SEATAC, Wash. — Alaska Airlines is now offering nonstop flights from Sea-Tac Airport to Tokyo, joining three competitors in growing the airport's slate of direct flights to international destinations.Sea-Tac will soon offer nonstop service to 33 international cities, including Copenhagen and Seoul.As of 2023, 25 airlines operated international routes from Sea-Tac. By the end of 2025, that number is expected to reach 36. This expansion comes before Seattle will serve as a host city for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
KENNEWICK, Wash. - For the first time ever, Kennewick has been added to the area where the Washington State Department of Agriculture sprays for Japanese Beetles.This year, the treatment area has increased to eight square miles in Pasco, including a small strip of land near the Columbia River in Kennewick.Camilo Acosta, the Japanese Beetle Eradication Counselor for WSDA, says 15 to 20 properties will be treated.'It's just barely across the river where that expansion to the treatment area has gone.' Acosta said.Japanese Beetles are highly invasive pests that were first found in Grandview in 2020. By 2024, the number of