• The great data center space race

  Data centers needed more space, so they literally moved there.

  • Lucy Soucek
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  Amazon lays off 16,000 employees in major reduction of force

  Amazon told about 16,000 corporate employees they’ll soon be out of a job early Wednesday morning. It’s part two of a 30,000-person layoff the company began in October. Taken together, it’s the largest layoff in the e-commerce giant’s history, and it marks a dramatic shift in the tech industry from a decade-long talent war to the artificial intelligence race.

  • Monica Nickelsburg
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  Tech layoffs drive Seattle-area unemployment above 5%

  The first major tech layoff of 2026 hit Seattle-area workers at Meta this week. About 330 roles at the social networking giant were eliminated, according to a filing with the Washington Employment Security Department. It’s the latest in a series of tech layoffs, and more cuts are expected across the industry in the coming weeks.

  • Monica Nickelsburg

• Lessons from the state that made child care free

  In November, New Mexico became the first state to launch free, universal child care. So what can Washington learn from the state that managed to pull it off?

  • Lucy Soucek
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  After 100 years, a Northwest symbol of Japanese culture returns to Tacoma

  In 1928, Uwajimaya founders Fujimatsu and Sadako Moriguchi opened their first Japanese grocery store in Tacoma. Now, the company their granddaughter runs is returning to the city where Uwajimaya got its start. Plans are in the works to open a new Tacoma store in 2027.

  • Anna Marie Yanny
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  A small town in Central Washington is Microsoft's answer to the data center backlash

  Quincy is a small farming town in Central Washington near the Columbia River, home to one of the world’s top french fry producers. It’s also the model for Microsoft’s nationwide data center strategy.

  • Monica Nickelsburg

• Housing costs dropped in Austin. How they did the impossible

  Over the last few years, Austin's average rent fell. So what is Austin doing right? And what could Seattle learn from it? 

  • Lucy Soucek
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  At age 94, Seattle's oldest bartender announces 'last call'

  A north Seattle institution is closing its doors for now. The 94-year-old owner of the Shanty Tavern in Lake City is retiring after more than six decades behind the bar. His family — plus longtime regulars — raised their glasses recently for the Shanty’s last call.

  • Casey Martin

• BONUS: The future of Seattle's highways

  Live event recorded at the Seattle Public Library hosted by Joshua McNichols and Ian Coss about the future of Seattle's State Route 99.

  • Lucy Soucek
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  This small town near Mount Rainier comes together for community — and meat

  Mineral, Washington is tucked deep in the foothills of Mount Rainier. There are not a lot of residents there, and not a lot of jobs. But, this town of only a couple hundred knows how to take care of each other — and they have a good time doing it, too.

  • Casey Martin

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