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Business & Economy

Bar Bacetto is on the north end of Main Street in Waitsburg in Washington’s wheat country.

There’s a wait in Waitsburg: It’s hard to get a place in Bar Bacetto, a fresh-cookin’ Italian bar in way-out wheat country

Watch Listen (Runtime 4:05) Read In the quiet intention of morning, Mike Easton runs his floured hands over sheets of wide pasta.  It makes a rhythmic shhhhhhhhhhh, shhhhhhhhhhhh shushing sound,… Continue Reading There’s a wait in Waitsburg: It’s hard to get a place in Bar Bacetto, a fresh-cookin’ Italian bar in way-out wheat country

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Boeing continues to store large numbers of undelivered 737 MAX jets at Grant County International Airport in Moses Lake.

Stockpile of Boeing 737 MAX jets assures Moses Lake years of work

Moses Lake, Washington, doesn’t have commercial airline service, but the casual visitor to Grant County International Airport might assume otherwise. Shiny Boeing 737 MAX jets are parked wingtip to wingtip in row after row on two sides of the expansive airfield. They sport colorful liveries from a wide variety of exotic carriers such as Xiamen Air, Ukraine International, Ural Airlines and Donghai Airlines, to name a few. Continue Reading Stockpile of Boeing 737 MAX jets assures Moses Lake years of work

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Red Delicious apples wait to be hauled out of a Cowiche, Washington orchard by workers during harvest. Red Delicious growers have been under pressure lately with one of their top export markets – India – mostly shut down because of high tariffs

Delicious Death: India’s apple tariffs crush business for Northwest Red Delicious apple farmers

For decades boatloads of Northwest apples have shipped to India – especially the variety Red Delicious. But since Trump-era tariffs on steel and aluminum went into place, retaliatory tariffs have put a crunch on that valuable fruit market. Now, Washington state’s full congressional delegation is asking the federal government for help. Continue Reading Delicious Death: India’s apple tariffs crush business for Northwest Red Delicious apple farmers

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Tim and Bev Acker, CEO and CFO respectively of Biosonics, stand beside the Seattle company’s new ocean-bottom sonar device, which is designed to facilitate marine energy permitting by identifying and tracking nearby sea life.

Massive New Climate Law Could Give Pacific Northwest Green Businesses A Boost

Companies large and small around the Pacific Northwest say they are excited by growth opportunities that may flow from the climate, healthcare and tax package signed by President Biden on Tuesday. Turbocharged federal spending could benefit the region’s green energy sector in particular, although congressional Republicans remain dubious that Americans on the whole will come out ahead. Continue Reading Massive New Climate Law Could Give Pacific Northwest Green Businesses A Boost

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Artist's rendering of the hydrogen production plant proposed in Centralia, Washington, by Australia-based Fortescue Future Industries. The soon-to-close Centralia coal power station can be seen at left rear.

Hydrogen Valley Vision For Southwest Washington Gets Boost From Aussies’ Proposed Plant

An Australian company is eying property next to the soon-to-close coal power plant in Centralia, Washington, to build a big hydrogen fuel production facility. Fortescue Future Industries went public with its plans during a hydrogen symposium hosted by the Economic Alliance of Lewis County on Thursday. Continue Reading Hydrogen Valley Vision For Southwest Washington Gets Boost From Aussies’ Proposed Plant

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