SEATTLE — To QB or not to QB? That’s the question facing the Seahawks as they prepare for the 2022 NFL draft, which begins with the first round on Thursday. Since the moment the Seahawks traded Russell Wilson on March 8 and got in return, among other t…
Workers at Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Seattle vote to unionize
Workers at a second Seattle Starbucks location have joined the nationwide wave of unionization at the coffee giant — this time at one of the company’s flagship roastery locations. Employees at the Starbucks Reserve Roastery, at Pike Street and Melrose …
Larry Stone: Here’s why the Mariners aren’t playing ‘Louie Louie’ during the seventh-inning stretch
Who would have ever guessed that the biggest talking point of the Mariners’ season so far would be a novelty song with largely unintelligible lyrics that was written in 1955? Granted, this is not one of the burning issues of our time. Yet it seems to h…
Citing safety concerns, whistleblowers urge revamp of aging Boeing 737 Max cockpit
Last month, two prominent flight control experts and whistleblowers — one ex-Boeing, one ex-FAA — delivered to the U.S. Senate committee overseeing aviation a technical proposal to upgrade Boeing’s 737 Max cockpit to current design standards. The syste…
Amazon taps former Attorney General Loretta Lynch to run racial equity audit
Amazon is launching a racial equity audit to examine any uneven effects of its policies, programs and practices on hourly employees. Facing pressure from shareholders to provide more information about pay gaps, working conditions and procedures that ma…
Goals from newcomers help Kraken collect 4-2 win over Ottawa
There’s been plenty of talk around the Kraken about these final few weeks being audition times for next season’s roster. And fittingly for the Kraken in Monday night’s 4-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators, their first three goals came from guys that we…
Mariners rout Astros 11-1 behind timely hitting and Marco Gonzales’ strong outing in 2022 home opener
SEATTLE — With the pomp, circumstance and routine-upsetting distractions that come with the first home game of the season — regardless of the date — expecting anything beyond chilly temperatures, dry conditions and a packed house might seem a bit fooli…
Seattle developer pushes for WA’s first floating offshore wind farm
Offshore wind energy on the Pacific Ocean has long been dismissed as a pipe dream due to the abrupt drop-off along the edges of its continental shelf. But floating wind turbines could change that. Trident Winds, a wind energy developer based in Seattle…