Boeing Launches New $1 Billion 737 MAX North Line in Everett to Expand Production Capacity

EVERETT—Boeing on Friday officially launched its new $1 billion North Line at the company’s Everett manufacturing plant, marking a significant expansion of its 737 MAX production capacity as the aerospace manufacturer works to meet sustained global demand and reduce an order backlog of more than 4,300 aircrafts. “We have three priorities in BCA, and one […]
NASA Selects Five Washington State Companies for Moon and Mars Technology Advancements

WASHINGTON, D.C. — NASA has selected proposals from five Washington state companies to help mature technologies supporting the agency’s goals of establishing a sustained human presence on the Moon and enabling crewed missions to Mars. “Five Washington State companies were selected for the NASA collaboration opportunity awards — projects that will advance launch and propulsion […]
$70 Billion ‘Secure America Act’ that funds ICE and CBP passes Congress, heads to Trump for signature

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congress gave final approval Tuesday, June 9, to the $70 billion “Secure America Act,” that funds Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol for the next three years, handing President Donald J Trump a major win on his America First immigration enforcement agenda. The Senate passed the measure early June 5 […]
Cole Allen manifesto: ‘Friendly Federal Assassin’ wanted to kill Trump officials

WASHINGTON, D.C.—In a manifesto attributed to Cole Allen, the 31-year-old suspect in the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner shooting, he identifies as a “Friendly Federal Assassin” who had a “real opportunity” kill “Administration officials.” Allen remains in federal custody. “What my representatives do reflects on me,” Allen allegedly wrote in a manifesto released by the […]
Ferguson invests in Snohomish County to make it the ‘Quantum Valley’ of the West

BOTHELL—Governor Bob Ferguson directed $500,000 from the Governor’s Economic Development Strategic Reserve Fund to support the expansion of IonQ’s quantum computing manufacturing facility in Bothell. The announcement came on World Quantum Day, April 14. “Washington has always been a pioneer of new technology. Quantum is the future and it’s being built here,” Governor Ferguson wrote […]
Lynnwood breaks ground on long-awaited $60M Poplar Way Bridge project

LYNNWOOD—After more than two decades of planning, tens of millions of dollars, and five Mayors later, the City of Lynnwood finally broke ground on one of its most awaited (and highly prioritized projects) – the Poplar Way Bridge – on Wednesday, April 8. Lynnwood’s Poplar Way Bridge will be an arterial bridge connecting Poplar Way/196th […]
We have liftoff! Artemis II successfully launches from Kennedy Space Center

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s Artemis II mission lifted off from Kennedy Space Center at about 6:35 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, sending four astronauts on a historic journey around the Moon — the first crewed mission to venture beyond lunar orbit since the Apollo era more than five decades ago. “The world will be watching […]
Trump signs new citizenship verification and mail ballot tracking executive order, Hobbs objects

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald J Trump signed an executive order on March 31 directing federal agencies to compile lists of confirmed U.S. citizens for each state and to impose new tracking requirements on mail-in and absentee ballots sent through the U.S. Postal Service. Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs responded the same day, saying […]
Crosslake Connection opens March 28 with Full 2 Line light rail across Lake Washington

LYNNWOOD — Sound Transit will open the Crosslake Connection on March 28, delivering the first light rail service across Lake Washington and completing the 2 Line for seamless travel throughout the Puget Sound region—from Lynnwood to Chinatown to Mercer Island to Bellevue to Downtown Redmond. Community celebrations are schedule to fill the day with events […]
Oso Strong: Remembering the Deadly 2014 Washington Landslide 12 Years Later

ARLINGTON—Sunday marks the 12th anniversary of the Oso mudslide that devastated a rural community twelve years ago, with the death of 43 people and a test of Washingtonian strength and remarkable resilience. U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell: “Today marks the 12th anniversary of the Oso landslide, a terrible tragedy that suddenly cut short the lives of […]