Boeing plans more defense cuts as U.S. budget shrinks
Boeing executives say they’re cutting costs out of the defense side of their business to cope with shrinking U.S. military spending.Here in the Puget Sound region, we associate Boeing with commercial...
View ArticleLocal effects of automatic federal budget cuts hazy
Northwest military bases, universities, national labs and parks await guidance for how to implement automatic federal budget cuts. The so-called "sequester" is scheduled to take effect on Friday, March...
View ArticleHow Congress chose not to be careful with spending cuts
Inconveniencing the public is part of the plan.It may never have been intended to play out in quite this way, but the automatic spending cuts set to take effect for most federal programs Friday leave...
View ArticleSequester to result in 4,800 Hanford layoffs, furloughs
RICHLAND, Wash. – As many as 4,800 workers could be furloughed or laid off at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in southeast Washington. It’s the result of the federal spending cuts known as the...
View ArticleSequester suspends tuition assistance for troops
JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. - The Defense Department has suspended a workplace benefit cherished by many soldiers, airmen and Coast Guardsmen. The agency has put tuition assistance on indefinite...
View ArticleHundreds of pink slips handed out at Hanford
Pink slips are going out to hundreds of workers at the nation's most contaminated nuclear site because of automatic federal budget cuts.About 9,000 people work at south-central Washington's Hanford...
View ArticleFAA to close 5 towers in Wash.
The Federal Aviation Administration has decided that five air traffic control towers in Washington are among 149 that will close beginning April 7 as part of the agency's sequestration implementation...
View ArticleHanford cleaup slows while tanks leak, tratment plant stalls
Every day, up to three gallons of radioactive waste at Hanford seeps into the desert sand from underground tanks, not far from the Columbia River.That has prompted Gov. Jay Inslee to tour the remote...
View ArticleSequester scorecard: A month later, effects still up in air
Automatic federal budget cuts that kicked in March 1 have had little initial impact in many parts of the government. For a few programs, however, the effect has been real and painful, as the government...
View ArticleSequester uncertainty surrounds Section 8 housing program
Last week, several media outlets and advocacy groups began circulating the same sad story: Because of sequestration, 60 low-income families in Dane County, Wis., were soon to be homeless.But the truth...
View ArticleFAA furloughs snarl air travel on the West Coast
Air travelers, especially those on the West Coast, are facing major delays this week due to sequester-mandated employee furloughs.As much as 10 percent of the 47,000 flight controllers and other...
View ArticleSenate passes bill to end flight controller furloughs
With flight delays mounting, the Senate has passed legislation to end air traffic controller furloughs blamed for inconveniencing large numbers of travelers.Approval came without dissent, and long...
View ArticleFAA: Air traffic system soon at full operation
The Federal Aviation Administration says it's suspended all employee furloughs and says air traffic facilities will begin returning to regular staffing levels over the next 24 hours.The FAA says in a...
View ArticleCanceled open house latest effect of sequester on parks, science
A much-loved open house at the Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver did not take place over the weekend. The center is run by the U.S. Geological Survey, which had to cancel the program due to the...
View ArticleSequester has Air Force clipping its wings
The Pentagon says the automatic budget cuts known as sequestration could leave the U.S. with a military that is simply unprepared for the most challenging combat missions. Secretary of Defense Chuck...
View ArticleFeds testing drones for scientific and environmental missions
They’re the tools of modern-day warfare: unmanned aircraft systems better known as drones.They’re also being tested to help carry out important scientific missions, including surveys of wildlife and...
View ArticleSequester To Result In 4,800 Hanford Layoffs, Furloughs
RICHLAND, Wash. – As many as 4,800 workers could be furloughed or laid off at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in southeast Washington. It’s the result of the federal spending cuts known as the...
View ArticleSequester suspends tuition assistance for troops
JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. - The Defense Department has suspended a workplace benefit cherished by many soldiers, airmen and Coast Guardsmen. The agency has put tuition assistance on indefinite...
View ArticleHundreds of pink slips handed out at Hanford
Pink slips are going out to hundreds of workers at the nation's most contaminated nuclear site because of automatic federal budget cuts.About 9,000 people work at south-central Washington's Hanford...
View ArticleFAA to close 5 towers in Wash.
The Federal Aviation Administration has decided that five air traffic control towers in Washington are among 149 that will close beginning April 7 as part of the agency's sequestration implementation...
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