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PeaceHealth may merge with Vancouver nonprofit

Mar 20, 2010 12:31 am

Southwest Washington Health System could become part of the PeaceHealth family of hospitals in as little as six months, depending on the outcome of negotiations now under way between the two medical g...

FAA to expand big in south Seattle; cities drool

Mar 19, 2010 7:13 pm

Dozens of property owners in five small cities south of Seattle are competing for the largest leasing deal in the Puget Sound regions office market in recent months.

Vancouver (USA) combats mistaken identity

Mar 19, 2010 6:17 pm

Vancouver, the fourth-largest city in Washington, is busting out of the shadow of its Canadian twin with a new branding campaign and tourism slogan.

Puget Sound officials ask for fed help for Howard Hanson Dam

Mar 19, 2010 5:17 pm

Puget Sound elected leaders are asking the federal government for $44 million to repair Howard Hanson Dam in King County.

Murray on possible tanker deadline delay: More games

Mar 19, 2010 4:58 pm

U.S. Patty Murray said the U.S. Department of Defense should not extend the bid deadline for tanker refueling airplanes, calling any consideration of an extension more games from a foreign competitor....

Employment slips in 100 biggest markets

Mar 19, 2010 3:58 pm

Private-sector employment declined in January in all of Americas 100 biggest labor markets, according to figures released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Boeing ramps up 777, 747 production

Mar 19, 2010 3:45 pm

Boeing Co. said it will speed up production of its Everett-built 777s and 747s, citing increasing customer demand in the recovering airplane market. (BA)

REC says Moses Lake suit mostly about money

Mar 19, 2010 3:30 pm

A lawsuit filed by a Moses Lake property owner asking to halt construction of a $688 million expansion to an REC Silicon chemical plant is mostly about money, according to REC officials.

Green jobs in Washington up by a third

Mar 18, 2010 9:45 pm

According to state statistics, the number of green jobs in Washington states private sector grew to about 62,000 last year from slightly more than 47,000 a year earlier.

Port of Tacoma selling Thurston County property

Mar 18, 2010 9:16 pm

The Port of Tacoma said its selling its 745-acre Thurston County sand and gravel pit to Maytown Sand and Gravel in a deal that could be worth between $23 million and $30 million.

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NCAA: Chalk-filled Day 2 ends with Maryland win

Mar 20, 2010 6:50 am

The first ticket to the round of 16 will be punched when second-seeded Villanova tussles with West Coast Conference champion Saint Mary's at 1:05 p.m. ET on Saturday. They'll be followed by a couple o...

New threat rankles Hemet, Calif., police

Mar 20, 2010 6:48 am

A Southern California police department plagued by booby trap attacks against its officers went on heightened alert Friday following yet another threat.

Pope Benedict XVI to address sex-abuse scandal

Mar 20, 2010 6:46 am

Pope Benedict XVI addresses Ireland on Saturday in a letter apologizing for the sex-abuse scandal in Ireland, a message being watched by Catholics from Boston to Berlin to see if it also acknowledges ...

Former Washington player Scott Didrickson will be rooting for New Mexico in Saturday matchup

Mar 20, 2010 6:46 am

Former Washington captain Scott Didrickson, who played for the Huskies from 1991-95, is a radio analyst for New Mexico games.

Yankees, Red Sox, Dodgers told to speed up games

Mar 20, 2010 6:46 am

Tweaking the postseason schedule. Eliminating the link between the All-Star Game and the World Series. Adding replay for fair-or-foul calls...

Mar 20, 2010 6:46 am

No. 4 seed Maryland beats 13th-seeded Houston 89-77 in first round of NCAA tournament.

NYC cops sorry for pounding couple's door 50 times

Mar 20, 2010 6:44 am

Cheesecake in hand, the police commissioner personally apologized Friday for the 50 or so mistaken, door-pounding visits that police have made to the home of a bewildered elderly Brooklyn couple in th...

Thai protesters begin weekend march around capital

Mar 20, 2010 6:38 am

Protesters riding thousands of motorcycles and crammed into trucks and cars set off Saturday for a daylong caravan through the streets of the Thai capital, hoping to enlist residents in their "cl...

Letter: Lehman accounting tricks possibly illegal

Mar 20, 2010 6:37 am

A Lehman Brothers whistleblower warned his bosses that accounting gimmicks the bank used before its collapse may have been illegal, his lawyer said Friday.

Court: Anna Nicole Smith gets none of oil fortune

Mar 20, 2010 6:36 am

The elderly Texas billionaire who married Anna Nicole Smith in the last year of his life never intended to leave the former stripper any portion of his vast fortune, a federal appeals court ruled Frid...