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Seattle is the largest city in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located in the U.S. state of Washington between Puget Sound and Lake Washington, about 96 miles (155 km) south of the United States–Canadian border in King County, of which it is the county seat. Tacoma is a mid-sized urban port city in Washington, USA. The city is situated on a peninsula on the southern end of Washington's Puget Sound, in an area 32 miles (51 km) southwest of Seattle, 31 miles (50 km) northeast of the State capital, Olympia, and 58 miles (93 km) northwest of Mount Rainier National Park. According to 2006 Washington State OFM estimates, Tacoma has an estimated population of 199,600. Tacoma stands as the second-largest city in the Puget Sound area, the third-largest in the state, and the seat of government of Pierce County.
News for Washington from The Seattle Times
Boeing raises its contract offer to Machinists
Aug 28, 2008 7:47 pm
Boeing delivered its "best-and-final" offer to Machinists union officials, raising its proposed wage increase to 11 percent over three years.
Earthquake strikes off B.C. coast; latest in series of tremors
Aug 28, 2008 7:47 pm
VANCOUVER, B.C. — An earthquake has occurred on the sea floor off B.C., the latest in a series of tremors on the coast since Monday.
Man's body found in South Seattle this morning
Aug 28, 2008 7:33 pm
Seattle police are investigating a suspicious death this morning off Airport Way South near Interstate-5 where a man's body was found after it was apparently pushed out of a moving car.
Rescue under way for 2 hikers on Cascades ledge
Aug 28, 2008 6:49 pm
MOUNT VERNON — The Skagit County sheriff's office says a "fast team" of three rescue hikers is trying to reach two hikers stranded on a mountain ledge while a helicopter waits for ...
A historic date, a "Dream" coming closer
Aug 28, 2008 6:47 pm
On this date 45 years ago, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech. Tonight, Sen. Barack Obama, an African American, accepts the Democratic Party's nominati...
United to furlough 1,550 flight attendants
Aug 28, 2008 6:39 pm
United Airlines says it will furlough more than 1,500 flight attendants this fall as it reduces its flights.
Jobs with real authority: working on Microsoft's spell-checker
Aug 28, 2008 6:37 pm
In the last two years, few names have become as recognizable as Barack Obama's, a rise that continues tonight as he accepts the Democratic...
Pitchfork enjoys Truckasaurus' "Tea Parties"
Aug 28, 2008 6:26 pm
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Boeing plans final offer to Machinists today
Aug 28, 2008 6:21 pm
Boeing sources said late Wednesday that the company plans to deliver a best-and-final offer to Machinist union officials Thursday morning, and that this proposal won't change again before the Machinis...
Stabbed in heart, woman tries to keep hate out of the healing
Aug 28, 2008 6:17 pm
A pregnant Seattle woman who police say was stabbed in the heart by her boyfriend earlier this month has returned home to recover. The injured woman and her baby will survive.
Latest news for Seattle Washington from Puget Sound Business Journal
Plum Creek Timber makes $783 million timber land deal
Aug 27, 2008 8:47 pm
Plum Creek Timber Company Inc. said it’s making a deal with The Campbell Group LLC that will see the Seattle timber company receive $783 million after a joint venture between the two compani...
Gates Foundation gives $2M to five Washington school districts
Aug 27, 2008 6:20 pm
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded more than $2 million to five Washington school districts for early learning.
Columbia Pacific raises $135M for Asian hospital fund
Aug 27, 2008 6:02 pm
Investment firm Columbia Pacific said it’s raised $135 million in a second round of financing for its Asian hospital construction fund.
IDRI gets $6.3M grant to study new tuberculosis vaccine
Aug 27, 2008 5:20 pm
The Infectious Disease Research Institute (IDRI) said it’s been awarded a $6.3 million federal grant to study a new tuberculosis vaccine.
ConocoPhillips selling 600 gas stations to PetroSun
Aug 27, 2008 4:52 pm
ConocoPhillips Co. is selling nearly 600 of its company-owned gasoline stations in the United States to Pacific Convenience & Fuel LLC for a reported $800 million. (COP)
Tacoma Power to buy $15M in renewable energy credits
Aug 27, 2008 4:08 pm
Tacoma Power said it will buy $15 million in renewable energy credits from Iberdrola Renewables Inc.
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