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Washington Has 6 Butcher Shops Where the Meat Beats the Grocery Store and Costs Less

One butcher shop on this list never locks its doors. It runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week, so a midnight steak craving actually has somewhere to go. That detail hooked me fast. Then I learned another shop sells exotic game next to its jerky, and a third keeps homemade salsa beside the premium cuts.

Washington · 1d

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Salt Lake City Gen Zers Are Moving To This Pacific Northwest Haven Known As 'Mother Nature's City'

Salt Lake City may be among the most popular metro areas for Gen Zers who want large homes, high-paying jobs, and plenty of outdoor adventures. But young adults born between 1997 and 2012 aren't afraid to cross state lines in search of new places to call home. In fact, they're doing it more than any other generation. And according to U-Haul's 2026 Midyear Migration Trends report, many of them are making the 13-hour drive straight to Seattle, Washington. For nature lovers, this Pacific Northwest haven offers a similar combination of bustling city life and the great outdoors.

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BIZNOTE: Our area will soon have one laundromat left, with West Seattle Coin Laundry closing (owner’s message added Friday)

6:35 PM THURSDAY: Bad week for customers of West Seattle cleanliness businesses. Back on Monday, we reported on the shutdown of Car Wash Palace at 35th/Graham; now a closing date is posted for West Seattle Coin Laundry in Admiral Junction. Here’s their sign explaining the plan to close November 15:

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Seattle’s Black Business Owners Weigh The Cost Of Staying In The City

After 28 years in business, Capitol Hill restaurant owner Sabrina Tinsley and her partners have put La Spiga up for sale. In Rainier Valley, Erasto Jackson says rising expenses are testing his determination to keep Lil’ Red’s Takeout and Catering open. And downtown, Jamila Conley has installed a security gate at WeRise Wine Bar after repeated concerns about public safety.

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The Tonic Edit

Nordstrom Job Applicants in Washington State Stand to Get About $1,154 Each From an $834,375 Pay-Transparency Settlement, With Address Updates Due Dec. 2

Nordstrom's $834,375 Washington pay-transparency settlement has no claim form; applicants must confirm address or payment by Dec. 2. Hearing is Jan. 29, 2027.

Washington · 2d

FLYING

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Emergency Repairs Close Boeing Field Control Tower, Restricting Air Traffic

ATC at Seattle's KBFI are operating from temporary facility with reduced operational capabilities as roof leaks force cab closure.

Seattle, WA · 15h

hoodline.com

Homegrown Sandwich Chain to Shutter Last Two Seattle-Area Shops, Ending 17-Year Run

Homegrown is preparing to close its final two sandwich shops, shuttering its downtown Seattle and Mercer Island locations and ending a 17-year run as a Seattle fast-casual chain. The company is also ending its catering services, which it had once planned to lean on as its stores business shrank. According...

Seattle, WA · 3d

secretseattle.co

Built for the 1962 World’s Fair, Seattle Center now turns into a European-style Christmas market beneath the Space Needle, with festive treats, unique gift vendors, and daily snow showers for 2026

The holiday season is almost here, and the Seattle Christmas Market is bringing a little European Christmas magic to the heart of the city! Running November 20 through December 26, 2026, the market transforms Seattle Center into a festive winter wonderland filled with European and local vendors, daily snow showers, holiday entertainment, festive food and drinks, and plenty of seasonal cheer. The market is closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day.

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7 Washington Christmas Tree Farms Where Families Wander Free And Only Pay For The Tree

Sixty dollars. That is the price of any size Douglas fir at one farm on this list, whether it’s a tabletop pipsqueak or a ceiling-scraping giant. I love that kind of math. Another farm hands out apple cider, cookies, and candy canes while your tree gets wrapped. One more...

Washington · 3h

MyNorthwest.com

‘The minimum wage for these jobs is actually zero’: Jake says Homegrown’s collapse shows what Seattle costs small businesses

Homegrown once had a dozen sandwich shops around the Seattle area. By the day before Thanksgiving, it will have none. KIRO host Jake Skorheim said that’s what happens when the cost of running a business keeps climbing. “The minimum wage for these jobs is actually zero, because this business...

