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Vivian Blossom, Snohomish County Tourism Bureau's visitor-information specialist and receptionist, retired last month after 12 years of service. Stacey Pfeiffer has joined the staff as visitor services coordinator. She will be responsible for coordination of volunteer programs and general office administration. Andrea Sherrodd Vanni has been named the organization's new marketing and communications coordinator.

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A major tenant at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport has moved, with United Airlines now ensconced in Concourse A and Alaska Airlines taking over the North Satellite, where United had resided for decades.

Factors include Alaska's growth into a transcontinental air carrier with a need for more gates and United's merge with...

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Residential and business telephone customers of Frontier Communications can comment to state regulators on the utility's request for rate flexibility at a public hearing Thursday in Everett.

The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission has scheduled the hearing for 6 p.m. at the Jackson Conference Center at Everett Community College, 2000 Tower St. in Everett. Frontier filed a request Dec. 24 seeking "competitive...

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PeopleWashington & Alyeska Vocational Services has appointed Mountlake Terrace resident Bill Munson executive director. He replace Lynn Van Vactor, who recently relocated after an eight year tenure. WVS operates Auntie Anne Pretzel franchises, including Auntie Anne Pretzels at Seattle Premium Outlets in Tulalip.

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The Edmonds Chamber of Commerce has appointed four new members to the board of directors. They are Bill Wood, Theresa Catt, David Jones and Jeff Ritter. The additions come with the significant growth in chamber membership over the past year, by 100 to 450 members.

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This week, Home Care Association of Washington will honors three people and an organization in Snohomish County. Jenelle Coale will receive...

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A new sign is up at Everett Mall, and it's actually visible from I-5. The old sign was smaller and obscured by trees. Those trees have been felled, and Clarity Signs of Kenmore is installing the new one.

The mall, two-thirds of which is owned by Steadfast Companies of Irvine, Calif., had fallen on fiscally challenging times, with Steadfast in default on a $98 million loan. But last...

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The state Utilities and Transportation Commission today announced that landline telephone providers will no longer be required to provide customers with printed "white pages" directories — those fat books with tiny print that listed, alphabetically, private and business customer phone numbers.

The reason, of course, is...

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Seattle Business magazine has a feature story in the current issue about Snohomish County's economy, focusing on familiar engines like aerospace, Paine Field, Naval Station Everett, Bothell's biotech corridor and, optimistically, a recovering real-estate market. Though nothing new is revealed, it's a good overview from 39,000 feet.

Perhaps the freshest...

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