Archive of: Blog
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Washington #3 safest for worker fatalitiesWashington state has the 3rd lowest worker fatality rate in the country at 1.9 workers per 100,000 workers, according to a new AFL-CIO report. |
May 2013 | |
MBA Pierce to host forum on WednesdayThe Master Builders Association of Pierce County will host a housing forum on Wednesday to address the building lot availability crisis. |
May 2013 | |
Residential sales up in Pierce, Thurston CountiesNorthwest Multiple Listing Service members notched their highest volume of new listings since June 2011, but the additions did little to ease inventory shortages. |
May 2013 | |
HCA urging providers to certify Medicaid eligibilityWashington state’s Health Care Authority is advising primary care providers to certify their eligibility for enhanced Medicaid reimbursement by May 31 in order to start receiving the higher payments beginning in July. |
May 2013 | |
Goodwill announces SCSEP openingsTacoma Goodwill’s Longview Operations has announced openings in six Washington counties — including Thurston County — for its Senior Community Service Employment Program. |
May 2013 | |
New Carena health service has Tacoma rootsCarena, Inc., a Seattle-based health care solutions firm, announced today the launch of a 24/7 "virtual medicine service," modeled after a pilot program between Carena and Franciscan Medical Facilities in Tacoma. |
May 2013 | |
Puyallup Nation project wraps upNorthwest Wind & Solar recently finished phase II of the Puyallup Nation Housing Authority Longhouse, which included installation of a 26kW photovoltaic solar system. |
May 2013 | |
Boeing WaveRider sets hypersonic flight recordA Boeing WaveRider unmanned hypersonic vehicle achieved the longest air-breathing, scramjet-powered hypersonic flight in history May 1, flying for three and a half minutes on scramjet power at a top speed of Mach 5.1. The vehicle flew for a total time of more than six minutes. |
May 2013 | |
Gig Harbor group earns accreditationThe Gig Harbor Downtown Waterfront Alliance has been designated as an accredited National Main Street Program for meeting the commercial district revitalization performance standards set by the National Main Street Center, a subsidiary of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. |
May 2013 | |
Construction industry continues to struggleThe U.S. construction industry lost 6,000 jobs in April, according to the May 3 employment report by the U.S. Department of Labor, but the unemployment rate decreased to 13.2 percent, down from 14.7 percent in March and 14.5 percent in April 2012. |
May 2013 |
