A flight takes off at SeaTac International Airport. Photo courtesy Port of Seattle

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Port of Seattle, airlines respond to COVID-19 with new health measures

Changes at Sea-Tac Airport include more hand sanitizer, training for biohazard cleaning.

With Mount Baker and Jetty Island in the distance, a container ship approaches the Port of Everett. (Port of Everett photo)

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Senate Dems: $5 million to help businesses disrupted by coronavirus

Overseas port closures hurt WA companies that depend on international shipping.

Photo courtesy Amazon                                A rendering of Bellevue 600.

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Amazon: 15,000 new jobs coming to Bellevue

The city currently hosts about 2,000 Amazon employees.

Robo investment advice has drawbacks | Business advice column

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Robo investment advice has drawbacks | Business advice column

A monthly business advice column by a Mercer Island financial adviser.

Natalie DeFord / staff photo                                People walk past the Mercer Island Park and Ride on a cloudy morning.

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Parking permit sales for February

Optional reservations for Mercer Island Park and Ride.

Courtesy photo                                Xing Hua building render courtesy of Johnston Architects.

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The city is accepting public comment on the four story building proposal.

Mercer Island is hearing comments from the public on a mixed-use building proposal.

Business perspective for the new year | Column

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Business perspective for the new year | Column

A monthly business column from a local financial adviser.

The Mercer Island Chamber of Commerce presents the 2019 Business of the Year Award to Covenant Living at the Shores (CLS). From left: CLS’s Bob Bowen, Chamber of Commerce Board President Suzanne Skone, CLS Associate Executive Director Marykay Duran, CLS’s Leslie McGee, CLS Sales Director Nancy Woo, and Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Laurie Givan. Courtesy photo.

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Chamber names Mercer Island Business of the Year

2019 award goes to Covenant Living at the Shores.

New decade begins with low inventory in housing market | Real Estate column

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New decade begins with low inventory in housing market | Real Estate column

A monthly real estate snapshot by John L. Scott Real Estate.

A rendering of the location and approximate footprint of the future Commuter Parking and Mixed-Use Project to be built on a combination of the former Tully’s Coffee House property, a section of WSDOT-owned parkland and a section of city-owned Sunset Highway. Courtesy of the City of Mercer Island.

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City buys Tully’s site for commuter parking project

Mixed-use development to move forward.

Finding your proverbial strawberries | Business column

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Finding your proverbial strawberries | Business column

A monthly business column from Mercer Island financial adviser Bob Toomey.

Boeing Renton plant to halt 737 Max production

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Boeing Renton plant to halt 737 Max production

Suspension expected to begin in January

Decreased inventory for buyers in local real estate market

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Decreased inventory for buyers in local real estate market

A monthly real estate snapshot by John L. Scott Real Estate.