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Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellite network sets up logistics site and training program

by Alan Boyle on May 14, 2024May 14, 2024 at 2:32 am

Amazon says it’s establishing a logistics facility in Everett, Wash., and partnering with a technical college in Kirkland, Wash., to boost the supply chain and workforce pipeline for its Project… Read More

Toymaker Funko to close Washington state warehouses and move distribution jobs to Arizona

by Kurt Schlosser on January 21, 2022January 21, 2022 at 9:14 am

Everett, Wash.-based Funko, makers of pop culture collectibles, is closing warehouse locations in the city north of Seattle and consolidating its distribution work in Arizona. The Daily Herald newspaper reported… Read More

New wrinkle in package theft: Police say suspect used Amazon uniform to pass as delivery driver

by Kurt Schlosser on December 15, 2020December 15, 2020 at 1:07 pm

A surge in online shopping during the pandemic could be an extra gift to so-called “porch pirates” looking to nab packages during the peak holiday season. One report from north… Read More

Spotted: Amazon robot maps sidewalks north of Seattle, laden with cameras and sensors

by Tim Ellis on November 21, 2020November 23, 2020 at 7:54 am

While I was out on an ordinary drive through Everett Saturday morning I spotted something interesting: An unmarked six-wheeled robot being driven down the sidewalk on Broadway…… Read More

Pop culture toy maker Funko will lay off about 250 employees in further fallout from COVID-19

by Kurt Schlosser on June 4, 2020June 4, 2020 at 3:35 pm

Funko, the Everett, Wash.-based makers of pop culture figurines and other merchandise, is cutting its workforce by about 250 employees. According to a regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange… Read More

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Now boarding: Everett’s Paine Field and Alaska Air celebrate first passenger flights

by Alan Boyle on March 4, 2019March 4, 2019 at 4:30 pm

EVERETT, Wash. — Today marks a “first” for the new passenger airline terminal at Everett’s Paine Field, thanks to Alaska Airlines’ kickoff of daily service. But it’s a “second” for Thomas… Read More

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Government shutdown is a real Paine for Alaska Airlines and Everett airport

by Alan Boyle on January 22, 2019January 22, 2019 at 1:15 pm

The much-anticipated first commercial airline flights from Paine Field in Everett, Wash., have been postponed until March 4 at the earliest, due to the partial government shutdown. Alaska Airlines had… Read More

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Southwest Airlines announces Everett flights, filling up Paine Field’s capacity

by Alan Boyle on January 25, 2018January 25, 2018 at 10:39 am

Southwest Airlines says it’ll add up to five flights to the daily departure schedule for the yet-to-be-completed passenger terminal at Paine Field in Everett, Wash. That makes Southwest the third… Read More

Seattle neighbor Tacoma is making a play for Amazon’s second headquarters

by Monica Nickelsburg on September 11, 2017September 11, 2017 at 2:32 pm

Like the overlooked heroine in an ’80s teen movie, Tacoma is writing a love letter to Amazon. It says, in effect, “Don’t worry about feeling rejected by your first crush. I’ve… Read More

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House Speaker Paul Ryan to visit Boeing in Everett and discuss tax reform at employee town hall

by Kurt Schlosser on August 21, 2017August 21, 2017 at 12:53 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) is making a trip to the Pacific Northwest this week to lay out the Republican tax reform plan. Ryan will make stops at Intel Corp.… Read More

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Inside Funko’s funkalicious new HQ: Pop culture toymaker makes a bold statement in its hometown

by Tim Ellis on August 19, 2017July 13, 2018 at 4:14 pm

Pop culture toymaker Funko opened its brand new headquarters and flagship store to the public Saturday. Thousands of fans of the vinyl “Pop!” figures flocked to downtown Everett, Wash., for… Read More

Paine Field passenger terminal

Alaska Airlines plans flights from Everett’s Paine Field to dodge Sea-Tac traffic jam

by Alan Boyle on May 17, 2017May 17, 2017 at 11:27 am

Bugged by I-5 traffic to Sea-Tac? Alaska Airlines is promising a work-around: The Seattle-based airline says it will start running regularly scheduled passenger flights out of Everett’s Paine Field starting next… Read More

Funko HQ

Pop culture powerhouse Funko to open giant flagship store in new Everett headquarters building

by Kurt Schlosser on March 24, 2017April 9, 2017 at 11:05 am

Funko, makers of pop culture figurines and much more, is growing so rapidly that it needs more space for its headquarters in Everett, Wash. With its move to a historic building… Read More

FAUB robots

FAUB on the job: Watch robots work with mechanics to put together Boeing 777 jets

by Alan Boyle on February 24, 2017February 24, 2017 at 5:21 pm

Automation isn’t just a job for the robots: It takes flesh-and-blood workers to make robotic manufacturing work, as shown in a new video about the machines that set fasteners on Boeing’s 777… Read More

Two weeks later, Amazon’s Prime Now delivery service reaching much larger swath of Seattle area

by Tricia Duryee on September 8, 2015September 8, 2015 at 2:19 pm

It’s only been two weeks since Amazon launched its one-hour delivery service in Seattle, but it’s hard to consider it any sort of test. The territory Amazon is now serving has… Read More

Bring on the robots! Boeing to build 777X fuselages with new automated system

by Blair Hanley Frank on July 14, 2014July 14, 2014 at 9:51 am

Boeing announced today that it’s almost ready to start building the fuselage for its 777X aircraft using a new robotic system that it has been developing at its plant in… Read More

Report: Boeing quietly working on automated manufacturing for 777X

by Blair Hanley Frank on August 16, 2013August 16, 2013 at 7:02 am

Even as its 787 Dreamliner continues to suffer repeated issues, Boeing is moving ahead with plans to start building the 777X, an update to its popular wide-body aircraft. According to… Read More

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