Washington secures $181 million in federal funds for rural health

BALTIMORE—Washington state has secured $181.3 million in federal funding for 2026 as part of a sweeping $50 billion initiative to bolster rural health care nationwide, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Monday, December 29. The award marks the first installment for Washington under the Rural Health Transformation Program, which will distribute $10 billion […]

Alaska Airlines flying again after fleet grounded due to IT outage

An Alaska Airlines system-wide IT outage on Sunday, July 20, led to a three-hour grounding of all mainline and Horizon Air flights, affecting thousands of travelers and echoing similar incidents over the past year. The nationwide IT outage, coincided with Microsoft’s alert on active cyberattacks targeting its server software, though no direct link has been […]

Sea-Tac addresses aviation cybersecurity at US Senate hearing

WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, held a hearing on “Aviation Cybersecurity Threats” at our nation’s capital Wednesday morning, September 18, to examine the cybersecurity threats airports and airlines have been faced with recently, and to discuss how the aviation sector can bolster its resiliency […]