Merchant Risk Council Announces CEO Retirement

Merchant Risk Council

Julie Fergerson to Retire from MRC After Six Years of Transformational Leadership

I am proud of what this team has built together—a stronger, more global, and more influential MRC”

— Julie Fergerson, CEO & Co-Founder

REDMOND, WA, UNITED STATES, June 15, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Merchant Risk Council (MRC), the leading global trade association for payments and fraud professionals, today announced that Co-

Everett General Contractor Asgard Northwest Sponsors Boys & Girls Club Summer Track & Field Program

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Asgard Northwest is proud to sponsor the Everett Boys & Girls Club Summer Track & Field Program, supporting local youth athletics in Snohomish County.

Youth sports teach teamwork, confidence, discipline, and connection. As a local business, it means a lot to give back to the community that supports us.”

— Jason Darling

EVERETT, WA, UNITED STATES, June 12, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Asgard Northwest, a locally owned general contractor, is proud to announce its sponsorship of the Everett Boys & Girls Club Summer Track & Field Program.

Registration is now open for the Everett Boys

Preston Horejsi Reaches Amazon Best-Seller Status with 'Lead with Empathy' Book Co-Authored with Chris Voss

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JBLM, WA, UNITED STATES, June 12, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- SuccessBooks® proudly celebrates the outstanding achievement of "Lead with Empathy" co-authored by Preston Horejsi, alongside Chris Voss and distinguished

Millenia Medical Center Nominated for Best of Pierce County 2026

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BusinessRate #1 Ranked Medical Spa in Tacoma

Millenia Medical Center nominated for Best of Pierce County

Tacoma Medical Spa and MedSpa Recognized by The News Tribune in Annual Community Awards Contest; Public Voting Opens June 15

This community has welcomed us with open arms, and every nomination, every kind review, every patient who refers a friend is a reminder of why we chose to build Millenia right here in Pierce County.”

— Mira Dostan, FNP-C, MSN/Owner

TACOMA, WA, UNITED STATES, June 12, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Millenia Medical Center, a full-service medical spa in Tacoma, Washington, has been nominated for Best of Pierce County 2026, the annual community

Game Show Battle Rooms Seattle Bellevue Opens at Lincoln Square South | June 12, 2026

Game Show Battle Rooms is America's Original and Best Game Show Experience!

Game Show Battle Rooms Seattle - Bellevue is an interactive live game show experience that provides an unforgettable team building event!

Game Show Battle Rooms Seattle - Bellevue is an immersive group activity that features an exciting blend of your favorite game show games!

Game Show Battle Rooms is America's best-reviewed game show experience, leading the industry in both review volume and quality. with over 150,000 five-star reviews, and an average 5.0 Google rating at every location.

Whether you're planning a team building event, birthday party, corporate outing, holiday party, or simply searching for one of the most fun things to do in the Seattle area, Game Show Battle Rooms Seattle - Bellevue is unlike anything else in the marketplace!

Game Show Battle Rooms is America’s Original and Best Game Show Experience, with over 150,000 Five-Star Google Reviews, and 22 Locations Nationwide.

Super fun experience!!! A REALLY good activity for groups (friends or work). The structure was awesome + Vaughn (host) and Vance (producer) were awesome and really made a difference! Five stars!”

— Microsoft Employee, Bellevue Team Building Event

SEATTLE - BELLEVUE, WA, UNITED STATES, June 12, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Game Show Battle Rooms Seattle - Bellevue opens its doors for business at Lincoln Square South!

Game Show Battle Rooms is America’s original and best game show experience, with over 150,000 five-star Google reviews, and 22 locations nationwide. Ranked among the most

THE OLYMPIC HERALD CELEBRATES FIVE MONTHS OF GROUNDBREAKING INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM, ANNOUNCES UPCOMING PRINT EDITION

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Because we operate entirely without corporate backing, we don't answer to wealthy corporate donors or investors. We answer to you, the citizens.”

— Anthony Tomashefsky

PORT ANGELES, WA, UNITED STATES, June 13, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Olympic Herald, an independent investigative news publication, today marks its five-month anniversary.

Operating entirely without corporate backing , the publication has spent the last 150 days successfully holding local public, judicial, and religious institutions accountable, publishing 233 articles across Washington State.

Driven by a mission to provide fearless reporting, The Olympic Herald has already triggered

PNW Collector Convention Returns Father's Day Weekend with Special Guests, Free Admission, and Thousands of Collectibles

Collectors from across the Northwest gather in Kennewick for a free event featuring 100+ vendors with sports cards, coins, comics, toys, and more.

