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Sea-Tac Airport sued over pollution by firm that took on Big Tobacco

Plaintiffs say airplane emissions have caused harm to 300,000 residents who live in the flight paths.
Paige Browning
Pierce County pushes back on the state's proposed airport sites

A state commission tasked with finding the location for a new international airport has selected three sites, including two in rural Pierce County. Local residents and their state representatives say the proposed locations would damage the land, impact the environment and disrupt the lives of the people who live and work in the area.
Libby Denkmann

Alec Cowan
Holiday travel woes strike Sea-Tac Airport

As of Wednesday morning, 27 flights were canceled at Sea-Tac Airport, and 51 flights were delayed. Hundreds of flights have been canceled so far this week.
Diana Opong

Dyer Oxley
Pierce, Thurston counties in running for new NW airport

A state commission Friday narrowed its list of sites for a new two-runway airport to three locations in rural Thurston and Pierce cou
Joshua McNichols
Alaska Airlines cancels hundreds of flights as it faces a pilot shortage

Alaska Airlines said 40 flights had been cancelled across the country Monday due to a pilot shortage.
Casey Martin
Face masks now mandatory at Sea-Tac Airport

Starting Monday travelers can expect a new normal at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport that incl
Esmy Jimenez
Sea-Tac planes are emitting a unique kind of pollution —and it's not regulated

Airplanes at Sea-Tac airport are polluting the communities below with tiny "ultrafine" pollution
Paige Browning
Is a plane from Sea-Tac going to crash onto your house?

Seattleites worry a lot about disasters. Earthquakes, landslides, forest fires (or at least the smoke from them) ... Then there's the concern that a...
David Hyde
Flying a turboprop out of Sea-Tac is tricky for a novice in a flight simulator

The man who stole a plane from Sea-Tac Airport Friday didn't have a pilot's license. How could he have learned to fly? I went to flight school to find out.
Casey Martin

Angela King
Security added at Sea-Tac after plane theft

One in a million: That’s how Port of Seattle Commissioner Courtney Gregoire described the bizarre and tragic events on Friday night when a Horizon Air...
Kate OConnell

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