News for Tacoma Washington from The News Tribune

Master of chaos T.W. Smith brings his ruckus – and his one-of-a-kind bicycles – to Tacoma

Mar 21, 2010 8:05 am

| Strange things have been happening since T.W. Smith moved to Tacoma last spring: erotically themed Halloween costume parties; squads of voluptuous calendar girls causing commotion at local bars...

Gig Harbor graduate found his niche in an unreal world

Mar 21, 2010 8:05 am

movies: Passion for animation led to career | Greg Brentin realized he had a passion for storytelling while attending Gig Harbor High School in the early 1990s.

Writer explores search for longevity

Mar 21, 2010 8:05 am

greg critser: Book follows look at obesity and prescription drugs | PASADENA, Calif. – “My American pathology trilogy,” Greg Critser calls it: “Fat Land: Ho...

Jodi Picoult considers her writing success ‘a bit of a miracle'

Mar 21, 2010 8:05 am

novelist: Characters, plots focus on real concerns | She takes none of it for granted. Not the sales figures, the fame, the fortune, the fact that her name pops up on best-seller lists with the fr...

Latest news for Seattle Washington from Puget Sound Business Journal

Russians to bid for U.S. air tanker work

Mar 21, 2010 2:52 am

A Russian government-owned aerospace company will enter the bidding for the U.S. Air Forces refueling tanker contract, The Seattle Times reported Saturday. (BA) (NOC)

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.

News for Washington from The Seattle Times

NCAA: Bracket-busting day thanks to Northern Iowa

Mar 21, 2010 6:49 am

Another eventful day at the NCAA tournament is in the books, with Northern Iowa stunning overall No. 1 seed Kansas, 10th-seeded Saint Mary's knocking off second-seeded Villanova, and 11th-seeded Washi...

Fargo calm, confident as Red River completes rise

Mar 21, 2010 6:47 am

They passed out cigars in Fargo on Saturday, but no matches just yet, as a flood-weary city that's spent the last week getting ready to hold back the Red River cautiously prepared to celebrate what ap...

Volcano erupts in southern Iceland

Mar 21, 2010 6:47 am

Authorities evacuated hundreds of people after a volcano erupted beneath a glacier in southern Iceland, Iceland's civil protection agency said Sunday.

Holiday's defense slows Lobos in Washington's rout

Mar 21, 2010 6:46 am

Hobson, the Mountain West Player of the Year, had other worries other than Holiday's in-your-shirt defense. He sprained his left wrist Thursday and appeared bothered by the injury.

Late run pushes Gonzaga to wild 82-76 win over UNC

Mar 21, 2010 6:46 am

Tiffany Shives' baseline jumper finally snapped Gonzaga's scoring drought.

New tip leads Aruba to search for missing US teen

Mar 21, 2010 6:46 am

Authorities will search once again for a missing U.S. teen after an American couple took an underwater picture of what they believe might be Natalee Holloway's remains, a spokeswoman for the prosecuto...

Thousands of BA flights canceled as crew on strike

Mar 21, 2010 6:44 am

Retiree Richard Moore arrived at Heathrow with a suitcase of summer clothes for a Miami cruise only to be sent to Denver. Susan Danby wondered if plans for a joint 50th birthday celebration in Las Veg...

Late run pushes Gonzaga to wild 82-76 win over UNC

Mar 21, 2010 6:31 am

Scoreless for 31 minutes, Gonzaga's Tiffany Shives had 14 of her 16 points in a crucial five-minute stretch of the second half and the seventh-seeded Bulldogs held off No. 10 seed North Carolina 82-76...

Roddick, Ljubicic advance to final

Mar 21, 2010 6:31 am

Andy Roddick outlasted Robin Soderling 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 Saturday in Indian Wells, Calif.

Sunday Memo

Mar 21, 2010 6:31 am

The business week ahead.