The Seattle Times reported. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Business

Boeing bonuses pump $485 million into state’s economy

More than 59,000 employees in Washington will get an average bonus of more than $8,000 pre-tax.

Judy Matheson hugs longtime customer Melody Taylor as Taylor shops around J. Matheson Gifts Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in Everett, Washington. Matheson said she’s formed many friendships over her 31 years running the gift shop. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)

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After 54 years in retail, Judy Matheson calls it a career

J. Matheson’s Gifts, Kitchen Gourmet in downtown Everett will close this month. Its namesake owner built it from…

Emiliana Chávez stands in front of her flagship garage at the intersection of Evergreen and Casino on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Everett, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)

Business

At Emily’s Garage in Everett, there is no glass ceiling

It’s one of the few woman-owned auto repair shops in a male-dominated industry.

Jac Cash, left, and Jill Cash own and operate FauxyFurr in Arlington, Washington. The boutique offers customs hats and upcycled custom boots. Photographed on February 8, 2022.  (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Business

The fab hatter: FauxyFurr in Arlington took a chance — and grew

Its owners bet a part-time gig could be a successful business. They just needed more space.

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Edmonds International Women’s Day event is Saturday

The free, fourth annual event offers an in-person and virtual option this year.

Conceptual design for the new roundabout that will be built at 43rd Ave. NE and Highway 531. Amazon is building this new roundabout in preparation for opening a new fulfillment center this summer. (City of Arlington)

Local News

As Amazon moves in, Arlington road projects aim to ease traffic

Safety is also a priority for the first of many projects starting this spring on Highway 531, near…

Emory's restaurant on Silver Lake in Everett. (Taylor Goebel / The Herald) 20220224

Food & Drink

‘End of an era’: Emory’s restaurant sold; Anthony’s taking over

The well-known Northwest restaurant group says it will retain many features of the Silver Lake waterfront landmark in…

FILE - The final version of the 737 MAX, the MAX 10, takes off from Renton Airport in Renton, Wash., on its first flight Friday, June 18, 2021.  A judge has approved a settlement of a lawsuit, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022, in which Boeing investors accused company directors of failing to properly oversee safety issues around the 737 Max. Under the settlement, insurers for several current and former Boeing directors will pay $237.5 million.    (Ellen M. Banner/The Seattle Times via AP, Pool)

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Judge OKs Boeing settlement with investors over 737 Max

Insurers for several current and former Boeing directors will pay the settlement to Boeing.