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Area Info
Seattle enjoys perhaps the most magnificent setting of any city in America, if not the world. On the shores of Puget Sound, surrounded by lush forests and towering mountains, Seattle packs a lot of scenic value into a small area.
Its history is similarly small and packed. Seattle wasn't permanently settled until 1851, and wasn't incorporated as a town until 1869. From that point on, though, it boomed: first the timber boom, then the business boom that accompanied the Klondike Gold Rush, then the shipbuilding boom of World War I. The Great Depression and the ensuing labor strife seriously damaged Seattle's shipping business; so after World War II, the city promptly reinvented itself through manufacturing and, later, digital and biomedical technologies.
Throughout its history, Seattle and its sister cities of Bellevue and Tacoma have benefitted from the great natural beauty of their setting. Mt. Rainier (originally Mt. Tacoma), the tallest mountain in the Cascades Range, is situated only 60 miles from Seattle, and is visible throughout the region. Other mountains provide not only recreation for climbers, hikers, and skiers, but also the setting for numerous small communities such as Enumclaw and Eatonville. Mt. Rainier National Park takes up 368 square miles in the extreme southeast of the region.
Puget Sound adds to the great beauty of the region, and is well known for its rich wildlife, including orcas and other whales, sea lions, and salmon. It is important as a shipping lane and also as a recreational resource for boaters and fishermen.
Articles
Latest news for Seattle Washington from Puget Sound Business Journal
Emeritus cuts Q4 loss; stock falls
Mar 16, 2010 5:39 pm
Assisted living community developer Emeritus Corp. reported it cut its fourth-quarter loss to $15.9 million, or a loss of 41 cents per share, from a loss of $30.7 million, or a loss of 78 cents per sh...
Washington state unemployment rate rises to 9.5 percent
Mar 16, 2010 5:13 pm
Washington states unemployment rate rose to 9.5 percent in February from Januarys 9.3 percent level, with state officials calling the increase one step back.
HQS Q4 net income, shares fall
Mar 16, 2010 4:11 pm
HQ Sustainable Maritime Industries Inc. reported fourth-quarter net income fell to $1.6 million, or 12 cents per diluted share, from $6.4 million, or 53 cents per share a year earlier.
Mar 16, 2010 3:40 pm
Air Berlin, Germanys second-largest airline, said its cutting its firm orders of Boeing Co. 787 airplanes from 25 to 15 and cutting its number of options from 10 to five. (BA)
FDIC puts City Bank of Lynnwood on notice
Mar 16, 2010 3:10 pm
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has given City Bank of Lynnwood 30 days to raise more money or find a buyer for the bank. (CTBK)
Walgreens: No new Medicaid prescriptions after April 16
Mar 15, 2010 11:05 pm
Walgreens said it wont fill any new Medicaid prescriptions for new patients after April 16 at any of its 121 pharmacies in Washington state. (WAG)
Washington state credit unions score big in Olympia
Mar 15, 2010 9:46 pm
Washingtons credit unions have scored a big political win against rival banks with the passage of a key piece of state legislation that will allow them the opportunity to greatly widen their deposit m...
ConocoPhillips unit to pay $588K for 2004 Tacoma oil spill
Mar 15, 2010 9:01 pm
A unit of ConocoPhillips Co. will pay $588,000 in a settlement with the state to help pay for the cleanup of a 2004 oil tanker spill in Puget Sounds Dalco Passage near Tacoma.
University of Washington mulls faculty retirement deal
Mar 15, 2010 6:58 pm
University of Washington Regents will consider a proposal later this week to offer tenured faculty a new, voluntary retirement incentive.
NBBJ acquires Massachusetts firm
Mar 15, 2010 6:07 pm
NBBJ, Seattles second-largest architectural firm, said its acquiring Chan Krieger Sieniewicz for an undisclosed price.
News for Washington from The Seattle Times
Volunteers along Red River in flood-fighting mode
Mar 16, 2010 7:50 pm
Volunteers in North Dakota were in flood-fighting mode again Tuesday filling sandbags while contractors constructed clay levees along the fast-rising Red River to help protect nearby homes from the mu...
FDA critiques Medtronic's MRI-compatible pacemaker
Mar 16, 2010 7:50 pm
The Food and Drug Administration voiced several complaints Tuesday with Medtronic's study of a new pacemaker that can be used in an MRI machine.
Clinton: Israel must prove commitment to peace
Mar 16, 2010 7:49 pm
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday said Israel must prove it is committed to the Mideast peace process with actions but brushed aside suggestions of a crisis in U.S.-Israeli relation...
Missouri forward Bowers postpones wrist surgery
Mar 16, 2010 7:49 pm
Injured Missouri forward Laurence Bowers will postpone surgery on two torn wrist ligaments until after the Tigers' NCAA tournament appearance.
Petraeus: 'Time has come' to rethink gay policy
Mar 16, 2010 7:47 pm
The four-star Army general who is managing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan says "the time has come" for the military to rethink its policy toward gays.
Fed holds rates at record lows to foster recovery
Mar 16, 2010 7:47 pm
The Federal Reserve on Tuesday repeated its pledge to hold interest rates at record lows to foster the economic recovery and ease high unemployment.
Clashes erupt in Jerusalem; US envoy cancels trip
Mar 16, 2010 7:47 pm
Hundreds of Palestinians in east Jerusalem set tires and garbage bins ablaze on Tuesday and hurled rocks at Israeli riot police, who responded with rubber bullets and tear gas. The heaviest clashes in...
House Democrats defend plan to pass health care
Mar 16, 2010 7:46 pm
Democrats defended plans to push massive health care legislation through the House without a direct vote and Republicans assailed the strategy Tuesday, as both parties fenced ferociously over the heal...
Wild sign UMass sophomore center Casey Wellman
Mar 16, 2010 7:46 pm
The Minnesota Wild have signed center Casey Wellman to a two-year contract.
Army drops bayonets, busts abs in training revamp
Mar 16, 2010 7:46 pm
New soldiers are grunting through the kind of stretches and twists found in "ab blaster" classes at suburban gyms as the Army revamps its basic training regimen for the first time in three d...
