Does Uncle Sam owe you 7? (Orange County Register)
As many as 12,000 O.C. residents could be due IRS refunds for 2005.
Nominations needed for area's outstanding health workers (South Sound Business Examiner)
The Business Examiner has partnered with local agencies to recognize this year's Health Care Champions. There are countless "champions" in the thriving health care market, and the Business Examiner, in partnership with the Pierce County County Medical Society, needs help in identifying them in Pierce.The business newspaper group has also partnered with the Thurston County Chamber and ...
Brian Taylor blogs (BBC News)
'Justified anger' over Royal Bank saga
Washington’s unemployment rate up again (South Sound Business Examiner)
Washington's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased to 7.8 percent in January 2009, up from December's rate of 7.1 percent, according to the state Employment Security Department. "These are rough times for the unemployed, but it's also an opportunity to get some training for a new career," said Employment Security Commissioner Karen Lee. "Everyone who has lost a job recently should ...
Wetland preservation projects move Puget Sound recovery forward (South Sound Business Examiner)
The Puget Sound recovery effort is getting a boost from .1 million in federal grants to the Washington Department of Ecology. The grants will help local partners return more than 350 acres of critical and increasingly rare estuarine and connected fresh water wetland habitat in Mason, Pierce, Thurston and Whatcom counties to natural conditions. Ecology Director Jay Manning said about 70 ...
