State and local governments around the country have taken leading roles in responding to the challenge of climate change. Although the presumptive presidential nominees have pledged greater federal participation starting next...

Geoff P. Wood has been CEO of Windermere Services Co. since 2003. Under Wood's leadership, Windermere has moved into markets in seven Western states, including California. He joined Windermere in 1993, managing five offices in...

Buying In: The Secret Dialogue Between What We Buy and Who We Are

By Rob Walker (Random House, $25)

We hear a lot about how commercial advertising and slick marketing don't work on consumers anymore. We're too jaded, it's said,...

Important Faces in the Crowd Around the State

Busy CEOs are ordering in, but they still want the best

For the serious oenophile, nothing compares to a cellar at home

Even as fewer take up the sport, the hunting business still thrives

Local food producers find success in niche markets

Executives get valuable experience (and compensation) as directors of public companies

Scientists work to reinvent the apple, from the genome up

Bob Potter still works his magic luring California businesses to the Inland Northwest

Washington renews efforts to promote itself, inviting businesses to forget "Say WA" and join the team

Washington falls short in math and science education as the WEA defeats teacher pay reform

Empty nesters, seeking a downsized life close to the action, perk up the condo market

Entrepreneurs, not politicians, can unleash the promise of biofuels

Mastering the spoken word is a key skill for leaders

The major change in the May statistics was a sharp increase in the unemployment rate, from 4.6 percent in April to a preliminary estimate of 5.1 percent in May. This increase occurred because the decline in employment reported by...

BOTHELL -- Nastech Pharmaceuticals has changed its name to MDRNA and has a new CEO, Michael French. The company has been focused on developing nasal spray formulations of existing drugs. Under French, it's expected to focus...

Washington state's cherry crop was smaller than expected, due to colder-than-Siberia weather in May and June.

The harvest started about a week late because the cold kept the fruit from ripening, and early estimates were that...

Three Seattle-based entities -- the Cascade Land Conservancy, Vulcan Inc. and real estate investment adviser Kennedy Associates -- have received international recognition as winners in the first Sustainable Cities Awards program...

New Microsoft Surface tabletop computers in a Las Vegas casino have been installed with software that allows users to order drinks from the bar -- and flirt with other users at computers across the room.

In a move that seems...

Three Portland investors have launched a new airline that connects the Rose City with Seattle. On June 30, SeaPort Air began operating 16 flights each weekday from Boeing Field, with one-way fares starting at $149. The new...

Historic properties around the state

The Port of Everett is scaling back an expansion after a report from a consultant suggested that West Coast container ca rgo volumes have hit their peak.

With growth slowing down and with several major expansions underway at...

Turns out, Moses Lake makes a fine stand-in for the moon.

Preparing to send astronauts to the moon by 2020, NASA chose Moses Lake for testing because of the room it offered. And the sandy surface in Grant County resembles that...

Perhaps the only upside to declining home prices is that our property taxes might go down. And then only to the owners, as lower taxes would mean county governments would take a revenue hit.

Snohomish County, at least, has...

Sound Publishing Inc. has purchased the Enumclaw Courier-Herald and Bonney Lake Courier-Herald newspapers for an undisclosed price. Sound Publishing, a subsidiary of Black Press Ltd., of British Columbia, bought the papers from a...

Washington CEO Magazine received a gold and two silver awards in the 2008 Editorial Excellence Awards competition run by the Alliance of Area Business Publications.

Washington CEO was named the second-best U.S. regional business...