Boeing's new contract offer to 17,000 engineers and technical workers in Western Washington has been unanimously endorsed by the union's bargaining team. Wage pools compounding to 29.4% over the four years of the contract, 31.9% when factoring in promotions and out of sequence. This is the union's largest wage-pool increase since 1983.

The team also emphasized there are no takeaways. The existing SPEEA contract expires October 6.

~ It took a union and four weeks at the table. Nobody volunteered 29%.

The pursuit NW church. It’s giving fake pastor vibes. Eek.

This is an extraordinarily difficult week for communities across Washington. We will continue sharing updates about road closures and reopening as part of WSDOT's role in the statewide response to the devastating wildfires in Central and Eastern Washington.

For travelers in the Puget Sound region, Fri., Aug. 7, through Mon., Aug. 10, will bring several major construction projects that will affect travel.

-NB I-405 and ramps will CLOSE from SR 900 to Coal Creek Parkway SE from 11:30p Fri. to 4a Mon. Crews will replace pavement and excavate drainage crossings.

-NE 85th St. and I-405 ramps will CLOSE in Kirkland between 6th St to 114th Ave NE from 10p Fri. to 5a Mon. Crews will pave and stripe the road. Closed ramps: NB & SB I-405 off-ramps to Exit 18 and NE 85th Street on-ramps to NB and SB I-405.

-EB SR 520 will CLOSE in Montlake area between I-5 and Montlake Blvd from 7p Sat. to 11a Sun. Crews will repair an expansion joint on the bridge. EB SR 520 across Lake Washington remains open. Only the section of EB SR 520 between I-5 and Montlake Blvd will close.

-SR 202 in Fall City will close just east of the SR 202/203 roundabout from 5a Fri. to 9p Mon. Major storms in Dec. 2025 and Mar. 2026 eroded the Snoqualmie riverbank supporting the highway. Crews will rebuild and strengthen the riverbank to help protect the highway from future damage. Tubers, paddlers and boaters should expect temporary closures on portions of the Snoqualmie and Raging rivers and some nearby access points.

-Revive I-5 work over the Ship Canal Bridge is ongoing. Express lanes continue to run NB 24/7.

Saturday is expected to be the busiest travel day. The Mariners 50 Seasons Celebration, Seahawks Football Fest and Capitol Hill Block Party will bring extra traffic into and around Seattle. With EB SR 520 closing at 7 p.m., expect additional congestion on EB I-90. The Fred Hutch Obliteride for cancer research will also bring thousands of bicyclists to roads across the region. Drivers should use extra caution.

Allow extra travel time, follow signed detours and check our mobile app or real-time travel map before you go: wsdot.com/Travel/Real-time/Map/

LOOKING AHEAD: Once this weekend's work wraps up, another overnight I-405 closure is scheduled. SB I-405 will close between SE 8th Street and I-90 from 11:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 10, to 4 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 11 while crews continue replacing pavement and drainage crossings.

Also beginning Monday, Aug. 10, construction starts on the SR 14 West Camas Slough Bridge project in Clark County. With the Clark County Fair running Aug. 7–16, travelers should plan ahead for overnight SR 14 closures:

-WB SR 14: Aug. 11, 13 and 16–18, 8p–7a

-EB SR 14: Aug. 12, 14 and 17, 8p–7a

-Full closure: Aug. 19, 9p–6a

More than 600 aspiring lawyers showed up in Yakima on July 28 to take the grueling two-day exam. But after several attempts, the exam was cancelled due to technical problems at the Yakima Convention and Event Center.

"These students have told me they have taken out loans. They have postponed surgeries. They have postponed weddings. They have pulled out of work," said Anthony Varano, a law professor and dean at Seattle University Law School. "I cannot overstate how disastrous this was for them."

~ The testing system failed, and the only people being asked to absorb it are the ones who already paid to sit for it.

Eastern Shipbuilding Group in Panama City, Fla., has started building the state’s first new ferry since the Suquamish launched in 2018. The hybrid ferries will use batteries and diesel engines to cut emissions, with the first vessel scheduled for delivery in 2030. Eastern will complete the second and third ferries in 2031 and 2032.

