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Job market for college grads brightens a bit

By PAUL WISEMAN

But many are settling for jobs outside their fields of study or for lower pay than they'd expected.

Pierce Transit may spend $450K on PR

Pierce Transit may spend nearly half a million dollars over the next three years on a marketing consultant to improve its public image.


No Trader Joe's for N.E. Portland site

Portland Mayor Charlie Hales says Trader Joe's will not be coming to a northeast Portland neighborhood.


Oregon mall up for auction again

After a decade of failed sales and revival efforts, an Eastern Oregon shopping center is going back on the auction block, with what a real estate agent calls “a motivated seller” and a starting bid of $300,000.


Duke: coal ash removal from N.C. rivers would cost $10B

By MICHAEL BIESECKER

The company's proposal is to remove coal ash stored at three power plants, but leave much of it at other sites covered with tarps and soil.


Amigo Arts wins award for signage

Amigo Arts, a design and fabrication studio in Monroe, said it won the Best in Show award from Signweb.com, which is a website for a magazine called Signs of the Times.

Kennewick family farm is planning a $48M IPO

Taggares Agriculture wants to raise the money to buy orchards and vineyards in the Northwest.


Payment system attacks trail other cybercrimes

By BREE FOWLER

While Target's massive data breach last year caused consumers to panic and drew attention to Internet crime, a new study finds that breaches on retailer payment systems are less common than other kinds of attacks.


Idaho man gets jail for stealing BLM sandstone

Prosecutors say Brian Kirkpatrick started stealing the sandstone in November 2012 and selling it commercially for landscape projects.


Will the feds snuff out e cigarette sales?

By MICHAEL FELBERBAUM

New FDA rules could come as early as this month and will have big implications for a fast-growing, largely unregulated industry and its customers.


Dubai rebuilding airport runways

Two runways at Dubai International Airport will be closed at alternate times during the project.



Previous Stories


April 22, 2014
Will Beirut's boom turn it into Dubai?
Apple's free recycling part of new green push
More money, help for mudslide relief
Suit would block Oregon forest sale
AT&T eyes more super-fast Internet
New venue in Vegas: 33-acre ‘Rock in Rio'
Payday loan rates in Idaho average 582%: Pew study
U.S. economy is finally thawing
Feds buying land for Makah tribe
Tillamook Cheese expands in Morrow
USDA starts $150M rural business program
Longest winning streak in six months
Pacific Northwest College of Art
Becauz

April 21, 2014
Charter school in Idaho can't keep up with demand for spots in its tech ed programs
Monthly sample boxes bring beauty products to your doorstep
Bertha repair will take about a year
Target hackers could take years to track down
What might an Amazon smartphone do?
Tenants sought for Satsop building
Sudden success leaves small firm needing help
Sun Valley airport gets $18M grant
Calif. cross-border airport jumps hurdle

April 18, 2014
Spokane takes over waste energy plant
Road grading may have caused Wyo. hill to slide
Lowe's fined $500,000 for lead dust violations
More hotels coming to downtown Seattle
Seattle expands its pothole app
Nuclear industry thinks small, even tiny
Wal-Mart adding new money transfer service
IRS audits less than 1% of big partnerships
Filmmaker turns to pot to fund his films
Neighbors unhappy with plans for commercial pot farm near Tenino
Target takes on Amazon with more deliveries
CBO: Wage boost would cost $15B
Ford to sell Lincoln luxury cars in China
Calif. rail line fined for worker deaths
Mortgage rate falls to 4.27 percent
Seattle Hospitality Group
U.S. Bank
Google, IBM hold dow down
Seattle Repertory Theatre

April 17, 2014
Mentors help minority firms create jobs
Hwy. 520 bridge toll going up 2.5 percent
Walgreens plans 2 stores in Fairbanks
Here's how 3 business mentor programs work
Din Tai Fung opens in U Village
$10M-plus homes are selling well
Amazon to collect taxes in Florida
Windows 8 update goes back to the past
Some low-paid workers wouldn't get wage hike
Why high oil prices are actually good for airlines
Stoel Rives
Third straight day of gains
Ater Wynne

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