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Sailing on a ferry for Labor Day? Expect lots of company
More people have jumped aboard Washington State Ferries this summer than any other in the past 12 years,…
Business
Cancellations leave Boeing with zero 747 orders in 2015
Nippon Cargo Airlines has cancelled orders for four 747-8 freighters, leaving Boeing with no net orders for 2015…
Business
$10 million in grants offered for railroad crossing fixes
BILLINGS, Mont. — U.S. transportation officials on Wednesday offered $10 million in grants for states to upgrade highway-rail…
Business
Jeep recalling 206,668 Cherokee SUVs for wiper defect
DETROIT — Fiat Chrysler is recalling 206,668 Jeep Cherokee SUVs because the windshield wipers can stop working unexpectedly.
Business
Seattle eyes novel approach to let Uber drivers unionize
Seattle may try a novel legal approach to helping Uber drivers to unionize — and potentially other independent…
Local News
Rep. Larsen to meet riders on Lynnwood-Seattle bus trip Tuesday
U. S. Rep. Rick Larsen will meet riders on a Lynnwood-to-Seattle bus trip Tuesday morning.
Local News
More support arrives to help solve Edmonds traffic problems
EDMONDS — The group charged with making recommendations on solving the city’s waterfront traffic problems is scheduled to…
Local News
No danger in removal of creosote-soaked pilings from Mukilteo pier
MUKILTEO — Air quality tests show that the level of fumes created by removing creosote-soaked pilings from the…
Local News
Edmonds paving project begins Monday
EDMONDS — A repaving project on 220th Street SW, a roadway heavily used by commuters, is scheduled to…
Business
New cars getting a crash prevention boost
More cars are coming equipped with robotic functions that protect drivers from front-end crashes with other vehicles or…
Business
Preview of the 2016 Nissan Maxima
The five-passenger Maxima midsize sedan has been a fixture of the North American car market for so long,…
In Our View
Enough with the shutdown games
About the time kids start returning to school following the Labor Day holiday Sept. 7, the nation’s senators…
Local News
Crews work to ensure trains will keep rolling when rains hit
EVERETT — Work has started to shore up the worst of the slipping, sliding coastal bluffs above the…
Life
Dreaming of RVs — from my blow-up air mattress
Every time a recreational vehicle passes me on the highway I dream about purchasing a motor home. Unfortunately,…
Local News
Lynnwood-to-Bellevue I-405 express tolling begins Sept. 27
OLYMPIA — Toll collections will begin Sept. 27 on new express lanes on I-405 between Lynnwood and Bellevue,…
Local News
State to use mist to stem the smell from pier work in Mukilteo
MUKILTEO — Following complaints from neighbors that removing creosote-soaked pilings from a former tank farm pier is creating…
Business
Audi challenges Tesla’s Model X with luxury electric SUV
Audi plans to challenge Telsa’s dominance of the luxury electric vehicle market when it introduces a sport-utility vehicle…
Local News
Transportation levy opponents file suit over Seattle ballot language
SEATTLE — A campaign opposing the proposed $930 million Move Seattle transportation levy is suing the city over…
Local News
Noxious odor rises from removal of pilings on Mukilteo waterfront
MUKITEO — Neighbors say that demolishing an old military pier to make way for a new ferry terminal…