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PNW Market Look
As of market close 2.10.26
Headline Roundup
Central Oregon wool company is front and center for 2026 Olympics (TheBulletin)
‘Budget pothole’: Oregon’s transportation funding challenge comes into clearer focus (OPB)
7-Eleven lands at Sea-Tac airport (DJC)
(WA) Bellevue becomes destination for AI Companies (Kuow)
(ID) Kuna farmers file suit alleging conflict of interest in vote to approve large data center (BoiseDev)
Oregon bill would mandate paper rental applications, other analog options to bridge digital divide (ORLive)
What Idaho’s top CEOs make - and how that compares with their employees’ pay (IDStatesman)
Idaho’s Sammy Smith compete in first Olympic ski race (IDStatesman)
Wait will soon be over in Everett as Boeing announces big expansion (SeattleTimes)
Trump Commerce Sec. Lutnick admits visiting Epstein island during family vacation (Ground)
Big Tech Companies Prepare to skirt Trump’s $100,000 H-1B Fee (WSJ)
Montana SOS denies turning over confidential records to feds (DailyMontanan)
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Another report forecasts upcoming Northwest power shortage (TheBulletin)
“In its annual report on the power system, NERC projects Oregon, Washington, Montana, northern Idaho and Northern California will be at “high risk” of energy shortages by 2029… Several other regions in the U.S. also will be at high risk. The North American outlook for having enough electricity throughout the coming decade is worsening, the assessment states.”
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