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A dog walker uses the park near The Spheres at Amazon’s headquarters campus. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Amazon is using its headquarters in Seattle as a COVID-19 vaccination site. The tech giant is partnering with Virginia Mason for a one-day pop-up clinic on Sunday Jan. 24 that aims to ...

Upcoming books by inaugural poet Amanda Gorman. (Amazon Images) Amanda Gorman touched a nerve. With her words, the National Youth Poet Laureate stirred a nation and worldwide audience watching the inauguration of President Joe Biden on Wednesday. Online, those new fans were moved to buy the 22-year-old’s books and sing ...

Patient care technician Myo Thant gets the COVID-19 vaccine at UW Medical Center – Montlake. (UW Photo) Trying to get an appointment for a COVID-19 vaccine on the day that eligibility was expanded to new age groups in Washington state would be a familiar experience to anyone who’s tried to ...

Shuffle co-founders Chris Watts (left) and Mathew Lee. (David Rzegocki Photo) Two years ago, while Matthew Lee was on a sabbatical between jobs, he reflected on his career highlights. “There are certain jobs that I had that I really loved, and some were just a job,” Lee said. “The key ...

Virgin Orbit’s modified Boeing 747 jet, nicknamed Cosmic Girl, takes off from Mojave Air and Space Port with its LauncherOne rocket slung beneath its wing. (Virgin Orbit Photo) Eight months after an unsuccessful first attempt, Virgin Orbit finally lived up to its name today and used an innovative air-launch system ...

(Vrbo homepage image) Vrbo, the vacation rental platform run by Seattle-based Expedia Group, is getting some blowback online for not following the lead of competitor Airbnb, which announced this week that it was blocking and canceling reservations in the Washington, D.C., area during the upcoming Inauguration week. Following the violent ...

Employees from the Armoire team, before social distancing. (Armoire Photo) Like many tech startups, when the pandemic hit the U.S., Armoire braced for impact. Its clothing subscription rental business had its best month in February, but suddenly faced several headwinds. People no longer needed new clothes for the office or ...

A cockpit view shows the Blue Angels conducting a training flight with F/A-18 Super Hornets. (U.S. Navy Photo / Cody Hendrix) The U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels had to pass up their traditional Seafair air show in Seattle last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, but assuming the all-clear is given, ...

(Path screenshot) Say you’re a health ministry staffer for a small country in the developing world or a health department leader in a tiny American county. Your boss has just assigned you to evaluate the more than 1,000 COVID-19 diagnostic tests available worldwide and make a recommendation on which one ...

Michael “Luni” Libes, founder of Fledge. (Fledge Photo) Folks curious about making angel investments in promising startups can sign up for online training through the new Angel Accelerator program. The training is offered through Fledge, a Seattle-based worldwide network of accelerators, investors and mentors focused on supporting entrepreneurs internationally who ...