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Truck manufacturer Paccar has named Preston Feight as chief executive officer, effective July 1. Feight, currently the Bellevue-based company’s executive vice president, succeeds Ron Armstrong, who is retiring after five years as CEO. The company said Feight, 51, has been at Paccar for 21 years in roles including as president of its DAF Trucks unit in Europe, and vice president and general manager of Kenworth Truck Company, as well as chief engineer at Kenworth.

April 18, 2019 at 5:19 pm

Paccar names Preston Feight new CEO

Truck manufacturer Paccar has named Preston Feight as chief executive officer, effective July 1.

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Seattle Times editor Michele Matassa Flores.

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April 15, 2019 at 2:08 pm

Michele Matassa Flores to succeed Don Shelton as Seattle Times executive editor

Don Shelton on Monday announced his retirement as Seattle Times executive editor. He has led the newspaper's drive toward digital transformation, introducing the use of...

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A Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane being built for Spain-based Air Europa rolls toward takeoff before a test flight, Wednesday, April 10, 2019, at Boeing Field in Seattle. Flight test and other non-passenger-bearing flights of the plane continue in the Seattle area where the plane is manufactured, as a world-wide grounding the the 737 MAX 8 continues, following fatal crashes of MAX 8’s operated by Ethiopian Airlines and Lion Air. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) WATW111 WATW111

April 10, 2019 at 2:10 pm

Boeing shareholder files class-action suit over fallout from 737 MAX crashes

The suit alleges Boeing "effectively put profitability and growth ahead of airplane safety and honesty," misleading investors about its core commercial airplanes operation.

April 8, 2019 at 6:44 am

River-otter pups mark a first at Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo WATCH

The pups, two males and two females, are the zoo’s first documented river-otter births.

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A Boeing 737 Max 8 sits behind the Boeing 737 Renton factory waiting for engines. The Angle of attack (AOA) instrument of the 737 MAX, is the bottom piece of equipment below just below the cockpit windshield.

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April 5, 2019 at 2:25 pm

FAA official tells senator that Boeing 737 MAX inspectors were ‘fully qualified’

Allegations involving improper training were upheld within a different group of inspectors, the official wrote.

April 4, 2019 at 6:00 am

Swedish, Mayo Clinic among hospitals plunging into lucrative stem-cell treatments

A growing number of respected hospitals and health systems have entered the lucrative business of stem cells and related therapies, including platelet injections. Typical treatments involve injecting patients’ joints with their own...

Harley Marine Services’ Bill Gobel (ATB) is docked next to Harley Marine Services on Harbor Island in Seattle Thursday, July 12, 2018.
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April 1, 2019 at 5:02 pm

Harley Marine Services says company’s founder and CEO was fired

Harley Marine Services, a big presence on Seattle's waterfront, said Monday it has relieved founder Harley Franco of his duties as CEO, the latest step...

A No Gay? No Way! mobile billboard was driven around Amazon’s Seattle headquarters in February 2018. The group was out with a similar campaign this week urging the company to oppose anti-LGBTQ legislation proposed in Tennessee. Meanwhile, Amazon earned a perfect score for its LGBTQ employee policies in an evaluation from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.

March 29, 2019 at 6:00 am

Amazon, other Washington companies, get perfect scores for LGBTQ policies, but some advocates ask for more

A billboard driven around Amazon's Seattle headquarters this week urged the company to speak out against anti-LGBTQ legislation proposed in Tennessee, even as the company...

Maria Hines at her original restaurant, Tilth, Thursday March 21, 2019 in Seattle. Hines has decided to run only Tilth and is selling her other place, Agrodolce. 209689

March 27, 2019 at 6:00 am

Seattle star chef Maria Hines on the radical decision to run just one restaurant

When expansion mode is the order of the day for star chefs, why would one decide to go the other way? Maria Hines talks about...

A Boeing 737 MAX 8 sits behind the Renton factory waiting for engines.
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March 20, 2019 at 12:55 pm

FBI joining criminal investigation into certification of Boeing 737 MAX

The FBI is assisting a federal grand jury investigation, based in Washington, D.C., that is looking into the certification process that approved the safety of...