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Jeff Bezos to save nearly $1B in capital gains taxes by not living in Washington
(The Center Square) – Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has filed a notice with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to sell 25 million of the company’s shares currently worth about $5 billion. In November, the word’s second richest man announced he was leaving Seattle after nearly 30 years of living in the area to move […]
Popular Retailer With 26 Washington Stores Contemplates Closures
Life, post-pandemic is drifting back to normal. If only the prices would drift back down to 2019. The experts at Marketwatch say most prices will probably never return to the pre-COVID-19 days. But hold onto hope. Quality of life (read: more expendable income) could return with inflation rates slowly decreasing...
Cherry producers work to bounce back after streak of tough years
The United States Department of Agriculture anticipated a slight uptick in cherry production over 2023. The agency estimated that sweet cherry production would reach 355,000 tons in 2024. The head of the Washington State Tree Fruit Association believes the crop’s quality is exceptional due to recent favorable growing conditions.
‘Beautiful: The Carole King Musical’
Before she was hit-maker Carole King, she was Carole Klein, a spunky, young songwriter from Brooklyn with a unique voice. From the chart-topping hits she wrote for the biggest acts in music to her own life-changing, trailblazing success with Tapestry, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical takes you back to where it all began – and takes you on the ride of a lifetime.
'Live without regret': 4th of July evokes memories of fallen Tacoma soldier
SEATTLE — On the Fourth of July, friends and family are convening across the Puget Sound for festivities under fireworks-filled skies. Joe Palombo attended Seafair's annual event at Gas Works Park with his family. He called the holiday, a "good reflection day of all the things we take for granted.”
Most of Oregon and SW Washington under excessive heat alerts
Nearly all areas of Oregon and Southwest Washington are under a heat advisory, watch or warning from Thursday afternoon through at least Sunday. The National Weather Service says widespread high temperatures in the triple-digits are likely, and low temperatures could stay above 70 degrees in some places. An excessive heat...
Manuscript and Dialogue joins Tacoma late night scene
Tacoma’s late night scene added a combination restaurant and nightclub this year with the opening of Manuscript and Dialogue. “The name comes from being close to the Theater District. Manuscript is like a story being told,” owner and operator of Manuscript and Dialogue, Eda Johnson, said. “It also kind of has a dual meaning in like, ‘This is the standard of how we feel like a business in this area should operate.’”
It's a challenging drive to Washington's ocean beaches as state spends billions to help fish
It took 50 million years for salmon to evolve and only about 50 years to nearly wipe them out. Now, Washington's native salmon and steelhead populations are getting a reprieve — one stream at a time. Travelers on state Route 8 and U.S. 12 between Olympia and Montesano have...
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