ATLANTA — Norfolk Southern’s CEO Alan Shaw was among the witnesses who testified Wednesday at a U.S. Senate committee hearing about the railroad’s toxic derailment in East Palestine, Ohio on Feb. 3.
NEW YORK — Billionaire Richard Branson's cash-strapped satellite launch company Virgin Orbit Holdings said on Thursday it is in talks with "interested parties" about an investment in the company.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen reiterated on Thursday that she was prepared to take further action to ensure that Americans' bank deposits stay safe amid turmoil in the banking system.
OLYMPIA — A bill that would replace the Commercial Aviation Coordinating Commission established in 2019 to recommend possible locations for a new airport had a public hearing in the Washington Senate Tuesday.
SEATTLE — Alex Singleterry, owner of two bars in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood, thinks the pandemic job market may finally be fading.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. lawmakers on Thursday battered TikTok's chief executive about potential Chinese influence over the platform and said its short videos were damaging children's mental health, reflecting bipartisan concerns over the app's power over Americans.
WATERVILLE — A Douglas County judge Monday formally ordered the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by more than 100 former employees who lost their jobs when Confluence Health enforced the state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
Oscar Rodriguez
World staff writer
ATLANTA — Norfolk Southern’s CEO Alan Shaw was among the witnesses who testified Wednesday at a U.S. Senate committee hearing about the railroad’s toxic derailment in East Palestine, Ohio on Feb. 3.
NEW YORK — Billionaire Richard Branson's cash-strapped satellite launch company Virgin Orbit Holdings said on Thursday it is in talks with "interested parties" about an investment in the company.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen reiterated on Thursday that she was prepared to take further action to ensure that Americans' bank deposits stay safe amid turmoil in the banking system.
OLYMPIA — A bill that would replace the Commercial Aviation Coordinating Commission established in 2019 to recommend possible locations for a new airport had a public hearing in the Washington Senate Tuesday.
SEATTLE — Alex Singleterry, owner of two bars in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood, thinks the pandemic job market may finally be fading.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. lawmakers on Thursday battered TikTok's chief executive about potential Chinese influence over the platform and said its short videos were damaging children's mental health, reflecting bipartisan concerns over the app's power over Americans.
WATERVILLE — A Douglas County judge Monday formally ordered the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by more than 100 former employees who lost their jobs when Confluence Health enforced the state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
Oscar Rodriguez
World staff writer
NEW YORK — Microsoft Corp.’s GitHub unit created one of the first widely deployed programs using OpenAI’s language-generation tools — an app called Copilot that helped software developers write computer code. Now GitHub is adding a chat and voice feature that will let programmers ask how to …
OLYMPIA — Several brands of frozen organic strawberries and one brand of frozen tropical fruit are being recalled after an outbreak of Hepatitis A that has caused at least five Washington residents to get sick, according to a press release from the Washington Department of Health.
WASHINGTON — California-based cultivated meat company GOOD Meat has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to bring its lab-grown chicken to market, according to agency documents released on Tuesday.
REDMOND, WA — Microsoft Corp on Monday won dismissal of a private consumer antitrust lawsuit over its $69 billion proposed purchase of “Call of Duty” maker Activision Blizzard Inc, but the plaintiffs were given 20 days to refine their legal challenge.
SEATTLE — In the early morning Canadian cold on March 11, the beginning of spring break for school-age kids in Ontario, families duly assembled at the Region of Waterloo International Airport west of Toronto to fly on Flair Airlines to the sun in Orlando, Florida.
SEATTLE — In another push to reduce costs and trim workforce, Amazon announced Monday its plans to lay off another 9,000 employees, bringing its total job cuts to 27,000 since November.
WENATCHEE — Deanna Walter’s time in the position wasn’t supposed to be permanent. She had been appointed interim director twice before, but this time was different.
Oscar Rodriguez
World staff writer
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has demanded that TikTok’s Chinese owners divest their stakes in the popular video app or face a possible U.S. ban, the company told Reuters on Wednesday.
Seventy-two hours after the stunning failure of Silicon Valley Bank, federal action means Seattle-area tech and wine industry companies can have access to millions of dollars frozen in SVB accounts.
TOKYO — Japanese industrial giant Mitsubishi Heavy Industries announced in February that it is ending its development of the SpaceJet regional jetliner and last week scuttled at least one of the planes housed in Moses Lake.
OLYMPIA — Some Washington businesses could face more safety regulations if lawmakers in Olympia succeed in reversing a 20-year-old prohibition on new regulations targeting common workplace injuries.
SEATTLE — Boeing can resume delivering 787 Dreamliner planes as soon as next week after resolving an issue that led federal regulators to halt deliveries last month.
Walla Walla — Paper or plastic will no longer be a question asked by Walmart cashiers across Washington as the company moves to go bagless starting in April.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. payrolls rose in February by more than expected while a broad measure of monthly wage growth slowed, offering a mixed picture as the Federal Reserve considers whether to step up the pace of interest-rate hikes.