KENNEWICK, WA, UNITED STATES, June 12, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The PNW Collector Convention returns to the Three Rivers Convention Center in Kennewick, Washington, on Saturday, June 20, and Sunday,

SpaceX Employees Could Buy 2 in 5 San Antonio Homes With Their IPO Windfall

• Redfin reports the massive IPO would create enough wealth for SpaceX employees to buy roughly 40% of all the homes in San Antonio, one of the closest major metros to where the company is headquartered. Or they could buy every single home in McAllen, located just 80 miles away from SpaceX headquarters. 
• Alternatively, they could buy 5% of all homes in the Los Angeles metro, where the company was founded.

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With the wealth created through SpaceX’s massive IPO, current and former employees could hypothetically pool their money to buy an estimated 40% of all homes in San Antonio, according to a new report from Redfin, the real estate

Smartsheet Adds ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot and Google Cloud Gemini Enterprise Connections for its MCP Server

Building on rapid Claude adoption, Smartsheet is expanding access across new AI platforms for enterprise customers

New Smart Assist gives Smartsheet power users the same work context directly inside the Smartsheet platform

BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Smartsheet today announced that enterprise teams can now connect Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT and Google Cloud Gemini Enterprise to Smartsheet, joining existing support for Anthropic’s Claude. The company also announced Smart Assist, a new AI companion built directly inside the platform for teams

Marquis Leadership Welcomes Dr. Martha Zeiger, Nationally Recognized Surgeon and Physician Leadership Coach

Dr. Martha Zeiger

Dr. Zeiger’s experience as a nationally respected surgeon, educator, and institutional leader brings extraordinary depth to our coaching practice.”

— Glen Stewart, Founder of Marquis Leadership

BELLEVUE, WA, UNITED STATES, June 9, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Marquis Leadership, a coaching and leadership development firm dedicated to helping physicians and healthcare executives become more effective, resilient leaders, today announced the addition of Dr. Martha Zeiger to its distinguished team of

Top 10 Billet Heating Furnace Manufacturers in the World: 2026 Industry Investigation for Forging,Extrusion &Hot Forming

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As forging, extrusion, rolling and metal forming factories accelerate the shift from fuel-fired reheating to cleaner electric induction billet heating furnace

WA, UNITED STATES, June 8, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The global billet heating furnace market is entering a new stage of industrial transformation. Forging plants, extrusion workshops, steel bar processing lines, fastener manufacturers and non-ferrous

Bernd Moving & Storage: Yakima's Top-Rated Movers After 70 Years of Service

Family-owned and fully licensed, these Yakima movers carry a 4.9 Google rating and 70+ years of experience as a trusted moving company WA residents rely on.

YAKIMA, WA, UNITED STATES, June 8, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Bernd Moving & Storage, the family-owned moving and storage company headquartered at 660 N. 18th Avenue, has solidified its position as the leading choice for residents and businesses

TOLT Technologies Supports New Power Wheelchair Control Feature on Apple Vision Pro

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New integration leverages eye-tracking system on Apple Vision Pro giving power wheelchair users hands-free driving. Launching in the U.S. later this year.

Independence in mobility is everything. TOLT Technologies + Apple Vision Pro's eye tracking gives power wheelchair users a drive control that meets them where they are, for those who need it most.”

— Tracy Beavers

DUVALL, WA, UNITED STATES, June 8, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- TOLT Technologies announced that its alternative drive system will support a new power wheelchair control feature on Apple Vision Pro, giving users the ability to drive their power wheelchairs using only their eyes. The integration, unveiled as part of Apple's annual accessibility preview, will be available later this year in the United States.

For many people who use power wheelchairs, driving with a joystick is not an option.

Construction begins on the expansion of A.B. Ernst Park

Seattle Parks and Recreation(SPR) is pleased to announce construction for the A.B. Ernst Park addition begins in July.  We anticipate completing the project in spring 2027. A.B. Earnst Park is located in Fremont at 719 N 35th St. adjacent to the Fremont branch library.  

SPR acquired the vacant lot immediately west of A.B. Ernst Park in 2010 to expand the park

Cedar Dental Group Addresses Growing Demand for Dental Anxiety Support and Restorative Care in Renton, WA

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As more adults seek comfort-focused dental care, a Renton practice expands access to general, cosmetic, and advanced periodontal services.

We are seeing greater demand from patients who have had difficult past experiences and who want to understand what they are walking into before they sit down in the chair”

— Dr. Susan Chu

RENTON, WA, UNITED STATES, June 5, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Cedar Dental Group, a full-service dental practice located in Renton, Washington, is responding to increasing patient demand for transparent,

Mobility City of Vancouver, WA Celebrates Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting

Mobility City Holdings, Inc., is the premier provider of mobility equipment sales, repairs, and rentals to mobility impaired persons..

