New Limited-Edition ORCA Card for 2026 FIFA World Cup, Get Yours Today!
As the King and Snohomish Counties prepare to welcome soccer fans from around the globe for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, King County Metro has released a limited-edition ORCA card that fuses the region’s Indigenous artistic traditions with the thrill of the game. The collectible card, dubbed the SEA26 ORCA, marks Seattle’s status as one […]
Behind airplane assembly lines: Electroimpact quietly shapes modern aviation
MUKILTEO—Tucked along the waterfront near Boeing’s Everett assembly plant, Electroimpact has quietly become one of the world’s most influential aerospace manufacturing firms, designing the massive automated systems and tooling that help assemble modern commercial aircraft and spacecraft. Founded in 1986 by mechanical engineer Peter Zieve, the Mukilteo company has grown from a small Seattle startup […]
New Workers’ Compensation Penalty Increases Hit July 1
OLYMPIA— Washington employers face higher penalties starting July 1, 2026, for violations of the state’s workers’ compensation laws as the Department of Labor & Industries applies a required inflation adjustment of 12.11 percent. The increases stem from a 2020 state law that raised long-stagnant penalty amounts for the first time in decades and ordered automatic […]
Edmonds College Triton Tech ROV team prepares for World Championships in Newfoundland
LYNNWOOD — While most college students spent their spring break relaxing, the Triton Tech ROV team at Edmonds College logged 60-hour weeks in the lab. Their goal: preparing for the 2026 MATE ROV (Marine Advanced Technology Education) World Championships, this June 25-27 in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The team’s hard work paid off […]
Two now confirmed dead in what is being called Washington’s ‘deadliest industrial tragedy’
LONGVIEW — Recovery operations resumed Wednesday at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging facility where a tank filled with hundreds of thousands of gallons of a caustic industrial chemical ruptured Tuesday, as officials shifted focus from rescue to a deliberate search for nine missing workers while addressing environmental fallout from the spill. The death toll has now […]
COMMENTRY: See How Snohomish County Legislators REALLY Voted in 2026
We at Future 42 are proud to release our 2026 Snohomish County Legislative Scorecard, an abbreviated version from the state scorecard focused on the votes cast by Snohomish County legislators this session in Olympia. Here, we shine a light on how our state senators and representatives stood on 12 key bills and amendments during the […]
Washington’s unemployment rate ticks up to 5.2% in April as job losses mount
OLYMPIA — Washington’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 5.2% (212,533 residents) in April 2026, up one-tenth of a percentage point from a revised 5.1% in March and well above the 4.5% (181,390 residents) recorded a year earlier, the state Employment Security Department released Tuesday. Nonfarm employment decreased by an estimated 4,500 jobs on a […]
Lynnwood City Council passes paid parking and renews transportation tax
LYNNWOOD—The Lynnwood City Council passed a temporary paid parking ordinance, renewed its Transportation Benefit District sales tax, amended its municipal code to allow an interim Finance Director position, and continued its discussion on updating its commemorative flag policy at their Business Meeting on Tuesday, May 26. Paid Parking Ordinance This Business Item was regarding allowing […]
Ferguson admits LGW’s income tax repeal initiative will be on November ballot
OLYMPIA—Governor Bob Ferguson on Wednesday, May 27, publicly acknowledged that Let’s Go Washington’s initiative to repeal the newly enacted income tax he signed into law on March 30, will collect the required 309,000 valid signatures by the July 2nd deadline to qualify for the November 3rd general election ballot. “It looks like voters will get a say […]
1 Dead, 9 unaccounted for after Nippon Dynawave Packaging tank rupture
LONGVIEW—Emergency responders planned to resume recovery operations Wednesday at Nippon Dynawave Packaging, a southwest Washington packaging plant, where a tank filled with nearly 1 million gallons of a caustic industrial chemical ruptured, killing at least one worker, injuring nine others of which eight have been taken to area hospitals, and leaving nine employees unaccounted for. […]
