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New 787 Dreamliner manufacturing flaw will prolong Boeing delivery halt

While inspecting and reworking undelivered 787 Dreamliners for the flaws at fuselage joins that emerged last year, Boeing…

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Former Ocean Shores Chamber director begins 30-day jail sentence

Piper Marie Leslie, who pleaded guilty June 21 to the theft of funds from the Ocean Shores Chamber…

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Wine giant Ste. Michelle sold for $1.2 billion

Heidi Groover

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Weyerhaeuser hands over 145,000 acres of timberland to Hampton Lumber

The Chronicle

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New law aims to ease state’s child care shortages

Treva Lind

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Trump sues Facebook, Twitter and Google over bans

By Mark Niquette and Naomi Nix

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Ford is about to ship thousands of F-150s to dealers as pickup demand remains high

Despite having relatively barren supplies on dealer lots and dismal sales in June, Ford Motor Co. revealed on…

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Ocean Pours Taproom makes Grays Harbor Youth Works its nonprofit of the month

Ocean Pours Taproom in Ocean Shores announced it’s making Grays Harbor Youth Works its nonprofit of the month.

Mario Tama | Getty Images 
A “Now Hiring” sign is displayed at a fast food chain on June 23, 2021 in Los Angeles, Calif. Nearly 650,000 retail workers gave notice in April, the biggest one-month worker exodus in the retail industry in more than 20 years, amid a strengthening job market.

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U.S. jobs jump by most in 10 months as economy gains steam

The pace of U.S. hiring accelerated in June, with payrolls increasing by the most in 10 months, suggesting…

Irfan Khan | Los Angeles Times 
Workers at Amazon’s Fulfillment Center in San Bernardino, Calif.

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Amazon’s new CEO will need to be more than Jeff Bezos 2.0

Twenty-seven years to the day after founding Amazon in a Bellevue garage, Jeff Bezos has relinquished control of…

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Job scene is a workers’ market as reopening beckons

Workers looking for jobs, or a new career, have opportunities this summer in what is currently a hot…

DAN HAMMOCK | THE DAILY WORLD 
The Port of Grays Harbor is a major cog in the county’s, and region’s economy. “You have an extraordinary port that is an economic driver in the community,” said Congressman Derek Kilmer at a Greater Grays Harbor Inc. economic review presentation Tuesday. A record 3.2 million metric tons of cargo was handled at the Port in 2020.

Business

County home sales, sales tax revenue, average wage rose in 2020

Jobs lost, unemployment rates cause for concern

Business

Need a job? Harbor Wholesale is offering a $2,000 signing bonus

Harbor Wholesale, a Lacey-based food distributor, still needs workers. And this time the business is offering a $2,000…