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Arista Wine Cellars Changing Hands in Edmonds

Arista Wine Cellars is changing hands at 320 5th Avenue S., Suite A, in Edmonds, according to a notice from the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board. The filing lists Arista Wine Merchants as the new business name and names Adam Stern, Dilys Myfanwy Turner, and Roger Clayton as applicants.

Edmonds, WA · 11h

The Center Square

Seattle voters continue lifting sales tax to among nation's highest

(The Center Square) - Seattle voters approved the city’s latest levy on Tuesday, with 72.6% backing a proposal to double the transit sales tax rate, costing another $29 annually for a two-person household. King County is processing the remaining votes , but the levy is anticipated to pass and would increase the city’s transit sales tax rate from 0.15% to 0.3%. The current rate expires in 2027, and city officials say the 10-year renewal will raise $138 million annually, doubling the cost for a median two-person household to $58 . The levy would lift Seattle’s sales tax rate to 10.8% in 2027, continuing the trend of the city having among the highest sales tax rate nationwide. "This measure will deliver the largest expansion of transit service in our city's history, double the low-income transit passes available to Seattleites, and provide resources for faster and more reliable service.” Mayor Katie Wilson said in a statement Tuesday night. “Together, these investments make transit, our most affordable and sustainable transportation option, an even more irresistible choice.” Charles Prestrud, director of transportation policy at the Washington Policy Center, disagrees. He said his analysis — dividing the $138 million by the city’s 393,135 households —

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Shoreline College’s Cafeteria Opens for Business

The Shoreline College (SC) cafeteria grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony took place this week on Nov. 4. Starting this month in partnership with Upper Crust Food Service, breakfast and lunch will be served daily, open to all students and faculty. “With food that’s affordable and fresh, there will be something...

Shoreline, WA · 1d

MyNorthwest.com

Ballard pub to end restaurant service, citing labor and food costs

Little Beast, the British pub in Ballard that drew national attention in its first year, will stop regular restaurant service at the end of 2026. The owners said rising costs have made a small restaurant impossible to run at a fair price. Starting in January, the space at 5107 Ballard...

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Willow and Hearth

22% Of Sellers Have Cut Their Asking Price In The Highest Share Redfin Has Ever Recorded, And Pending Sales Fell In All 50 Of The Biggest Metros

More than one in five home sellers has had to admit the price was too high. And Redfin says that share has never been bigger. In the four weeks ending […]

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Recent Signing Brings Seattle Office Building to 96% Occupancy

The Swig Company’s Lake Union Building in Seattle now stands at 96% occupied after a recent lease agreement with an unnamed private equity firm for 5,000 square feet. Only one 3,800 square feet space remains on the building’s newly remodeled fifth floor. Located at 1700 Westlake Avenue N...

Daily Journal of Commerce

Pacific Northwest projects totaling $61.9 million in top bidders | Nov. 6, 2026

A weekly compilation of the largest winning bids in the Pacific Northwest, according to the Daily Journal of Commerce Project Center. Winner (intent to award): Slayden Constructors of Salem. Amount: $58,845,000. Project: Ashland Water Treatment Plant (Ashland) Owner: City of Ashland. Cost estimate: not available. Project team: HDR. 2. Winner...

Seattle, WA · 14h

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Weidner Apartment Homes Acquires Kirkland Retail Site

An entity affiliated with Weidner Apartment Homes has acquired a retail property in Kirkland that was rezoned last year for dense mixed-use development. The Kirkland-based multifamily investor, headquartered next door, bought the 1.26-acre site at 9755 Juanita Drive NE for $8.5 million in a sale that King County recorded last week, reported the Puget Sound Business Journal. Dylan Simon, Jerrid Anderson and JD Fuller of Kidder Mathews represented the seller. The team of brokers received six competitive offers for the site. They also sourced the buyer.

Kirkland, WA · 2d

hoodline.com

Admiral's Empty Quality Cleaners Building Faces $1M Cleanup Before It Can Reopen

The Quality Cleaners building at the southwest corner of California Avenue and Admiral Way has sat empty for several years, ever since soil testing turned up dry-cleaning chemicals beneath it. Now the Bloom family, which has owned the 1916 building since the 1950s, is seeking permits for a remediation plan they hope will finally let people walk back through its doors.

Seattle, WA · 10h

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