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View MoreDecember floods destroyed $30,000 in flowers. Pike Place Market's Hmong farm vendors face a generational reckoning.
December 2025 floods destroyed $25,000 to $150,000 in crops per farm across Washington's Hmong farming community, threatening the vendor pipeline that supplies nearly 60% of Pike Place Market's farm stalls.
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View MoreAmazon cuts AI jobs as Seattle's labor market shifts from software to trucks and security
Amazon confirmed new AI job cuts on Wednesday, July 23, the same day Workforce Development Council data showed Seattle-area software engineer openings dropped 56% while truck driver and security guard listings surged, signaling a structural shift in the regional economy.
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View More1 in 4 Washington businesses weighs leaving the state as energy and tax costs climb
A new Association of Washington Business survey finds 24% of member companies are considering leaving Washington, triple the 2025 rate, as executives cite the 9.9% income tax and rising energy costs at a July 23 summit in SeaTac.
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View MoreSeattle City Light rate hike passes 9-0, but small businesses can't yet calculate the cost
The Seattle City Council unanimously approved back-to-back 9.5% Seattle City Light rate increases for 2027 and 2028, but the utility has not published its updated commercial rate schedule, leaving Ballard breweries, Queen Anne restaurants, and Magnolia commercial tenants unable to determine their actual exposure.
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View MoreKoshari, Ballard's Egyptian-Lebanese restaurant, to close Aug. 15 and search for new space
Koshari, the family-run vegetarian restaurant inside Salt & Sugar in Ballard, will serve its last meal at 5615 24th Ave. NW on Saturday, Aug. 15, and pause operations while owners Ayman and Amani Almasri search for a new permanent location.
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View MoreSeattle AI startup Clarify makes first acquisition, absorbs San Francisco rival
Seattle AI startup Clarify acquired San Francisco-based Seam AI on Tuesday, July 21, adding five employees and a second office as the serial-founder-led company builds toward a Salesforce alternative with $22.5 million in venture backing.
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View MoreDelta Air Lines faces $5.8 million in damages over Seattle-area job postings that omitted pay ranges
A proposed class-action lawsuit alleging Delta Air Lines failed to include salary ranges in Washington state job postings returned to federal court in Seattle on July 8, with more than $5.8 million in potential damages at stake on behalf of at least 1,100 applicants.
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View MoreAluel Cellars closing original Capitol Hill tasting room Friday; Queen Anne and Ballard stay open
Aluel Cellars, the queer-owned urban winery co-founded by Alex Oh and Samuel Hilbert, will close its original Capitol Hill tasting room at 801 E Thomas St. on Friday, July 10, citing rising costs and public safety challenges, while its Queen Anne and Ballard locations remain open.
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View MoreAnthropic leases 113,000 square feet at South Lake Union's Dexter Yard
Anthropic leased 113,000 square feet at 700 Dexter Ave. N in South Lake Union, one of Seattle's largest office deals of 2026, offering a rare bright spot for a market with 28% vacancy and 17 straight quarters of negative absorption.
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View MoreBoeing engineers open 1st full contract talks in 14 Years
Boeing and SPEEA opened the first full contract negotiations in nearly 14 years on Wednesday, July 1, covering roughly 17,000 Puget Sound engineers and technicians whose contracts expire October 6.
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View MoreWorld Cup crowds pack Seattle, but Chinatown-International District businesses are left out
While downtown bars post record World Cup sales, Chinatown-International District businesses steps from Lumen Field report their worst days ever as regulars avoid crowds and soccer tourists bypass culturally specific restaurants.
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View MoreBungie cuts 292 Bellevue jobs as Destiny 2 ends, adding to Washington's tech layoff wave
Sony is cutting 292 jobs at Bungie's Bellevue headquarters effective July 9, the studio's third round of layoffs since Sony's $3.6 billion acquisition in 2022, adding to more than 11,000 tech job losses in Washington state over the past year.
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View MoreWalrus and Carpenter cooks and servers reach deal, ending weeklong strike
Sea Creatures management and the United Creatures of the Sea union reached a tentative first contract Wednesday night, June 24, ending the weeklong strike at The Walrus and the Carpenter on Ballard Ave NW; contract terms remain undisclosed pending a ratification vote.
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View MoreOver $60,000 raised for Ballard couple's home-based commercial kitchen damaged by fire
A June 9 fire wiped out the commercial kitchen and home of Sara and Sam Lucchese near 30th Ave NW and NW 59th St in Ballard, threatening the production base for their three farmers market food businesses and prompting a GoFundMe campaign backed by the Seattle Farmers Market Association.
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View MoreOx Burger serves Lao burger at Ballard pop-up at Fair Isle Brewing every Sunday and Monday
Chef Khampaeng Panyathong's Ox Burger has opened a pop-up kitchen at Fair Isle Brewing in Ballard's Brewery District, serving its acclaimed Lao Burger and two other smashburgers on Sundays and Mondays alongside the brewery's existing La Marea residency.
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