The Dreamlifter Operations Center at Paine Field airport on June 6, 2019. The operations center is located next the Boeing Future of Flight Aviation Center. (Janice Podsada / Herald file)

Business

FedEx to begin weekday flights between Paine Field, Memphis

The cargo carrier has taken over the lease for the Dreamlifter center, which Boeing no longer needs.

Business

Everett offers $1 million in grants to boost city’s economy

The Everett Forward Grant Program offers one-time grants of $5,000 or more to eligible projects.

Business

Nominations open for Leadership Snohomish County award

It will honor “an individual who works tirelessly for economic development and viability” in the county.

Dr. Stephen Jones, left, of the WSU Bread Lab, packages up loaves of bread for U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai, center, at the end of her tour of the Bread Lab at on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021 in Burlington, Wash. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Business

U.S. Trade Representative meets regional food producers

Katherine Tai talked trade with farmers from Western Washington and toured the WSU Bread Lab.

FILE - This Nov. 13, 2018 file photo a South Lake Union streetcar with an advertisement for Amazon.com's same-day delivery service passes by an Amazon office building in Seattle's South Lake Union neighborhood. Amazon has pushed back its return-to-office date for tech and corporate workers until January 2022 as COVID-19 cases surge nationally due to the delta variant. The Seattle Times reported on the tech giant's delay in returning to offices from internal messages. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren,File)

Business

Amazon pushes back return to office to January due to COVID

Amazon has pushed back its return-to-office date for workers until January as COVID-19 cases surge.

Northwest

Brewster farm to pay more than $2 million after COVID deaths

It’s one of the largest workplace safety and health fines in state history.

Business

Lynnwood Job Fair is Tuesday at the Convention Center

The event is sponsored by the city, the Chamber of Commerce and the Lynnwood Convention Center.

Nechirvan Zebari sorts through freshly made pita bread at Alida's Bakery on Friday, June 25, 2021 in Everett, Wa. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Business

He went from full-time nurse to full-time flatbread baker

Nechirvan Zebari burned out on health care during the pandemic. His Everett bakery was an antidote.

Real estate agents Carole Falleen and Randi Szakaly at their listing Wednesday morning in Mukilteo on July 28, 2021.  (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Business

The current real estate market isn’t for the faint of heart

With bidding wars, all-cash deals and a median home price that’s up 32% this year, what’s a buyer…

Eviation's all-electric Alice cargo plane in DHL livery. (Eviation) 20210803

Business

DHL Express orders 12 electric cargo planes from Eviation

Eviation has engineering facilities in Arlington and expects to test fly its first electric aircraft this year.

Mark Malijan, owns and operates Helios Studios, a new business that offers photographers, videographers and others 1,440 feet of studio space in Edmonds. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Business

Lights, camera, action at new photo-video studio in Edmonds

’This is a clean slate for people to work in,’ says the founder of Helios Studios.

Vinson Latimore, owner and CEO, Choices Scrubs + Medical is a Bellingham-based company that sells medical supplies and scrubs to healthcare workers at his recently opened shop Wednesday afternoon in Everett on July 28, 2021.  (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Business

A new Everett store sells scrubs and other medical supplies

Choices Scrubs + Medical sells medical garb of every style. And they’re not just for health care workers.

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Life

You voted: The best service in Snohomish County

Remember to tip your server!

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Life

You voted: The best soup in Snohomish County

Even during a pandemic people have their favorites

Local News

About 4,000 Snohomish County tenants approved for rent help

While some eviction restrictions have eased, it’s unclear what the effect will be here.

Business

County lost 100 aerospace manufacturing jobs in June

At 6.1%, Snohomish County has the sixth-highest unemployment rate in Washington.

FILE - In this June 18, 2015, file photo, an Airbus A380 takes off for its demonstration flight at the Paris Air Show in Le Bourget airport, north of Paris. European planemaker Airbus reports that it made 1.87 billion euros profit in the second quarter. That's a relief after a loss in the same quarter a year ago during the depths of the pandemic shutdowns and travel restrictions. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

Business

Airbus, Boeing rivalry is back on as sales campaigns pick up

The improving outlook comes amid a travel reopening that’s gathering pace in some key markets.

A line of Southwest Air Boeing 737 jets are parked near the company's production plant while being stored at Paine Field Friday, April 23, 2021, in Everett, Wash. Boeing reported its first quarterly profit since 2019 and revenue topped expectations, as the giant aircraft maker tries to dig out from the most difficult stretch in its history. Boeing said Wednesday, July 28, 2021, that it earned $567 million in the second quarter, compared with a $2.4 billion loss a year ago. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Business

Boeing, for first time since 2019, has a profitable quarter

The earnings hint at a potential turnaround after one of the worst financial crises in the company’s history.

The growing business district along 172nd Street NE in Arlington, looking west toward I-5. At lower left is the construction site of the new Amazon fulfillment center. (Chuck Taylor / The Herald)

Local News

Marysville-Arlington road improvements won’t happen at once

Traffic improvement projects near the Cascade Industrial Center will take shape over the next decade.

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Life

You voted: The best seafood in Snohomish County

Even during a pandemic, people have their favorites