Brier News

Three incumbents on the Snohomish County Council appeared headed for re-election in Tuesday night's general election returns.

Will a proposed new housing development in Brier create flooding problems in Kenmore, as well as harm a local fish habitat? "We feel it will cause problems," said Kenmore's Elizabeth Mooney, a member of the grassroots group People for an Environmentally Responsible Kenmore .

Boeing's decision to build a new airplane-assembly plant in Charleston, S.C., will change the shape of the company and dramatically alter how both the state of Washington and the Machinists union approach Boeing.

The future of this city's fire department hangs on a City Council vote. Council members say they expect a final vote by Nov.

Drew Bamford, a former Microsoft user-experience designer, leads the Seattle innovation center for HTC, a Taiwanese mobile-phone firm.

COUNTY COUNCIL Common-sense Dana will bring balance I am writing this letter to urge voters to elect Steve Dana to the Snohomish County Council.

Union leaders are accusing Mukilteo's assistant fire chief of a conflict of interest because he also serves on the Board of Commissioners for Snohomish County Fire District 1. They say Brian McMahan should step down from the fire commission.

Last Friday night, the Q-Cafe hosted Noah Gundersen and The Courage's final concert on tour.

Gary Hammer, president and CEO of Ceton, is seated at center. From left, his wife, Pamela Hammer, sons James and Jeremy and co-workers Austin Foxley and Alex Faucher.

People here are saying it was a 100mcg patch. Where did you see that? Is that right? I think that's the strongest one they make.

The University of Washington is saying grazie mille to Italian supercar-maker Lamborghini, which donated $1 million to support the school's research into composite materials used to build airplanes and high-performance cars.

Brier: Open house celebrates anniversary The Emergency Services Coordinating Agency, 2901 228th St.

EDMONDS MURAL Let's commit to more wall art How wonderful to see Pat Brier's photo homage to Edmonds take its place of honor as our town's first exercise in civic murals.

Boeing plans to give 60-day layoff notices to about 250 workers companywide today, with about 100 of those in the Puget Sound region, mostly in the commercial airplane division.

Stock futures are pointing to a lower opening amid concerns about a growing trade dispute between the U.S. and China.

Researchers at the University of Washington are taking photo-stitching -- the "photo tourism" technology behind Microsoft's cool Photosynth service -- to the next level, using it to scour public photos and build 3-D models of entire cities.

The next round of Comcast digitization is coming soon, potentially upsetting another wave of subscribers.

Don't complain about clouds and rain to Eric Teegarden. He'll tell you there's plenty of sunshine here, more than enough to power a house using only the sun's rays.

As Lori Nulton rose from her chair near the shores of Lake Washington at Kenmore's Log Boom Park on Wednesday afternoon, she proclaimed: "It's way too hot." The time was about 12:30 p.m. and the temperature was in the mid-90s. The heat would get worse later - climbing into the record-setting 100s in Seattle and outlying areas - but it was brutal at ...

SNO-ISLE LIBRARIES EXTENDS DEADLINE FOR PRO AND CON COMMITTEE NAMES FOR NOVEMBER LEVY ELECTION