Boeing considers temporary layoffs to save cash during machinists' strike

Boeing plans to freeze hiring and reduce travel and is considering temporary layoffs to save cash during the factory workers’ strike that began last week.

Coast Guard will hear from former OceanGate employees about the Titan implosion

The Titan imploded in the North Atlantic in June 2023, killing all five people on board and setting off a worldwide debate about the future of private undersea exploration.

hearing into Titan submarine disaster to begin
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The Titan imploded in the North Atlantic in June 2023, killing all five people on board and setting off worldwide debate about the future of private undersea exploration.

Local businesses worried about financial impact as Boeing machinists strike
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As Boeing machinists hit the picket lines on Friday, local businesses near the manufacturing plant are already feeling the financial strain. Pickets appeared across the area from Renton to Everett after workers voted against a new contract, and the impact on nearby businesses is becoming increasingly evident.

Boeing machinists in WA go on strike after rejecting contract offer

Aircraft assembly workers walked off the job early Friday at Boeing factories near Seattle and elsewhere after union members voted overwhelmingly to go on strike and reject a tentative contract that would have increased wages by 25% over four years.

Boeing factory workers go on strike
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The labor action involves 33,000 Boeing machinists, most of them in Washington state, and is expected to shut down production of the company?s best-selling airline planes.

Boeing factory workers vote down new contract, will go on strike
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Boeing factory workers have officially voted down the latest contract terms, meaning they will go on strike for the first time in 16 years. Starting at midnight, 33,000 Boeing machinists and factory workers will stop work and factories will grind to a halt. Rippling effects will be felt not only here in Washington, but all over the country.

Boeing factory workers voting whether to strike, shut down aircraft production

Boeing waited to learn Thursday whether 33,000 aircraft assembly workers, most of them in the Seattle area, are going on strike and shutting down production of the company's best-selling planes.

Boeing union members voting on agreement
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Members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers plan to vote on whether to approve a contract offer that includes 25% pay raises over four years.

Financial impact of potential Boeing strike
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The new head of Boeing is urging union machinists to approve their tentative contract, as the financial impact of a potential strike could expand beyond the local economy.

2 Delta planes collide at Atlanta airport
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Two Delta planes collided while taxiing at Atlanta's international airport on Tuesday.

Former OceanGate employees to testify on Titan submersible implosion

Former employees of the company that owned an experimental submersible that imploded on its way to the wreck of the Titanic are scheduled to testify before a Coast Guard investigatory board at an upcoming hearing.

Suspect in deadly Alderwood Mall shooting appears for bail hearing
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Samuel Gizaw, a 16-year-old accused of shooting and killing a young girl at the Alderwood Mall, appeared in court on Wednesday where his defense requested his bail be reduced.

Trial continued to late 2025 for suspect in violent WA home invasion ring
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One of two suspects charged in a series of violent home invasions targeting Asian American families throughout western Washington may not have to go to trial until next year.

Trial continued to late 2025 for suspect in violent WA home invasion ring

One of two suspects charged in a series of violent home invasions targeting Asian American families throughout western Washington may not go to trial until next year.

3 people hurt, 20 displaced after Everett apartment fire
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An apartment fire in Everett has sent three people to the hospital, and one person even jumped from a balcony to escape the flames.