NEW YORK — There are growing signs that global auto sales will continue their comeback from the pandemic, chip shortage and other supply chain snarls. As the recovery takes shape, it’s becoming clearer that sales of internal combustion vehicles are unlikely to ever return to pre-pandemic levels.
SEATTLE — Just a day before a subpoena vote, Starbucks interim CEO Howard Schultz agreed March 7 to testify before Congress on March 29 about alleged labor law violations.
EAST WENATCHEE — iPro Building Services, a commercial janitorial company based in East Wenatchee, will celebrate its 10th birthday in July. In the last decade, the company has appeared on television, worked with Pacific Northwest Fortune 500 companies and developed a niche in data centers.
Kalie Worthen
World staff writer
NEW YORK — Visa Inc. and Mastercard Inc. have decided to pause implementing a plan that activists had hoped would track firearm sales and help curb gun violence.
WENATCHEE — Frito-Lay is moving one step closer toward a permanent facility, a roughly 6,500-square-foot building, in the Pangborn Airport Business Park in East Wenatchee.
Kalie Worthen
World staff writer
DETROIT — To achieve $2 billion in cost savings, General Motors Co. is offering a voluntary separation program to its employees, the automaker confirmed Thursday.
WENATCHEE — Chelan Douglas Regional Port Authority is taking dual paths to receive federal funding available in 2024 for its General Aviation Terminal Building remodel after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently rejected its airport terminal grant application for $3 million. The…
Kalie Worthen
World staff writer
OLYMPIA — After years of attempts, Democrats in the Washington House of Representatives passed a ban on assault weapons late Wednesday.
OLYMPIA — Halfway through a legislative session where many Washington lawmakers said their top priority would be the state’s housing crisis, two efforts to limit rent increases are dead.
Three of the South Carolina kidnapping victims accompanied the fourth to Mexico so she could get medical care — part of a growing U.S. trend of traveling abroad for health treatments.
Boeing is suffering a new rash of airplane problems.
WENATCHEE — Chelan County commissioners hired a Chelan-Douglas Regional Port Authority director to fill a newly created position called economic services director.
Oscar Rodriguez
World staff writer
The new Quincy Valley Medical Center will be a two-story structure, replacing the single-level buildings that make up QVMC today.
Microsoft laid off another 689 workers from its Seattle-area offices Monday, the latest move by the Redmond-based tech giant to trim costs amid an industrywide post-pandemic slump.
WENATCHEE — After experiencing Rolfing to help heal a serious injury, owner of Integrated Changes, Christopher Parker, said he wanted to provide the same massage technique to others.
Jenni Rodas
Newsroom Assistant
EAST WENATCHEE — A 116-unit proposal for a multi-family apartment complex was approved by the Douglas County Hearing Examiner Monday.
Oscar Rodriguez
World staff writer
WENATCHEE — The Wenatchee Valley Chamber of Commerce held its annual banquet at the Wenatchee Convention Center on Thursday night highlighting members of the business community.
Gabriel Garcia
World staff writer
SAN JOSE — The boom in electric-powered bicycling is reducing car travel, lowering carbon emissions and introducing homebodies to exercise and the great outdoors.
LOS ANGELES — The tight job market has made it easier for millions of Americans to find work in recent years — unless they have a criminal record.
NEW YORK — The bulk of food and drinks sold by four out of five global producers across three major markets are unhealthy, according to a survey, with Kraft Heinz Co. faring the worst.
MOSES LAKE — A small crowd of investors, airline representatives and journalists at Moses Lake in Central Washington got a first look Thursday morning at whether hydrogen power might be the future of sustainable, zero-emissions aviation.
DETROIT — More drivers this year are afraid of riding in a self-driving vehicle than last year, according to a new AAA survey.
DALLAS — Walmart is pushing ahead with its in-store health clinics and said Thursday it plans to open 28 more including 18 in Texas’ two largest metro areas.
Local mechanic, Roland Bais, returns to the race track to prove that it's never too late to return to your younger passions.
Kasey Safford
Social Media/Newsletter Editor
ORLANDO — SpaceX and NASA again strapped four space travelers back into their seats, and this time it paid off with a successful launch of the Crew-6 mission to the International Space Station early Thursday, just days after the first attempt was scrubbed right before liftoff.
WENATCHEE — Applications are available for local municipalities looking to improve “tourism-related” roads, sewers and other capital facilities via funds gathered on a yearly basis from the county’s local lodging establishments.
Oscar Rodriguez
World staff writer
WENATCHEE — Confluence Health has updated its COVID-19 vaccination policy, increasing accommodations available for people with disabilities and religious beliefs.
Oscar Rodriguez
World staff writer
WENATCHEE — Five local leaders and groups were honored Thursday by The Wenatchee World for their work to improve lives in North Central Washington.
Pete O'Cain
World News Editor