Big Reset

When Shannon Kelley started a free worker retraining program last summer, he was 43 years old and had been laid off for five years.He made some money…

Our one hour special, The Big Reset, explores how the Puget Sound region has emerged from the Great Recession.Liz Jones looks at child care as an economic…

Technology companies have been among the bright spots for job growth in the region. They are hiring a lot of one particular kind of employee—software…

Construction is now the fastest-growing industry in Washington state. Construction cranes fill the skyline. Public works projects like light rail lines…

For decades, government agencies and business groups have equated science degrees with job security. Employment projections from Washington state show…

In 2009 President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into law. It provided $500 million for research and green-jobs training. Here in…

From Anacortes, Wash., you get the classic, gorgeous views of the San Juan Islands. But tourists mostly breeze by this city, thinking of it as just the…

This week, KUOW has been taking a deeper look at the jobs recovery in Washington state in our series, The Big Reset. In this segment, we're talking…

One reason the Puget Sound region stayed stronger than some surrounding areas during the economic downturn is because of its tech industry. A particular…

Welding torches have sizzled at the Vigor Industrial shipyard on Seattle’s Harbor Island for a century. But the men and women behind the welding masks in…