Business

Amazon said on Tuesday that it will hire 250,000 full and part-time workers for the holiday season, a 67% jump compared to last year.

Climate change, technological leaps, panicked insurers, the shifting sense of responsibility: All are powering the still-nascent, but fast-growing industry of preparing homes for wildfires.

Longtime Starbucks leader Howard Schultz is stepping down from the company’s board of directors. Schultz is credited for transforming the Seattle-based business into the coffee giant it’s known as today.

Amazon has been quietly raising the amount some customers must spend on its site to get free shipping. To qualify for no-cost deliveries, some Amazon customers who don’t have Prime memberships now need to spend $35, up from $25 previously.

Bellevue, Wash.-based T-Mobile plans to cut 5,000 jobs, or about 7% of its workforce. CEO Michael Sievert said the layoffs would impact T-Mobile workers across the country — particularly those in corporate and back office roles, as well as some technology positions.

A record number of cruise passengers are expected this year in Alaska's capital, drawn by wonders such as the long-retreating Mendenhall Glacier. But the glacier is receding so quickly that by 2050, it might no longer be visible from the visitor center it once loomed outside.

The Puyallup Tribe is celebrating the launch of its partnership with Kenmore Air, a new venture to diversify its economic development. Scenic seaplane flights start Friday with air tours of Commencement Bay in South Puget Sound, from a new terminal in Tacoma.

The state is awarding almost $80 million dollars to help hotels and restaurants still struggling to recover from the pandemic.

UPS has reached a contract agreement with its 340,000-person strong union Tuesday, averting a strike that had the potential to disrupt logistics nationwide for businesses and households alike.

A handful of small town newspapers in the Pacific Northwest are facing uncertainty as they look for new publishers. It's a daunting page to turn in an ever-evolving industry, and locals are searching for ways to save them.