Sweden, Finland approve $15B Baltic Sea pipeline

Sweden and Finland on Thursday approved a Baltic Sea pipeline project that would ship Russian natural gas to Germany, clearing two key obstacles for construction to begin next year.

Dubai delays debut of tallest tower to January

Visitors will have to wait until early next year for the opening of the world's tallest building in Dubai.

Atkinson team wins the ‘Bellevue Braids'

The $107.5 million project will improve traffic flows in downtown and from I-405 to SR 520.

Lender takes back part of 5th Ave. development site

By LYNN PORTER

A developer who planned a two-tower project along Fifth Avenue across from the Westin Seattle has lost part of the site in foreclosure.

City gears up for other viaduct project: Northeast 45th Street

By MARC STILES

The elevated highway over Alaskan Way is not the only viaduct project in Seattle.

Two hydro projects get $5.5M stimulus

The U.S. Department of Energy is awarding $5.5 million from the federal stimulus to modernize two hydropower projects in Washington state. They are located in Potlatch and Packwood.

City offers free raingarden class

Starting in 2010, the city of Seattle will offer rebates to property owners that disconnect roof downspouts from the combined sewer system and direct the runoff into cisterns or rain gardens.

State halts mining near Naches slide

Washington state has issued an emergency order to suspend operations at a gravel mine near a landslide that rerouted central Washington's Naches River and damaged homes.

Hydrogen caused silicon plant fire

Hydrogen in a sump exploded, causing the fire at the REC Silicon company in Moses Lake.

Fire burns school in Bellingham

A fire that broke out about 1 a.m. Thursday at Whatcom Middle School in Bellingham burned until dawn, causing the roof and parts of the 106-year-old building to collapse.

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