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River pilots keep ships rolling on the Columbia

April 26, 2024, 6:06am Business Subscriber Exclusive

Maritime safety isn’t something most people thought much about before a massive cargo ship smashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Md., and killed six people one month… Read story

Music World in Hazel Dell hosts recycling event to keep guitar strings, more out of landfills

April 25, 2024, 7:23pm Business Updated 15 hours ago

Matt Gohlke, the co-owner and general manager of Music World in Hazel Dell, hardly thought about how he disposed of his instruments’ old strings until recently. Read story

River pilots keep ships rolling on the ColumbiaSubscriber Exclusive

Music World in Hazel Dell hosts recycling event to keep guitar strings, more out of landfillsUpdated 15 hours ago

BowFlex, Vancouver’s longtime fitness company, is no moreSubscriber ExclusiveUpdated 32 mins ago

Working in Clark County: Vicky Wirkkala of VW Spectrum DesignsSubscriber Exclusive

Working in Clark County: Tangee Summerhill-Bishop, owner of Happy BasketsSubscriber Exclusive

Working in Clark County: Lisa Pogue, Sweet Intention Gift Boutique ownerSubscriber Exclusive

140,000 people did their taxes with the free IRS direct file pilot. But program’s future is unclear

FILE - The Internal Revenue Service 1040 tax form for 2022 is seen on April 17, 2023. The IRS said Friday, April 26, 2024, more than 140,000 taxpayers filed their taxes through its new direct file pilot program. It says the program's users claimed more than $90 million in refunds, saving roughly $5.6 million in fees they would have spent with commercial tax preparation companies.

April 26, 2024, 11:43am Business Updated 40 mins ago

The IRS said Friday that more than 140,000 taxpayers filed their taxes through its new direct file pilot program and participants saved roughly $5.6 million in fees they would have otherwise spent with commercial tax preparation companies. Read story

FLE - A group of women who have spoken out about Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein’s sexual misconduct and who refer to themselves as the “Silence Breakers,” face the media during a news conference at Los Angeles City Hall, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, in Los Angeles. New York’s highest court on Thursday, April 25, 2024, has overturned Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction and ordered a new trial.

#MeToo advocates vow the reckoning will continue after Weinstein’s conviction is overturned

April 26, 2024, 11:30am Business Updated 45 mins ago

#MeToo founder Tarana Burke has heard it before. Every time there’s a legal setback, the movement is declared dead in the water. A legal success, and presto, it’s alive again. Read story

Owner of exploding Michigan building arrested at airport while trying to leave US, authorities say

April 26, 2024, 8:19am Business Updated 43 mins ago

The owner of a suburban Detroit business that caught fire and exploded, killing a man, was arrested at a New York airport as he was preparing to depart for Hong Kong on a one-way ticket, authorities said Friday. Read story

A clearance sign is displayed at a retail clothing store in Downers Grove, Ill., Monday, April 1, 2024. On Friday, April 26, 2024, the Commerce Department issues its March report on consumer spending. (AP Photo/Nam Y.

Fed’s preferred inflation gauge shows price pressures stayed elevated last month

April 26, 2024, 7:57am Business

A measure of inflation closely tracked by the Federal Reserve remained uncomfortably high in March, likely reinforcing the Fed’s reluctance to cut interest rates anytime soon and underscoring a burden for President Joe Biden’s re-election bid. Read story

These are the countries where TikTok is already banned

April 26, 2024, 7:57am Business

TikTok is in the crosshairs of authorities in the U.S., where new law threatens a nationwide ban unless its China-based parent ByteDance divests. It would be the biggest blow yet to the popular video-sharing app, which has faced various restrictions around the world. Read story

Boise-based Micron gets combined $13.6 billion grant, loan for chip plants

Micron Technology CEO Sanjay Mehrotra, center, presents a plaque to President Joe Biden, left, in honor of Biden’s support of Micron through the CHIPS and Science Act, at the Milton J. Rubenstein Museum, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Syracuse, N.Y. Pictured at right is New York Governor Kathy Hochul.

April 26, 2024, 7:35am Business

The Biden administration chose Boise, Idaho-based Micron Technology for a $6.1 billion federal grant and $7.5 billion loan to build factories where memory chips would be manufactured, the latest award meant to drive domestic production of vital technology. Read story