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🌱 Tukwila meeting offers a say in Washington’s crane safety rules

Tukwila, Washington Patch AM: a 4 min read

Good morning Tukwila! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Tukwila meeting offers a say in Washington’s crane safety rules
  • Tukwila's all-electric bus base moves from testing to daily service
  • Satellite engineering jobs join Seattle-area hardware hiring roundup

Also on today's calendar: Sip & Stroll Art Exhibition Continues and 12 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 68 and low of 50 degrees.
  • Thursday: Cloudy, temps: high: 64, low: 51.
  • Friday: Cloudy with showers around, with a high of 62 and low of 48 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Washington L&I Sets December Meetings on Draft Crane and Forklift Rule Updates (ohsonline.com) — Construction workers and employers can weigh in on proposed crane-rule clarifications at L&I in Tukwila on Dec. 10. The agency is preparing draft language covering forklift operators lifting suspended loads, lift director qualifications and load testing, with the draft available before the meetings.
   

2. 'It's Electric!' King County Metro celebrates its 100% battery electric bus base (kingcountymetro.blog) — King County Metro's all-electric Tukwila Base is now supporting service on Routes 105, 128, 156, 184 and the RapidRide F Line after summer testing. The facility houses charging and maintenance equipment for more than 120 battery-electric buses. Metro and its construction partners marked the project's completion Nov. 4.
   

3. 9 Companies Hiring Hardware Engineers in Seattle (builtin.com) — Tukwila jobseekers with hardware engineering experience have a satellite-building option close to home: BlackSky Satellite Systems lists openings for a staff HDL hardware engineer and mechanical engineers. The company, formerly LeoStella, appears in a broader roundup of nine Seattle-area employers hiring for work spanning spacecraft, aircraft electronics and computing infrastructure.
   

4. Study: Some West Coast Residents Willing To Pay More For 'Salmon Safe' Tires - (nwsportsmanmag.com) — What would drivers pay for tires that help protect salmon? A Washington State University-led survey of nearly 700 West Coast residents found a median willingness to pay about $76 extra per set for hypothetical “salmon safe” tires. Researchers stress that this does not predict prices if tire chemicals are regulated.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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