From the state Employment Security Department: Washington added an estimated 4,000 jobs in February, while the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained at 7.5 percent for the third month in a row. Individual county jobless numbers will be released on Tuesday. “February was relatively uneventful,” said…
Federal mine safety officials will not issue Hecla Mining Co. a violations pattern notice, the mine company announced today. The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration had issued a potential pattern of violations notice for the Lucky Friday Mine in early 2012, following two fatal…