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Alaska Airlines warns nearly 1,600 Washington state employees of COVID-19-driven fall layoffs

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Alaska Airlines warns nearly 1,600 Washington state employees of COVID-19-driven fall layoffs

Alaska Airlines filed notice Monday with Washington state of almost 1,600 permanent layoffs starting on Oct. 1, the…

Northwest News

Agency: Nearly 87,000 bogus unemployment claims filed in Washington state

By Paul Roberts

Business

Ford’s plan to defer loan payments a ‘concerning sign’ for investors

DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. confirmed Friday that it sought and won permission from the U.S. Department of…

Business

Microsoft wants to buy Trump target TikTok

By Wendy Lee

Business

State’s jobless claims remain at historic highs as recovery slows

By Paul Roberts

Business

U.S. economy shrinks at record 32.9% pace in second quarter

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. economy suffered its sharpest downturn since at least the 1940s in the second…

News

City awards initial round of business grants for Covid losses

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Fact check: Biden is right. Pay for home health workers is paltry

Nation/World

Fact check: Biden is right. Pay for home health workers is paltry

By Stephanie Stapleton

Life

Maui, Kauai and the Big Island consider ‘resort bubbles’ for visitor quarantines

By Janeen Christoff

Aww, nuts: Texas company has 42 tons to unload after airlines cut first-class food service

Business

Aww, nuts: Texas company has 42 tons to unload after airlines cut first-class food service

Kim Peacock was once the purveyor of first-class luxury, but now her Arlington, Texas, company has more than…

Nation/World

House panel grills Bezos, Zuckerberg and other tech chiefs over antitrust concerns

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Several titans of Big Tech appeared virtually before members of Congress on Wednesday, as the…

Northwest News

Boeing to cut production and jobs further, may build 787 only in South Carolina

By Dominic Gates

Nation/World

Fed leaves rates near zero, repeats vow to use all of its tools

By Matthew Boesler