Mobility City of Vancouver is now open, offering local access to mobility equipment sales, rentals, repairs and showroom test drives.

For many families, finding the right mobility equipment or getting a device repaired is about far more than convenience. It is about independence, dignity and quality of life”

— Bill Babby, co-owner of Mobility City of Vancouver

VANCOUVER, WA, UNITED STATES, June 5, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Mobility City of Vancouver, WA celebrated its grand opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday, June 2, 2026, at its new showroom, located at 9301 NE 5th Ave., Suites G102/104, Vancouver, WA 98665.

Owned and operated by Bill and Kristin

Trailblazing Starbucks Executive Shares Barrier-Breaking Journey in New Memoir, Working Class to Breaking Glass

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From humble roots to Starbucks' first senior VP of global communications, a look at race, gender, leadership, and the courage to claim a seat at the table.

This book isn’t just about my career. It’s for anyone who has wondered if they belong in the room and for those who know that when they get there, they have a responsibility to make room for others.”

— Wanda J. Herndon, author of From Working Class to Breaking Glass

SEATTLE, WA, UNITED STATES, June 5, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- At a time when organizations, leaders, and communities continue to wrestle with questions of representation, opportunity, and who gets to lead, award-winning communications executive Wanda J. Herndon is bringing a powerful new voice to the conversation.

Raised in Flint, Michigan, in a blue-collar family shaped by

General Hypersonics Flies Reusable Launch System with Two Mach 4+ Launches in 90 Minutes

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Mark Russell, CEO, Flight Testing for NASA at Spaceport America, NM

Rocket-free reusable Mach 4+ launches and 90-minute relaunchs open path to affordable, repeatable and scalable hypersonic and suborbital missions

What changes the conversation is this: we took a reusable launch system beyond Mach 4 twice before lunch. We're building a system designed to launch again and again.”

— Mark Russell, CEO General Hypersonics

SPOKANE, WA, UNITED STATES, June 5, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- HyperSciences, Inc., doing business as General Hypersonics, successfully conducted two launches exceeding Mach 4 from the same reusable launch system, with the second launch

As Consumers Look Beyond Collectible Appeal, AndaSeat Positions Kaiser 3 WBG Edition Around Full-Time Ergonomic Use

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As Consumers Look Beyond Collectible Appeal, AndaSeat Positions Kaiser 3 WBG Edition Around Full-Time Ergonomic Use

SPOKANE, WA, UNITED STATES, June 5, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- AndaSeat has launched its Mid-Year Sale Highlights campaign, featuring sitewide savings of up to $250 off, stackable savings with code [andaign], and a flash sale event running from June 26 through June 30. In this release, the

AndaSeat Connects Phantom 4 and Kaiser 3 to a Growing Workstation Question: Which Chair Logic Fits Which User

2026 MidYear Sale AndaSeat Kaiser 3

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AndaSeat Frames Phantom 4 and Kaiser 3 Around a Changing Consumer Expectation: Ergonomic Chairs Should Fit Different People Differently

SPOKANE, WA, UNITED STATES, June 5, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- ndaSeat has launched its Mid-Year Sale Highlights campaign, featuring sitewide savings of up to $250 off, stackable savings with code [andaign], and a flash sale event running from

As Consumers Seek Lower-Friction Ergonomics, AndaSeat Positions Kaiser 4 and Xtreme Desk Around Repeatable Setup Changes

2026 MidYear Sale AndaSeat Kaiser 4

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As Consumers Seek Lower-Friction Ergonomics, AndaSeat Positions Kaiser 4 and Xtreme Desk Around Repeatable Setup Changes

SPOKANE, WA, UNITED STATES, June 5, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- AndaSeat has launched its Mid-Year Sale Highlights campaign, featuring sitewide savings of up to $250 off, desk-and-chair bundle savings of up to $160, and a flash sale event running from June 26 through June 30. In this release, the

AndaSeat Mid-Year Sale Highlights Phantom 4 and Xtreme as Buyers Reassess Workstation Adjustability

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AndaSeat Mid-Year Sale Highlights Phantom 4 and Xtreme as Buyers Reassess Workstation Adjustability

SPOKANE, WA, UNITED STATES, June 5, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- AndaSeat has launched its Mid-Year Sale Highlights campaign, featuring sitewide savings of up to $250 off, desk-and-chair bundle savings of up to $160, and a flash sale event running from June 26 to June 30. In this release, the