Carolyn Adolph
Stories
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5 things to know about SeaTac Airport now
SeaTac airport is the eighth busiest airport in the U.S. Except it's not actually busy right now.
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Restrictions on gatherings hit Seattle where it lives: coffee shops
One of Seattle’s most celebrated pleasures - hanging out in coffee shops - is over for now. Governor Jay Inslee tightened restrictions on public gatherings to include all kinds of hangouts.
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Costco says equity is why it can't allow office work from home
While other companies are heeding public health requests to allow work from home, Costco Wholesale Corp. says its head office employees in Issaquah must report to work.
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Paper cup half empty: Coronavirus hits Starbucks sales
Starbucks Coffee Company says coronavirus has cost it up to $430 million so far. That is the company’s estimate of its lost sales in China.
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Seattle gets first go at coronavirus vaccine testing
The first clinical trials for a coronavirus vaccine will take place in Seattle. Kaiser Permanente said it received federal permission to start testing a vaccine developed in Boston.
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Korean Air suspends Sea-Tac flights as local coronavirus outbreak grows
Korean Airlines is suspending all of its flights to Seattle starting next Monday. Seattle is just one of dozens of routes the airline is cutting.
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Amazon.com says it is sanitizing its site - from price gougers
People world-wide are rushing to stock up on hand-sanitizer and other COVID-19 flighting supplies - aAmazon says it is price gouging. And it's it cracking down - pulling tens of thousands of offers from its site.
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Most international travel unchanged at Sea-Tac
The Port of Seattle says while airlines are flying, Sea-Tac stays open. Only a federal order could stop all flights. So far airline flight reductions - to China and South Korea - have only reduced the number of travelers a day at the International Arrivals Facility at Sea-Tac by about 10 percent.
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Port must operate facial recognition to control it
Facial recognition technology is starting to appear in public places. Seattle's Port Commission is working on a policy to make sure it is used ethically. Now it is learning just how hard that will be.
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Final clearance: Macy's closes to the public this weekend
The department store chain is in retreat across the country. Here, the closure of the store seems to signal something about the way our downtown is changing.