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Businesses, nonprofits asked to participate in COVID-19 impact survey
Regional effort in King, Snohomish and Pierce counties
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Car wash businesses can now operate in Washington | Update
Brown Bear opens locations May 8
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NASA selects Kent-based Blue Origin to help return humans to the Moon
Goal to land the first woman and next man on the surface by 2024
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Find restaurants open for takeout/delivery in Puget Sound area
Interactive map provides details
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Kent mayor orders construction permit extension by 180 days
To allow developers to navigate challenges of COVID-19
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Inslee gives construction a green light
It was unclear when sites would re-open, but employees will have to have PPE and stay six feet…
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Report shows severity of COVID-19 impacts on hotels nationwide
70% of employees laid off or furloughed, eight in 10 hotel rooms empty
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Hexcel lays off 160 at Kent aerospace manufacturing plant
Impacts of Boeing 737 MAX grounding, COVID-19 pandemic
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10 mayors from South King County ask Inslee to reopen construction industry
Take safeguards, but economy needs boost
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Allstate Agency owners give $120,000 grant to Northwest food banks
The Allstate Foundation will donate $20,000 to Northwest Harvest
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State processes record number of applications for unemployment benefits
Employment Security Department had challenges with the volume
Business
Cantwell calls for nationwide support for local media hurt by COVID-19 pandemic
Remarks come on Senate floor: ‘We need the media. …and need to help them’
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Terreno Realty Corp. acquires Kent industrial property for $4.5 million
Along 84th Avenue South
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Gyms, fitness centers must allow members to cancel memberships or face legal consequences
State attorney general responds to consumer complaints during COVID-19 outbreak
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Boeing to resume Washington airplane production next week
More than 27,000 employees are expected to return to work at the Everett campus starting Monday.
Business
60% of Kent businesses considered high risk for layoffs from COVID-19 outbreak
880 restaurants, bars, retail stores
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Initial state claims for unemployment benefits remain at historical highs
Third week in a row of record numbers
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Fred Meyer limits number of customers in store at one time
Steps taken to allow social distancing