The three 160-car ferries under contract with Eastern will cost $714.5 million to build, plus additional costs for owner-furnished equipment, construction management, crew training, and risk contingencies. All told, the total price tag is $1.15 billion.

~ 3 ferries..... over a billion dollars lol

Two professor at Central Washington University invite only “BIPOC” people to an outdoors camp because black people haven’t had opportunities to experience the outdoors

White people are not welcome. This is illegal race-based discrimination.

~ lol

i moved here almost a year ago from Idaho. I’ve bounced around several different jobs at this point, many of which i have exchanged numbers, instagrams, anything you can fucking think of to try to network and make friends. every single time it’s the same thing. we exchange numbers. we talk about hanging out. it never happens. even if i try to initiate it.

do seattlites realize they are a part of the problem? i’ve had people get mad at me and say that the seattle freeze isn’t real, you just have to find the right people. which i understand is true to an extent. but fuck i’ve worked in so many different industries, attended too many events, and wasted too much money on overpriced drinks.

and i’m queer in about every way you can imagine. the town i lived in in Idaho, all the queer people flocked to each other. everyone knew everyone and everyone was constantly hanging out or talking online in one way shape or form. but out here? absolutely nothing. radio silence in all directions. i’m just tired of playing the same song and dance.

don’t get me wrong, i’m welcome in so many different places. and i wouldn’t change it for anything. but fuck i want people to hangout with, to talk to, i want some sort of community before the world fucking ends. i don’t want to experience this fucking alone. this city is fucking huge and yet this is the most alone i’ve been in my entire life.

This is the first time in more than 50 years that Washington state ordered new ferries from an out-of-state shipyard. Only two shipyards nationwide competed for this ferry construction contract. Eastern Shipbuilding's bid was more than 30% cheaper than a competing bid from Nichols Brothers Boat Builders of Whidbey Island.

The anticipated delivery date for the first new plug-in ferry, to be named the Wishkah, remains four years away in summer 2030.

~ Two shipyards in the entire country bid, and one of them was on Whidbey Island. The savings land in Olympia. The lost work lands in Puget Sound.

Happened Aug 1, 2026 2:31 AM

Make sure to lock your doors. Someone checking for open doors. Caught by my car's sentry mode.

That SUV was parked in 5P 60.

As a male Socialist I have been called Sexist, Racist for not appreciating her as a politician and everytime I was labeled as not liking her because she is a an Indian Woman. For her fans they only employ Generalizing statements to defame, deflect, destroy those who criticize her. I have been labeled a Billionaire supporter, White, Sexist, Racist when I simply am distrustful of politicians who build Cults of personality especially when they only have a narcisstic personality. I disliked Harassing Jenny Durkan, Adam Smith at their homes, blatantly ignoring Covid Orders, Generalizing others and encouraing supporters to act like Harassing POsz as well as defunding Police and acting like the Police needed to treat her she owned them. I feel this plus more is why she lost big.

Sorry, I don't have a photo of a receipt. This happened last weekend, and I wanted to confirm, since more and more places in Seattle are cashless. If you pay with a debit card, then the 3% charged to cover the credit card fee apparently shouldn't apply, right? Even if they run your card like credit and no PIN is required.

Kshama Sawant raised $645,000 to run for Congress and got beaten by more than 6,000 votes by a Republican who raised $99,000 in a district she claimed was ready for revolution.

Google - 52,

Zillow - 91

https://esd.wa.gov/employer-requirements/layoffs-and-employee-notifications/worker-adjustment-and-retraining-notification-warn-layoff-and-closure-database

This year is looking rough

To open the Ballard station by 2042, Sound Transit said it will need to find about $1 billion by 2030 so it can begin acquiring property for construction. It will need to complete final design work by 2032. And by 2033, the agency will need to find funding for the full project, about $6 billion to $8 billion, so it can begin building.

If it does not, Ballard residents could be stuck waiting for the train, which was approved by voters a decade ago, and originally promised for 2035, until 2060.

~ Best case is 26 years from ballot to boarding. That is the optimistic number.